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“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... “low risk” an infant ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics ... Peds #Febrile #Infant
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
If prolonged or ... Treatment depends ... devices, especially infants ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Bronchiolitis
Bronchiolitis is a viral inflamation of the bronchioles and the commonest LRTI in under 1s'. It's
REMEMBER - infants ... (particularly if ... Bronchiolitis #pediatrics ... #diagnosis #management ... #peds #treatment
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
empiric antibiotic treatment ... 92.0% and 46.9% #Diagnosis ... #EBM #Management ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... Stratification #Fever
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
frequently affects infants ... following: • Fever ... • Bicytopenia Treatment ... If no response HLH ... #management #treatment
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
and Management ... active ROM +/- fever ... Treatment: admission ... 90% sensitive in pediatrics ... anal Cxs) • *** If
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
Infants ≤6 months ... old on day ≥7 of fever ... , treatment should ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... mild (malaise, fever ... 90-120 days • Pediatric ... #Management #Treatment
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis ... bilateral, malignant, pediatric ... 5th decades of life ... , induction of anesthesia ... #Management #treatment
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
which all carry treatment ... elevates the stress level ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #treatment #criticalcare