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Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... specificity 2) Pneumonia ... CXR, obtain if findings ... Diagnosis #Peds #EM ... SeriousBacterialIllness #Ddxof
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) as a site-of-care tool. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CHF, chronic heart failure;
Pneumonia Severity ... heart failure; SBP ... pressure #Management #EM ... #IM #Pneumonia ... PneumoniaSeverityIndex #Criteria
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) as a site-of-care tool. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CHF, chronic heart failure;
Pneumonia Severity ... heart failure; SBP ... pressure #Management #EM ... #IM #Pneumonia ... PneumoniaSeverityIndex #Criteria
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
conditions that cause ... pregnancy, or other causes ... finding. ... #cullensign #em ... #peritonitis #IM