13 results
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Septic Arthritis ... Summary Clinical ... active ROM +/- fever ... count, and crystal evaluation ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM
Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Fever #Diagnosis #Management #EM #Peds #Fever #Workup #Evaluation #Discharge #Admission #Algorithm
Evaluation and Management ... of Pediatric Fever ... #EM #Peds #Fever ... Discharge #Admission #Algorithm ... #Ddxof
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Algorithm • Temperature ... • Persistent fever ... osteomyelitis, septic ... arthritis) Keep ... Hernodynamically stable after treatment
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
checklist Initial evaluation ... endocarditis w/ septic ... • Persistent fever ... infection (e.g. septic ... arthritis, splenic
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... triad: Fever, Arthralgia ... /arthritis, Skin ... Disease #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
syndromes Clinical ... is the main clinical ... brucellosis) • Sepsis ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Diagnosis and Management ... Summary Clinical ... night sweats, fever ... disease Imaging and Treatment ... with contrast Evaluation
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... : fever +++, hepatosplenomegaly ... inhibitors under evaluation ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... related to IBD, celiac ... total body stores Evaluation ... Check for IF ab Treatment ... Deficiency #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... • Septic shock ... arthritis, and ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management