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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... steroids to treat infectious ... Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Cor triatriatum
 • Epidemiology
 • Etiology
 • Associated Lesions
 • Differentials Diagnosis
 • Anatomy - Sinister,
Physiology • Clinical ... Diagnosis • Treatment ... Post-Operative Management ... #cardiology #summary ... #peds #pediatrics
Clinical Algorithm for Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of UTI in Febrile Infants and Young Children

Urinary
Clinical Algorithm ... Evaluation and Management ... Urinary tract infection ... serious bacterial infection ... Febrile #Infant #Peds
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... • Prodrome: fever ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... are caused by members ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... #treatment #fungal ... #infectiousdiseases
How to use C-reactive protein (CRP)- Review https://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/19/archdischild-2018-315079

 - An CRP alone cannot be used to
biomarker the clinical ... attending ED the CRP level ... guide intial treatment ... VisualAbstract #Review #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Diagnosis
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... serious bacterial infections ... an infant with fever ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pediatrics #Peds
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... , ↓ Fibrinogen level ... Drugs, Unknown cause ... Treatment: • ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
Diagnosis and Management ... , Cough • +/-Nausea ... cæxist with other infections ... #rheumatology #pediatrics ... #treatment
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
purulent nodules Caused ... fungal ringworm infection ... mentagrophytes) Clinical ... Lymphadenopathy Treatment ... Dermatology #Diagnosis #Management