5 results
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 ... if findings of respiratory ... #Peds #EM #Classification ... #Ddxof
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Disorders - Blood Gas ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Anxiety, pain, fever ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Low-grade fever ... crackles in the right middle ... insufficiency, fever ... #differential #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis ... Acid-Base Disorders Alkalosis ... Anxiety, psychosis, Fever ... Pneumoconiosis, Bronchitis, Adult ... #causes
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Vasculitis: • Fevers ... upper and lower respiratory ... rhinitis/sinusitis, saddle ... tract, and often causes