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

#Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile #Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
#Peds #Febrile ... Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm ... #LP #Antibiotics ... #Risk #Stratification ... #Fever #RebelEM
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Febrile ... #LP #Antibiotics ... #Fever
Bronchiolitis - Lower respiratory tract (bronchioles) 

Microbiology 
 • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (most commonl
Influenza virus Clinical ... prodrome • Fever ... distress (tachypnea ... Diagnosis #Management #Peds ... #Pediatrics
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical ... viral infections, risk ... distress, heart ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Infant
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
empiric antibiotic treatment ... EBM #Management #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Febrile ... #LP #Antibiotics ... #Fever
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
distress, stridor ... hoarse voice +/- fever ... Treatment: Single ... Diagnosis #Management #pediatrics ... #peds
Pediatrics Sepsis Screening
SIGNS OF INFECTION?
 • Fever (>38C)
 • Hypothermia (<36C)
 • Cough/chest pain/respiratory distress
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Pediatrics Sepsis ... • Fever (>38C) ... distress • Abdominal ... infection HIGH RISK ... #peds #diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... to determine if stress ... Change in clinical ... Cataract Plan for Meds
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
old on day ≥7 of fever ... if they have no clinical ... echo is positive, treatment ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki