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Clinical Algorithm for Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of UTI in Febrile Infants and Young Children

Urinary
Evaluation and Management ... of UTI in Febrile ... department with fever ... , in whom UTI can ... #Peds #UrinaryTract
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
an infant with fever ... <10,000/mm3 - CRP ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Febrile #Infant
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
old on day ≥7 of fever ... lack of tapering, decreased ... within 10 d of fever ... clinical and lab signs ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... OSA • Continue CPAP ... , DECREASE V trials ... medical and surgical management
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Neonate

WHY CPAP? 
• Maintain airway patency 
• Helps avoid alveoli
Neonate WHY CPAP ... compliance • Decreases ... FOR A BABY ON CPAP ... auscultate for signs ... emmabuxton10 #CPAP
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Males=Females SIGNS ... misdiagnosed as CAP ... Cough, dyspnea, fever ... identified (autoimmune, meds ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #management