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Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
uncharacterized fevers ... Urinalysis: LE 75% specificity ... , Nitrites 97% specificity ... Diagnosis #Peds #EM ... Classification #Fever
ID Approach to Fever and Rash - Diagnostic Algorithm
Central Maculopapular (most common):
Measles, Parvovirus 819 / EBV,
ID Approach to Fever ... Rash - Diagnostic Algorithm ... Parvovirus 819 / EBV ... Secondary syphilis, EM ... Febrile #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Algorithm for the differentiation between simple and complex febrile seizures. Guidelines for evaluation of each. #Diagnosis
Algorithm for the ... Diagnosis #Management #EM ... FebrileSeizure #Fever ... #Seizure #Algorithm
Ohle R et al. Clinical Examination for Acute Aortic Dissection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AEM
Dissection #Aorta #Testing ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... VisualAbstract #EBM
Emergency physician interpretation of point-of-care ultrasound for identifying and grading of hydronephrosis in renal colic compared
pubmed/29663580 #EBM ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #Testing
PocketPEM - Pediatric Fever Workup #Diagnosis #Peds #EM #Fever #Pediatric #Fever #Workup #PocketCard #PocketPEM
PocketPEM - Pediatric Fever ... Diagnosis #Peds #EM ... #Fever #Pediatric ... #Fever #Workup
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
Biomarkers Age + fever ... sensitivity, high specificity ... sensitivity and specificity ... sensitivity and specificity ... Tuberculosis #Laboratory #Testing
Causes of Fever by System #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Fever #Differential #Ddxof
Causes of Fever ... System #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Fever #Differential
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection: Diagnostic Accuracy of Physical Examination, Imaging, and LRINEC ScoreA Systematic Review and
#Diagnosis #EBM ... SoftTissueInfection #Testing ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction in the emergency department

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30181794

Our data
of 93.8% and a specificity ... sensitivity of 94.3% and specificity ... Diagnosis #Accuracy #Testing ... VisualAbstract #EBM