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Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
Step by Step Algorithmic ... Procalcitonin >= 0.5 ng/mL ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #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 ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
The Febrile Infant ... empiric antibiotic treatment ... 92.0% and 46.9% #Diagnosis ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... Stratification #Fever
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Algorithm Cardiac ... Congenital Heart Disease ... Disturbances Neurologic ... Breathing • Apnea of Infancy ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
incomplete Kawasaki Disease ... Infants ≤6 months ... old on day ≥7 of fever ... echo is positive, treatment ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
frequently affects infants ... age, however the disease ... following: • Fever ... Ferritin >500 ng/mL ... • Bicytopenia Treatment
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Kawasaki and Incomplete Kawasaki Disease:
Diagnosis
* Fever >5d
* Criteria (4/5)
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Algorithm for the ... : Diagnosis * ... Fever >5d * Criteria ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Criteria #Workup
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... Actively maintained fever ... devices, especially infants ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... #Management #Workup
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... infection • Cough, fever ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... : • Serology for ... • Isolated fever
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis ... 3 questions to work ... in 100 mL boluses ... vaptans (HF/liver disease ... #nephrology #sodium