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Mnemonics for bedside risk stratification of minor pediatric blunt head trauma, based on PECARN studies:
Blunt Head
Mnemonics for bedside ... risk stratification ... nkuppermann #Management ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Minor #HeadTrauma
Mnemonics for bedside risk stratification of minor pediatric blunt head trauma, based on PECARN studies:
Blunt Head
Mnemonics for bedside ... risk stratification ... nkuppermann #Management ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Minor #HeadTrauma
Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
sensitivity) Leukocytes ... in the urine Procalcitonin ... ANC > 10000 #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Management #StepByStep
“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 ... Antibiotics #Risk #Stratification
Threshold for Initiating Exchange Transfusion by Risk Stratum. Bhutani et al. Pediatrics. 1999.

#Peds #Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Management
Pediatrics. 1999 ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Neonatal #Jaundice ... Hyperbilirubinemia #Risk #Stratification
Assess risk for developing subsequent neurotoxicity.

This will tell you: a) phototherapy or b) exchange transfusion

#Peds #Pediatrics
transfusion #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Neonatal #Jaundice ... Hyperbilirubinemia #Risk #Stratification
Approach to the Sick Neonate (<1 month age)
1) Bring to Warmer, Call for Help
2) Apply Monitors
Start Empiric Management ... Up Differential Diagnosis ... - THE MISFITS Mnemonic ... #pediatrics #neonatal ... #differential #diagnosis