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Validation of the Step-By-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

#Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile #Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
#Diagnosis #Management ... Febrile #Infant #StepByStep ... Stratification #Fever
Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
Approach to Pediatric Fever ... Peds #Diagnosis #Management ... #StepByStep #Algorithm ... #Infant #Fever
Validation of the “Step-by-Step” Approach in the Management of Young Febrile Infants
Visual Abstract by Dr. Kirsty
Approach in the Management ... VisualAbstract #StepByStep ... Stratification #Fever
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
an infant with fever ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Febrile #Infant #StepByStep ... Stratification #Fever
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
Fever vs Hyperthermia ... Fever: • Regulated ... rapidly fatal • Causes ... BrighamChiefs #Fever ... comparison #diagnosis #management
Pediatric UTI Algorithm (2-24 months of age)

Risk stratify with UTI Calc: 
 - Age months
- No other fever ... Emergency Medicine Cases ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #Management
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
purulent nodules Caused ... Hair loss • Fever ... Dermatology #Diagnosis #Management
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia 
Clinical 
 • Caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly carinil) 
 • Immunocompromised host
Clinical • Caused ... 2—3 weeks • Fever ... Pneumonia #Diagnosis #Management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... symptoms are not caused ... General: fever, ... syndrome: ACUTE, fever ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
barns and lake houses ... • Prodrome: fever ... chills, myalgias, nausea ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management