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Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
sensitivity) Leukocytes ... in the urine Procalcitonin ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
Atlas of Urine Microscopy ... also be seen if urine ... Red cell casts - Diagnostic ... glomerular disease • Leukocytes ... Microscopy #Atlas #key #diagnosis
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
>21 days - No leukocytes ... in urine - Procalcitonin ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Product Types: • Leukocyte ... flank pain, dark urine ... proteins on plts, leukocytes ... #Transfusions #diagnosis
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
Colovesical Fistula on Cystoscopy
A 72-year-old woman presented to the urology clinic with a 2-week history of
passing gas in her urine ... the presence of leukocytes ... bacteria, and a urine ... confirmed the diagnosis
Leukocyte Esterase and Nitrites on Urinalysis
Leukocyte Esterase: Urinary tract infection, Indwelling urinary catheter, Recent instrumentation of
Leukocyte Esterase ... on Urinalysis Leukocyte ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Leukocyte ... comparison #Urinalysis #diagnosis
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
Urinalysis Interpretation (UA)

Bacteria, Leukocyte esterase, WBC, Nitrite, RBC, Epithelial 
cells, pH

#Diagnosis #Urinalysis #Interpretation #Analysis
UA) Bacteria, Leukocyte ... cells, pH #Diagnosis
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Fecal leukocytes ... Fecal leukocyte ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis