Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 β€’ Temperature 37.8 C   β€’ Rigors
- Management Algorithm ... Antibiotic Management ... Antibiotic Management ... after treatment ... #Management #Algorithm
β€œStep by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... serious bacterial infections ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Febrile #Infant ... #LP #Antibiotics
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
*For
for the management ... and treatment of ... allergy to Ξ²-lactam antibiotics ... available, open and debride ... #management #SSIs
Clinical Algorithm for Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of UTI in Febrile Infants and Young Children

Urinary
Evaluation and Management ... of UTI in Febrile ... Urinary tract infection ... department with fever ... #Peds #UrinaryTract
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
The Febrile Infant ... treatment. http ... Diagnosis #EBM #Management ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... Stratification #Fever
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
Debridement and Management ... benefit > risk - Never ... tissue/bone/metal ID ... #treatment #Debridement ... #Management
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
acute or subacute febrile ... following: β€’ Fever ... : β€’ Infection ... rapidly, and empiric antibiotic ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
The table below ... increases during febrile ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment ... Infectious Diseases
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
culture Note that fever ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... Conncomitant catheter infection ... β€’ Prophylactic antibiotics ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 β†’ start cefepime Β± vancomycin (if
if SSTI or port infection ... abdominal pain; full infectious ... work-up - If febrile ... 500 β†’ may stop antibiotics ... allopurinol 300 mg BID