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Pediatric UTI Algorithm (2-24 months of age)

Risk stratify with UTI Calc: 
 - Age months
2-24 months of age ... - No other fever ... Emergency Medicine Cases ... UTI #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Management #UrinaryTractInfection
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Hantavirus - Rodents are ... • Prodrome: fever ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
Fever vs Hyperthermia ... Fever: • Regulated ... - Antipyretics are ... Hyperthermia #comparison #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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and Management ... • Anorexia, Nausea ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... an infant with fever ... Well appearing - Aged ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... : Serology (preferred ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... 2-6 months • Fever ... Weight Loss • Can cause ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
, Cough • +/-Nausea ... Criteria - Fever ... #rheumatology #pediatrics ... #diagnossi #management ... #treatment
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
Croup Diagnosis ... and Management Pearls ... 6 years (peak age ... Treatment: Single ... #Management #pediatrics
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... infectious disease caused ... mild (malaise, fever ... #Management #Treatment