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Validation of the Step-By-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

#Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile #Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Febrile #Infant ... #StepByStep #Algorithm ... #LP #Antibiotics ... Stratification #Fever
Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
Step by Step Algorithmic ... Approach to Pediatric Fever ... Procalcitonin >= 0.5 ng/mL ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Infant #Fever
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... with fever without ... Procalcitonin <0.5 ng/mL ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... #LP #Antibiotics
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
puncture nor empiric antibiotic ... treatment. http ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... #LP #Antibiotics ... Stratification #Fever
Clinical Algorithm for Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of UTI in Febrile Infants and Young Children

Urinary
Clinical Algorithm ... department with fever ... do not replace clinical ... #Peds #UrinaryTract ... #Pediatrics #Fever
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
most common) Clinical ... to rnonths • Fever ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... : • Empiric antibiotics ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers ... treatment until ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
Infants ≤6 months ... old on day ≥7 of fever ... if they have no clinical ... echo is positive, treatment ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
: Overwhelming clinical ... frequently affects infants ... following: • Fever ... Ferritin >500 ng/mL ... rapidly, and empiric antibiotic
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... has five major clinical ... infection • Cough, fever ... fungal stain of clinical ... • Isolated fever