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Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
Approach to Pediatric Fever ... sensitivity) Leukocytes ... in the urine Procalcitonin ... Peds #Diagnosis #Management ... Algorithm #Infant #Fever
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
group as well as predict ... an infant with fever ... >21 days - No leukocytes ... in urine - Procalcitonin ... #Diagnosis #Management
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Types: • Leukocyte ... S/sx: Fever, flank ... pain, dark urine ... proteins on plts, leukocytes ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
• Shed in the urine ... • Prodrome: fever ... Supportive: ICU monitoring ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
S/sx: Fever, flank ... pain, dark urine ... proteins on plts, leukocytes ... Sx include: fever ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... dissemination occurs and produces ... : • Increased leukocyte ... • Isolated fever ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management