Tickborne Illness
Clinical Pathways promote evidence-based, safe, and high-value patient care by providing clinical recommendations and standard processes. They are developed by multidisciplinary committees of subject matter experts, informed by a methodical review of available evidence and consensus among committee members.
Clinical Pathway:
- Tickborne Illness Algorithm
- Tickborne Illness Synopsis (provides care standards employed for this clinical pathway)
Additional tools associated with this Clinical Pathway:
Inclusion and exclusion criteria:
- Inclusion:
- Child presenting with a fever with or without a rash
- Exclusion:
- Child with an apparent diagnosis where tickborne illness is not suspected
Committee members involved in the development:
- Chris Day, MD |Infectious Diseases | Committee Co-Chair
- Kedar Tilak, MD, FAAP | Pediatric Infectious Diseases/Neonatology – Fellow | Committee Co-Chair
- Katherine Randolph, DO | Pediatric Emergency Medicine – Fellow | Committee Member
- John Graham, MD | Pediatric Emergency Medicine | Committee Member
- Morgan Vaughn, MD, FAAP | Urgent Care | Committee Member
- Siân Best, MD | Hospital Medicine – Fellow | Committee Member
- Christine Scoby, DO | Hospital Medicine | Committee Member
- Danny Dooling, MD | Medicine-Pediatrics Resident | Committee Member
- Jill Vickers, MSN, RN, NI-BC, CPN | Clinical Practice and Quality | Committee Member
- Alaina Burns, Pharm.D., BCPPS | Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases | Contributor
EBP Committee Members:
- Kathleen Berg, MD, FAAP | Hospitalist, Evidence Based Practice
- Kelli Ott, OTD, OTR/L | Evidence Based Practice
Publication dates:
- Finalized date: 01/2025
- Next expected revision date: 01/2028
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These pathways do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case. It is recognized that each case is different, and those individuals involved in providing health care are expected to use their judgment in determining what is in the best interests of the patient based on the circumstances existing at the time. It is impossible to anticipate all possible situations that may exist and to prepare a pathway for each. Accordingly, these pathways should guide care with the understanding that departures from them may be required at times.