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Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric ... Leukocytes in the urine ... Procalcitonin >= 0.5 ng/mL ... ANC > 10000 #Pediatrics ... Peds #Diagnosis #Management
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Management of Pediatric ... Kidney Stones Acute ... Managment: • Pain ... retrieve stone using urine ... #Pediatrics #nephrology
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
alkalosis • Kidney ... - outside the kidneys ... Chronic diarrhea • Kidney ... high in kidney ... #Algorithm #nephrology
The Urine / Plasma Electrolyte Ratio - Guide to Fluid Restriction in Hyponatremia
 • U/P Ratio
The Urine / Plasma ... 1 → FR < 1000 mL ... MD @NephroMD #Urine ... Hyponatremia #diagnosis #management ... #nephrology
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
Totally scuppers the kidney's ... diagnosis with direct urine ... Failure to acidify urine ... Distal #Diagnosis #Management ... #Nephrology #Causes
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
Urine K+ <13 mEq ... ↑ Aldosterone: Kidney ... Cl - Non-reabsorbable ... Cl - Loop diuretics ... algorithm #diagnosis #nephrology
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
carcinoma (native kidney ... differential #diagnosis #kidney ... #blood #urine # ... management #treatment ... #nephrology
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Associated Acute Kidney ... induced acute kidney ... increase of 44 mol ... toxicology #diagnosis #management ... #nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... UOP/weights - Urine ... Na/K/Cl/urea/protein ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
leukocytes in urine ... Procalcitonin <0.5 ng/mL ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pediatrics #Peds