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Pediatric Skull Fracture with Associated Hematoma on POCUS

Working with the challenges of risk stratification, management of
Pediatric Skull ... stratification, management ... Making PECARN work ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Clinical #Ultrasound
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup ... and Management ... Additional metastatic workup ... Consider: Spine, CNS, liver ... candidiasis #treatment #fungal
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... CBC, vitamin D level ... stain and culture if ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Troponin, Lactate, Liver ... and/or digoxin level ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Management
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Diagnosis and Management ... active ROM +/- fever ... viral arthritis Workup ... 90% sensitive in pediatrics ... anal Cxs) • *** If
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
• Low grade fever ... Elevated Total IgE ... corticosteroids +/- anti-fungal ... Aspergillosis #ABPA #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
6th decades of life ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... decubitus - air fluid level ... pneumonectomy if ... Prevotella • Fungal ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
X-ray and lung ultrasound ... - Beta-HCG if ... - Infectious workup ... or TSH level if ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
mortality BPAP - Bi-Level ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... risk patients (ie ... status • Won't Work ... #criticalcare #management