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?