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“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... Procalcitonin <0.5 ng ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Febrile #Infant ... #LP #Antibiotics
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
CSF evaluation as ... Diagnose with LP ... particularly complex febrile ... seizure) #Diagnosis #Peds ... #EM #Classification
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
empiric antibiotic treatment ... respectively, were as ... 46.9% #Diagnosis #EBM ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... #LP #Antibiotics
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE ... radiocapitellar lines), fat pads ... is seen, treat as ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... Fracture #Elbow #Radiology
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
radiocapitellar lines), fat pads ... disrupted, treat as ... capitellum (age 1), radial ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... Elbow #Humerus #Radiology