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“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics ... Antibiotics #Risk #Stratification ... #Fever
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
Kawasaki Disease ... Criteria - Fever ... #rheumatology # ... pediatrics #diagnossi ... #management #treatment
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC ... syndrome (SSS) in infants ... includes Kawasaki ... disease, scarlet ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
empiric antibiotic treatment ... 92.0% and 46.9% #Diagnosis ... EBM #Management #Pediatrics ... Antibiotics #Risk #Stratification ... #Fever
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
Disease 1. ... Infants ≤6 months ... echo is positive, treatment ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
: Overwhelming clinical ... frequently affects infants ... age, however the disease ... following: • Fever ... #hematology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
erythematosus • Kawasaki ... is the main clinical ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology