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Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
• Rickettsial diseases ... : • Still's disease ... • Crohn disease ... • Behcet disease ... Legionnaire's disease
PocketPEM - Pediatric Fever Workup #Diagnosis #Peds #EM #Fever #Pediatric #Fever #Workup #PocketCard #PocketPEM
PocketPEM - Pediatric ... Fever Workup #Diagnosis ... #Peds #EM #Fever ... #Pediatric #Fever
Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric ... Fever Age < 21 ... ANC > 10000 #Pediatrics ... Algorithm #Infant #Fever
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning ... Symptoms: • Fever ... , Dengue fever, ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Pregnancy • Fever ... Pulmonary Stenosis ... • Rheumatic Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever
Kawasaki Disease

Diagnostic criteria: 5-day fever PLUS four of the following…
 - 
Bilateral conjunctivitis
 - 
Cervical lymph
Kawasaki Disease ... criteria: 5-day fever ... feet #Kawasaki #Disease ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Noninfectious Causes of Fever ... infarction - Pulmonary ... - Sickle cell disease ... DIAGNOSES - Drug fever ... Postmyocardiotomy syndrome #Fever
Kocher Criteria to Determine Risk for Pediatric Septic Joint 

 - Non-weight bearing on affected side
Determine Risk for Pediatric ... 40 mm/hr - Fever ... #Joint #Peds #Pediatrics
Pediatric Discitis - Inflammation of intervertebral disc 
Etiology 
 • Bacterial or viral 
Clinical 
 •
Pediatric Discitis ... Absent or low grade fever ... intervertebral #Pediatrics
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Causes of Acute Pediatric ... Algorithm No Fever ... Fever, Tachypnea ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics