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Pediatric Fever Without a Source - 3 months to 3 years - Additional Workup Beyond Urine
Pediatric Fever ... years - Additional Workup ... PCV) #Diagnosis #Management ... #Peds #EM #Workup ... PneumococcalConjugateVaccines #NoUTI #ALiEM
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Diagnosis and Management ... active ROM +/- fever ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... Workup: arthrocentesis ... 90% sensitive in pediatrics
Adult-Onset Still's Disease (AOSD)
Rare inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, difficult to diagnose because of heterogenous presentation.
: High spiking fever ... Life-threatening ... Systemic AOSD: high fever ... , CRP, AST+ALT, ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
correlates with time of fever ... Daily high spiking fever ... - Fever spikes ... Fever of at least ... #rheumatology #management
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... /management of shock ... pts a CBC and CMP ... bedside echo is never ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cough, dyspnea, fever ... identified (autoimmune, meds ... steroids for severe disease ... TylerLarsenMD #COP ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #management
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
old on day ≥7 of fever ... within 10 d of fever ... and lab signs (CRP ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease ... • Underlying disease ... H's" especially if ... acute neck pain, fever ... Rheumatology #diagnosis #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... Ischemic heart disease ... - Known CV disease ... Cataract Plan for Meds ... medical and surgical management