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Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
and Management Summary ... active ROM +/- fever ... viral arthritis Workup ... Treatment: admission ... 90% sensitive in pediatrics
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... an infant with fever ... leukocytes in urine ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager Summary ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... Anti-GBM antibody • Urine ... : UA, Urine protein ... #management #treatment
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
and Management Summary ... Presentation: • Fever ... Criteria - Fever ... #rheumatology #pediatrics ... #treatment
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
note, discharge summary ... own objective assessment ... bedside echo is never ... CPK, HIV, EtOH, Urine ... Pearls #Checklist #diagnosis
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
old on day ≥7 of fever ... 15,000/mm3, and urine ... echo is positive, treatment ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Blastomycosis Summary ... Farmer and forestry work ... The Disease: • Pulmonary ... fluid, BAL, CSF, urine ... Treatment:
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Coccidioides): Valley Fever ... - Summary Sheet ... or excavation work ... disease: no treatment ... #management #summary