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“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
an infant with fever ... leukocytes in urine ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Febrile
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
Aspergillosis (ABPA ... • Low grade fever ... CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... ON LABORATORY EVALUATION ... #pulmonary #diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Evaluation Major ... or family - Ever ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... one post op Cardiology ... #diagnosis
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
Evaluation of suspected ... old on day ≥7 of fever ... 15,000/mm3, and urine ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • 3 syndromes: ABPA ... • CT: Halo sign ... Pneumonia: • Risk ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Pediatrics Sepsis Screening
SIGNS OF INFECTION?
 • Fever (>38C)
 • Hypothermia (<36C)
 • Cough/chest pain/respiratory distress
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Pediatrics Sepsis ... • Fever (>38C) ... • ↓ feeding, ↓ urine ... infection HIGH RISK ... #peds #diagnosis
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Diagnosis? ... of prior silent pulmonary ... are common but fever ... half. absence of fever ... of K+ & Mg in urine