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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 #Management
“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 ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds
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,
Diagnosis Red Urine ... factitious disorder • Meds ... hyperbilirubinemia • Meds ... Pseudomonas • Meds ... #Differential #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
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
Urinalysis Interpretation (UA)

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

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

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
• Blasts > 10% leukocytes ... Splenomegaly • ↑ Leukocyte ... AML Dx: • ↑ Leukocyte ... differentiated leukocytes ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis