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Rapid Pediatric Assessment Diagram:
* Assessment of Appearance
  - Tone: Moves spontaneously, resists examination
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- Cyanosis #Diagnosis ... #EM #Peds #Rapid ... Diagram #Metabolic #Compensated ... #Decompensated ... #Shock #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
and Evaluation ... symptoms (HA, nausea ... , seizures) 3) Assessment ... #EM #IM #Nephro ... Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... Consider BCx, CSF evaluation ... unformed) PNA diagnosed ... #Peds #EM #Classification ... SeriousBacterialIllness #Ddxof
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... • Clinical: fever ... Drugs, Unknown cause ... Treatment: • ... inhibitors under evaluation
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
recognize Acute Decompensated ... The assessment of ... are excellent at evaluating ... & Dry) is the treatment ... the determined cause
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
Pulmonary Nodule Evaluation ... nodule size & assessment ... are called lung masses ... lung malignancy, clinical ... The treatment of