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“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... an infant with fever ... Procalcitonin <0.5 ng/mL ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... Stratification #Fever
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
Diagnosis and Treatment ... Algorithm Diagnosis ... functional ID) Guidelines ... #cardiology #treatment ... #guidelines
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... e.g., <50%), ESC guidelines ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk ... or family - Ever ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Cataract Plan for Meds ... one post op Cardiology
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
to identify low-risk ... empiric antibiotic treatment ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Antibiotics #Risk ... Stratification #Fever
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Neutropenic fever ... : - Fever + ANC ... mg/dL or > 25 % rise ... interventional radiology ... fluids (200–300 mL
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
are common but fever ... half. absence of fever ... Standard treatment ... have a higher risk ... Guidelines recommend