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Kawasaki Disease

Diagnostic criteria: 5-day fever PLUS four of the following…
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Bilateral conjunctivitis
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Cervical lymph
Kawasaki Disease Diagnostic ... criteria: 5-day fever ... lips/strawberry tongue ... Kawasaki #Disease #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Psittacosis, Q fever ... , Typhoid fever, ... , Dengue fever, ... #bradycardia #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Psittacosis, Q fever ... , Typhoid fever, ... , Dengue fever, ... bradycardia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Causes of Acute Pediatric ... Cough - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... No Fever, No Tachypnea ... Fever, Tachypnea
Scarlet Fever - Other symptoms include: white coating on the tongue which then peels and leave
Scarlet Fever - ... coating on the tongue ... a ‘strawberry’ tongue ... Dermatology #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Causes of Pediatric ... Wheezing - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Abnormal: • Pulmonary ... #Pulmonary
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... Diagnoses Medical ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... #diagnosis #tropical
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
• Typhoid Fever ... Dengue Fever NOTE ... help hone your differential ... #Dissociation #diagnosis ... #differential #
Anatomical Differences Between Pediatric and Adult Airways 
Pediatric airway is... 
• Proportionally smaller larynx 
• Narrowest
Differences Between Pediatric ... Adult Airways Pediatric ... proportionally larger • Tongue ... bronchus #Pediatric ... CriticalCare #Intubation #Diagnosis
Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric ... Fever Age < 21 ... ANC > 10000 #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Infant #Fever