22 results
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... an infant with fever ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics ... Stratification #Fever
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
ARDS to explain symptoms ... • Fever and hypotension ... pulmonary edema) • Fever ... Reactions #hematology #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
hoarse voice +/- fever ... rhinorrhea, and fever ... cyanosis, decreased level ... Treatment: Single ... #Management #pediatrics
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Fever, cough ... MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... infection • Cough, fever ... Encapsulated yeast • At risk ... • Isolated fever
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Bone Groups at risk ... Ill temper • Fever ... nonimmune hemolysis MSK ... Mountain spotted fever ... vasculitis Treatment
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
patients at highest risk ... Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... variable tremor, mask ... Elderly at greatest risk ... Extreme rigidity, fever
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
direction using risk ... With treatment, ... in patients who never ... patients with a diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Attempt if high risk ... Subacute-Acute: • Common: fever ... : >3 symptoms, or ... Renal Failure Treatment
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Neutropenic fever ... : - Fever + ANC ... mg/dL or > 25 % rise ... or HSCT - CRS: fever ... : fever, weight
COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects Compared
Shingrix vs Moderna vs Pfizer vs Johnson & Johnson vs Influenza
Local Pain,
Headache, Chills, Fever ... , GI Symptoms Jesse ... O’Shea MD, MSc ... Pfizer #COVID19 #comparison ... #diagnosis #allergy