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Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric ... Fever Age < 21 ... #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Management #StepByStep ... Algorithm #Infant #Fever
Pediatric UTI Algorithm (2-24 months of age)

Risk stratify with UTI Calc: 
 - Age months
- No other fever ... Emergency Medicine Cases ... UTI #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Management #UrinaryTractInfection ... #Peds #Risk #Stratification
Clinical Algorithm for Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of UTI in Febrile Infants and Young Children

Urinary
Evaluation and Management ... department with fever ... UTI #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Infant #Peds # ... #Fever
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 #
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... an infant with fever ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Febrile
Bronchiolitis - Lower respiratory tract (bronchioles) 

Microbiology 
 • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (most commonl
bronchioles) Microbiology ... prodrome • Fever ... Bronchiolitis #Diagnosis ... #Management #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Pyloric Stenosis - Overview - Lightning Learning

Thickened pyloric muscle obstructing the passage of milk going into
around 4-6 weeks of age ... Cause is unknown ... Pyloric #Stenosis #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics ... #Peds
Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
Chronic Asthma Are ... Other causes should ... rhinitis needing treatment ... Asthma #Assessment #diagnosis ... #peds #pediatrics
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
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
Croup Diagnosis ... and Management Pearls ... Treatment: Single ... #Management #pediatrics ... #peds