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THE LIMPING OR NON-WEIGHT BEARING CHILD PATHWAY

RED FLAGS - In all cases there are specific
markers which
splenomegaly, abnormal ... neurology, back ... cell disease Rheumatology ... Pathway #Child #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Diagnosis
How to use C-reactive protein (CRP)- Review https://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/19/archdischild-2018-315079

 - An CRP alone cannot be used to
biomarker the clinical ... Serial normal CRPs ... guide intial treatment ... VisualAbstract #Review #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Skull Fracture on POCUS
7 month-old after a fall and temporal swelling. normal neuro exam.  POCUS
temporal swelling. normal ... POCUS shows? ... Being able to diagnose ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #pediatrics #peds
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Diagnosis = clinical ... 50 in GCA, but normal ... Treatment of GCA ... them, but urgent rheumatology
Pyogenic liver abscess in children
Common bacterial causes in children:
 • S.aureus
 • Strep spp
 • Enteric
from contiguous focus ... of infection (cholecystitis ... liver #abscess #pediatrics ... #children #peds ... #differential #diagnosis
Neurosarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Treatment
 • 5 to 40% of sarcoidosis, Heterogeneous, often inaugural
 • Central
and Treatment ... neurosarcoidosis: Clinical ... Treatment ~ 2 ... #Treatment #management ... #neurology #rheumatology
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Crisis (SRC) Clinical ... hypertension 3) Abnormal ... , add other BP meds ... Renal #Crisis #rheumatology ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... level • A low or normal ... : • Serology for