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Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
or absence of fever ... diagnosis includes Kawasaki ... disease, scarlet ... fever, and toxic ... #Rash #Algorithm
Mucocutaneous Findings Kawasaki’s Disease - Patients present with diffuse red rash and fever with lymphadenopathy, strawberry
’s Disease - Patients ... with diffuse red rash ... and fever with ... Clinical #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Kawasaki #Disease
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
Kawasaki Disease ... Presentation: • Fever ... Diagnostic Criteria - Fever ... Polymorphous rash ... #rheumatology #pediatrics
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Kawasaki and Incomplete Kawasaki Disease:
Diagnosis
* Fever >5d
* Criteria (4/5)
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Algorithm for the ... * Fever >5d * ... , >1.5cm) - Rash ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Kawasaki #Disease
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Pregnancy • Fever ... Pulmonary Stenosis ... • Rheumatic Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever
Kawasaki Disease - Timeline of Clinical Features and Complications
 - Fever >5 days 
 - 4
Kawasaki Disease ... Complications - Fever ... lymphadenopathy - Rash ... #Disease #Timeline ... Symptoms #Peds #Pediatrics
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Kawasaki disease ... • Periodic fever ... multiorgan failure • Fever ... - Nonremitting fever ... ALT ↑ bilirubin level
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Hyperkalemia Pulmonary ... Diptheria • Typhoid fever ... Acute rheumatic fever ... Psittacosis • Q fever ... • Yellow fever
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
Disease 1. ... old on day ≥7 of fever ... within 10 d of fever ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Kawasaki #Disease
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Coxiella bumetti (Q fever ... Mountain Spotted fever ... virus, yellow fever ... Junin virus, Lassa fever ... (rheumatic fever