CRACKCast E167 – Pediatric Fever - a podcast by The CanadiEM.org Team
from 2018-04-05T12:00
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Core questions:
- List 10 non-infectious causes of fever in children
- List 3 bacterial pathogens responsible for infections in the following age groups
- 0-28 days
- 1-3 months
- 3-36 months
- > 3 yr
- List 5 tests to perform on CSF
- Describe the empiric management of fever in the neonate (0-28 days)
- Why is ceftriaxone not recommended for the neonate?
- Describe one of
- The Rochester criteria
- The Philadelphia criteria
- Define simple and complex febrile seizure. What are indications for LP?
- What is the likelihood of
- Recurrent febrile seizure after 1 st presentation
- Risk of epilepsy after first febrile seizure?
- List 6 causes of Fever and Petechiae
- Describe the criteria for the diagnosis of Toxic Shock Syndrome
- What sickle cell patients require prophylaxis and why? What Abx?
- List the Duke criteria for infective endocarditis.
Wisecracks:
- Provide a differential diagnosis for fever (review question)
- Which patients are excluded from the Rochester Criteria?
- What are the low-risk Rochester Criteria, and how are these children managed?
- Which age groups should always have a urinalysis when presenting with fever without source?
- Which children should have a CXR to r/o pneumonia in the setting of fever without source?
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