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Status Epilepticus - Management
Seizure > 5 mins or two seizures without complete recovery between them
PEDS
Benzo Dose
Status Epilepticus ... - Management Seizure ... #treatment #algorithm ... #peds #pediatrics ... #neurology
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... serious bacterial infections ... components of the algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pediatrics #Peds
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Arrhythmia • Neurologic ... 80% of SUDI • Risk ... #Causes #Peds # ... Pediatrics
Clinical Algorithm for Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of UTI in Febrile Infants and Young Children

Urinary
Clinical Algorithm ... Evaluation and Management ... Urinary tract infection ... serious bacterial infection ... Febrile #Infant #Peds
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
The algorithm below ... short course of treatment ... provide empiric treatment ... and immunologic status ... is proposed: #Management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Risk factors 3. ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... altered mental status ... , and focal neurologic ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Skin exam for infection ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... Cataract Plan for Meds ... medical and surgical management
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Diagnosis and Management ... transmission as zoonotic infection ... Risk Factors: ... socioeconomic status ... routine O&P • Clinical
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... specific therapy, the clinician ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology