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Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
Step by Step Algorithmic ... sensitivity) Leukocytes ... in the urine Procalcitonin ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... Management #StepByStep #Algorithm
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
components of the algorithm ... >21 days - No leukocytes ... in urine - Procalcitonin ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Urinalysis & Urine ... exclusively on urine ... differences in urine ... • Ketones • Leukocyte ... dipstick #nitrite #leucocyte-esterase
Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Red Urine:
 • Medical conditions: bleeding, porphyria, factitious disorder
 • Meds: rifampin,
factitious disorder • Meds ... hyperbilirubinemia • Meds ... concentrated enough • Meds ... Pseudomonas • Meds ... phosphaturia, chyluria • Meds
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... Fecal leukocytes ... Fecal leukocyte ... Diarrhea #management #algorithm
Hypo-osmolar Hypotonic HypoNatremia Algorithm (Serum Na+ < 135 meq/L, serum Osm < 275 mosm/kg)
Assess Volume Status,
Hypotonic HypoNatremia Algorithm ... Status, Check Urine ... Na, Urine Osm ... #Hyponatremia #Algorithm
True Hyponatremia Differential Algorithm

Instead (or in addition) of volume status examination, check urine sodium and serum
Hyponatremia Differential Algorithm ... examination, check urine ... uric acid: - Urine ... hyponatremia - Urine ... #Differential #Algorithm
Lower Urinary Tract Infection: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

- Predisposing Factors:  Immunocompromised state, diabetes, elderly, female
urethra), stagnant urine ... systems, or stagnant urine ... Tenderness - Urine ... (+) Nitrites, Leukocyte ... ) Foul, turbid urine
Hypophosphatemia - Measurement of urine phosphate excretion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • GI loss
 • Redistribution
Measurement of urine ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypophosphatemia #urine ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Toxidrome Algorithm
#Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics #Toxidrome #Algorithm #PEMSource
Toxidrome Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... Pediatrics #Toxidrome #Algorithm