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Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
in the urine Procalcitonin ... >= 0.5 ng/mL CRP ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Management #StepByStep
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
leukocytes in urine - Procalcitonin ... <10,000/mm3 - CRP ... < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... Febrile #Infant #StepByStep
Procalcitonin and its Interpretation

Satyendra Dhar, MD @DharSaty

#Procalcitonin #Interpretation #diagnosis
Procalcitonin and ... @DharSaty #Procalcitonin ... Interpretation #diagnosis
Validation of the Step-By-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

#Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile #Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
Febrile Infants #Diagnosis ... Febrile #Infant #StepByStep
CAP, HCAP, HAP and VAP - Diagnosis and Treatment

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
CAP, HCAP, HAP and ... VAP - Diagnosis ... & CAP – those presenting ... #HCAP #HAP #VAP ... Acquired #Community #Diagnosis
Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
Diagnostic approach ... C-reactive protein (CRP ... ) +/- Procalcitonin ... - Other diagnostics ... algorithm #schema #Diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
History in favor of CAP ... septic shock), ↑ Procalcitonin ... Criteria for Severe CAP ... - Severe CAP present ... Acquired #Pneumonia #diagnosis
Pneumonia - Causative Organisms
 • CAP - Typical, Atypical, Endemic
 • Aspiration
 • Decreased Immunity
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Organisms • CAP ... • Hospital - HAP ... , VAP - CMC IM ... #differential #diagnosis
Cat Mudpiles - Causes of high anion-gap metabolic acidosis

#CATMUDPILES #AnionGap #Metabolic #Acidosis #Mnemonic #Diagnosis #MUDPILECATS
Cat Mudpiles - Causes ... of high anion-gap ... Acidosis #Mnemonic #Diagnosis
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis ... Diagnosis: • Mildly ... Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin ... skin & joints - Can ... #Coccidioides #Diagnosis