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For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
compare/contrast spectra ... represents the spectrum ... Narrow spectrum ... sliver of the spectrum ... #table #sensitivities
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
catheter-related bloodstream ... infection - Management Algorithm ... • Persistent fever ... • Persistent fever ... #catheter #bloodstream
PEMSource: Algorithm for fever WITHOUT source by Age
#Diagnosis #Management #Peds #Fever #Without #Source #Table #Algorithm #PEMSource
PEMSource: Algorithm ... for fever WITHOUT ... Management #Peds #Fever ... Without #Source #Table ... #Algorithm #PEMSource
Tale of Two Staphylococci: 
Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). 

MSSA arrived quietly,
Tale of Two Staphylococci ... trajectory of fever ... He entered the bloodstream ... cleared from the bloodstream
IDSA Algorithm for the Initial Management of Fever and Neutropenia

LOW RISK
 • Antidpated neutropenia < 7
IDSA Algorithm for ... Management of Fever ... and clinically stable ... #neutropenic #fever ... #IDSA #Algorithm
Comparison of Fever Algorithms for Infants <3 months old

AGE, INCLUSION, TESTS 
REQUIRED, "LOW RISK" CRITERIA, TREATMENT,
Comparison of Fever ... Algorithms for ... criteria #EBM #Fever ... #Algorithm #Comparison ... #Table #Performance
SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK

DEFINITION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
 • Sepsis: Life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host
abdomen, GU tract, bloodstream ... • Symptoms: Fever ... • Start broad-spectrum
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... functional status - Able ... metabolic equivalent able ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Stable patients
Invasive Fungal Infection (IFI)

Invasive fungal infections are severe infections in which fungal pathogens invade normally sterile
corticosteroid or broad-spectrum ... frequent cause of bloodstream ... stay and broad-spectrum ... and may include fever
IDSA Algorithm for Neutropenic Fever - Initial Management, Subsequent Management and Prolonged Fever
Figure 1. Initial management
IDSA Algorithm for ... Neutropenic Fever ... and Prolonged Fever ... and clinically stable ... #IDSA #Algorithm