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Anatomical Differences Between Pediatric and Adult Airways 
Pediatric airway is... 
• Proportionally smaller larynx 
• Narrowest
Differences Between Pediatric ... Adult Airways Pediatric ... and cephalad • Risk ... bronchus #Pediatric ... Differences #Anatomical #CriticalCare
Pediatric UTI Algorithm (2-24 months of age)

Risk stratify with UTI Calc: 
 - Age months
Pediatric UTI Algorithm ... months of age) Risk ... Emergency Medicine Cases ... @EMCases #Pediatric ... UrinaryTractInfection #Peds #Risk
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Causes of Sudden ... Infancy (SUDI) - Differential ... 80% of SUDI • Risk ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk ... class (30-day all cause ... Pulmonary #Embolism #Risk ... stratification #criticalcare
When to Evaluate for Secondary Causes of Hypertension
1. Severe or resistant HTN
2. Acute rise/lability in BP
3.
for Secondary Causes ... Acute rise/lability ... Age <30 w/o risk ... #Hypertension #causes ... #differential #
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
viral infections, risk ... disorder - Other causes ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics ... Tachypnea #Wheeze #Differential
Central Venous Catheter site selection - Clinical Decision Aid
IJ vs Subclavian vs Supraclavicular vs Femoral by
Femoral by ease and risk ... - Casey Parker ... #Management #CriticalCare
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
for enumerating differentials ... TYPICAL ORGANISMS (RISK ... ATYPICAL ORGANISMS (RISK ... Pathogens #Pneumonia #Differential ... #Microbiology #Causes
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Clinical Findings Risk ... Alzheimer's (99% of cases ... Apolipoprotein E4 allele Risk ... Alzheimer's (1% of cases ... pathophysiology #geriatrics
Delirium Precipitants in the Elderly

I think of delirium like the AKI of the brain. Baseline risk
Baseline risk factors ... Precipitants #Elderly #Geriatrics ... #Diagnosis #Differential