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

#Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile #Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
Febrile Infants #Diagnosis ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Antibiotics #Risk ... #Stratification ... #Fever #RebelEM
Pediatric UTI Algorithm (2-24 months of age)

Risk stratify with UTI Calc: 
 - Age months
- No other fever ... Emergency Medicine Cases ... #Diagnosis #Management ... UrinaryTractInfection #Peds ... #Risk #Stratification
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
Procalcitonin <0.5 ng ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Stratification ... #Fever
Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Fever #Diagnosis #Management #EM #Peds #Fever #Workup #Evaluation #Discharge #Admission #Algorithm
Management of Pediatric Fever ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #EM #Peds #Fever ... Discharge #Admission #Algorithm ... #Ddxof
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 ... uncharacterized fevers ... #Peds #EM #Classification ... #Fever #SBI #SeriousBacterialIllness ... #Ddxof
Maculopapular - Diagnostic Algorithm
Pathophysiology:
- Catch-all term with a wide range of potential pathophysiologic mechanisms and causative
Maculopapular - Diagnostic ... Algorithm Pathophysiology ... High-risk Features ... - New-onset fever ... #Differential #Ddxof
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
to identify low-risk ... 92.0% and 46.9% #Diagnosis ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Stratification ... #Fever
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Cataract Plan for Meds ... #Evaluation #stratification ... #diagnosis
Algorithmic Approach to Severe Hematochezia
 - Hematochezia is due to a lower GI bleed ~85% of
with hemodynamic instability ... which involve risk ... stratification, ... NG lavage, and ... angiography #Diagnosis