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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 ... department with fever ... Febrile #Infant #Peds
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... HIV infection or ... Bloody diarrhea, fever ... Acute #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
Clinical features ... culture Note that fever ... Conncomitant catheter infection ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... mucus, Abd pain, Fever ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Diagnosis and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... • Severe: Only 1% ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... forms: 1) Rhinocerebral ... fungal stain of clinical ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... Skin exam for infection ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... medical and surgical management
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
History of EBV infection ... Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... • Dyspnea • Fever ... B symptoms in 1/ ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Workup
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
Diagnosis and Management ... titer greater than 1: ... TREATMENT: Clinically ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #infectiousdiseases
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Diagnosis and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... • Severe: Only 1% ... useful for chronic infection ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases