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Clinical Algorithm for Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of UTI in Febrile Infants and Young Children

Urinary
Evaluation and Management ... to 24 months of age ... of Pediatrics Section ... Guidelines are based ... Guidelines are not
Esophageal Variceal Bleeding - Scoping Summary
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT (VARICEAL-B):
V - Vasoconstrictor therapy: (Octreotide 50mcg bolus
Bleeding - Scoping Summary ... >120 refer to AGA ... practice guidelines ... acute settings - Pre-endoscopic ... #algorithm #VARICEALB
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary ... pregnancy, maternal age ... sx: dyspnea on exertion ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... e.g., <50%), ESC guidelines
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Framework and Management ... Summary Causes ... - Seizures - Malignant ... - Neuroleptic malignant ... Muscle swelling - Fever
Strategies to Improve Quality of Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopy - AGA Guidelines

1. Adequate bowel preparation.
2. Use
Colonoscopy - AGA ... Bowel prep instructions ... that do not have malignant ... Screening #quality #AGA ... #Guidelines #management
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Summary 10 percent ... multiple, bilateral, malignant ... at autopsy • Age ... Open surgical resection ... phenoxybenzamine • Malignant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
with CTD, drugs, malignancy ... • 6-7 cases per ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... • CTD workup: ANA ... #diagnosis #management
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
Diagnosis and Management ... Summary WHAT ... Patients over age ... include low-grade fevers ... arthropathies, myositis, malignancy
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
Achalasia Summary ... Epidemiology: 10 cases per ... Pseudoachalasia: Malignant ... loss (>6.8 kg) • Age ... Achalasia #diagnosis #management