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“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
group as well as predict ... an infant with fever ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... Stratification #Fever
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
S/sx: Fever, flank ... have drop in Hct, fever ... Sx include: fever ... Borrellia (Lyme disease ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
S/sx: Fever, flank ... have drop in Hct, fever ... Sx include: fever ... Blood products contain ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Milk • Food products ... fortuitum can produce ... Cross reacts with IGRAs ... Presentation: Fever ... • Fever and weight
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
Kawasaki Disease ... Diagnosis and Management ... Presentation: • Fever ... Diagnostic Criteria - Fever ... #rheumatology #pediatrics
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Active TB: • Fever ... release assay (IGRA ... quantiferon-gold (IGRA ... TB with TST or IGRA ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Febrile convulsions are terrifying for parents (and for those new to paediatrics  who've never seen
for those new to paediatrics ... who've never seen ... Lizzie Jackson has produced ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
• Periodic fever ... multiorgan failure • Fever ... - Nonremitting fever ... Fibrin degradation products ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Active TB: • Fever ... release assay (IGRA ... quantiferon-gold (IGRA ... TB with TST or IGRA ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Diagnosis and Management ... active ROM +/- fever ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... 90% sensitive in pediatrics ... Arthritis #Diagnosis #Management