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Pediatrics Sepsis Screening
SIGNS OF INFECTION?
 • Fever (>38C)
 • Hypothermia (<36C)
 • Cough/chest pain/respiratory distress
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Pediatrics Sepsis ... CONDITIONS • Age < 3 ... • Indwelling vascular ... mottled skin, cold ... #peds #diagnosis
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... • Symptoms and signs ... , Aspergillus 3. ... - Sarcoidosis, Behcet ... differential #algorithm
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... matter, spinal cord ... Medium and large ... also involved), ... Treatment: • Oral
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
multiple spinal cord ... 4) progressive muscular ... failure Diagnosis - Medical ... diagnosis column Treatment ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Pediatric Elbow Injuries - Elbow Xrays

Check the fat pads on the lateral projection:
1. A displaced anterior
Pediatric Elbow ... fat pad (sail sign ... always abnormal 3. ... Xrays #Radiology #peds ... #Pediatrics #clinical
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
syndromes such as ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... Progressive MS (Spinal cord ... #treatment #MS
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
loss of smile 3. ... Generalized fatigue - ALS ... test - Cogan sign ... - Peek sign ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
, elevation of ALT ... echo is positive, treatment ... and lab signs ( ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Bilateral signs ... - More than 2/3 ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology
How to use C-reactive protein (CRP)- Review https://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/19/archdischild-2018-315079

 - An CRP alone cannot be used to
biomarker the clinical ... infants under 3 ... guide intial treatment ... VisualAbstract #Review #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Diagnosis