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Fever & infectious diseases
13 calculators · febrile infant rules, sepsis, meningitis, septic arthritis, Kawasaki disease, BRUE
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McIsaac score (sore throat)
Modified Centor score: probability of streptococcal pharyngitis, −1 to 4 points -
AAP UTI algorithm 2011 / Urinary tract infection risk in febrile infants (historical guideline)
Urinary tract infection risk in children aged 2–24 months by the risk factors of the AAP guideline 2021 (withdrawn) 2011 – not identical to UTICalc (Shaikh 2018/2022) -
PECARN Febrile Infant Rule
Febrile infants ≤ 60 days: urinalysis, neutrophils ≤ 4090/µl, procalcitonin ≤ 1.71 ng/ml → low risk (Kuppermann 2019) -
Step-by-Step Febrile Infant
Sequential risk assessment of febrile infants ≤ 90 days: appearance, age, urine, procalcitonin, CRP/neutrophils -
Rochester Criteria
Low-risk criteria for febrile infants ≤ 60 days (Jaskiewicz 1994) -
Pediatric SIRS & Sepsis Criteria (IPSCC 2005 – historical)
Historical SIRS criteria of the consensus conference 2005 (temperature, heart and respiratory rate, leukocytes) – no longer recommended for the diagnosis of sepsis since Phoenix 2024 -
Bacterial Meningitis Score
Gram stain, CSF neutrophils, CSF protein, blood neutrophils, seizure – very low risk at 0 points (Nigrovic) -
Kocher Criteria (septic arthritis of the hip)
Fever, non-weight-bearing, ESR ≥ 40 mm/h, leukocytes > 12 000 – probability of septic arthritis 0.2 to 99.6 % -
Caird Criteria
Kocher criteria plus CRP > 2.0 mg/dl – septic arthritis with 3/4/5 factors 83/93/98 % (Caird 2006) -
Kawasaki diagnostic criteria (AHA 2017)
Fever ≥ 5 days plus principal criteria; algorithm for incomplete Kawasaki disease with CRP/ESR and laboratory criteria -
BRUE Risk Classification
Brief Resolved Unexplained Event: definition and the seven low-risk criteria of the AAP 2016 -
Rule of 7s for Lyme Meningitis
Headache < 7 days, < 70 % mononuclear CSF cells, no cranial nerve palsy → low risk of Lyme meningitis -
Phoenix Sepsis Score
International sepsis criteria 2024: respiration, circulation, coagulation, neurology – sepsis from 2 points, shock with cardiovascular points