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Pediatric Pneumonia on POCUS

Nothing as satisfying as when the normal lung gives way to pneumonia. 

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Pediatric Pneumonia ... on POCUS Nothing ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Clinical #Lung ... #Pulmonary #ShredSign
Validation of the Step-By-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

#Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile #Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
#Management #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Febrile ... #LP #Antibiotics ... #Risk #Stratification ... #Fever #RebelEM
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
leukocytes in urine ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Febrile ... #LP #Antibiotics
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
on Lung POCUS ... healthy pt with fever ... sliding: Pulmonary ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Algorithm Congenital ... Neurologic Anomaly • Pulmonary ... Infection: • Severe Pneumonia ... 80% of SUDI • Risk ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • DM risk factor ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : • 80% have fever ... #Abscess #pulmonary
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
92.0% and 46.9% #Diagnosis ... EBM #Management #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Febrile ... #LP #Antibiotics ... #Fever
Pneumonia on POCUS

Otherwise healthy 12mo-old w/ fever. Linear & phased array viewing the lung (subpleural &
Pneumonia on POCUS ... healthy 12mo-old w/ fever ... >1cm, supports diagnosis ... #POCUS #clinical ... #pediatrics
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
old on day ≥7 of fever ... if they have no clinical ... 15,000/mm3, and urine ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis