#170 Flashcards
Cat-scratch disease infection treatment is:
local heat application and analgesics
If a lymph node is fluctuant, needle
aspiration usually relieves the pain.
ATB treatment is not clearly beneficial and
generally should not be given for localized infection
The most common cause of apnea in infants less than 6 months is________________
Gastroesophageal reflux
The transmission pattern of Duchenne muscular dystrophy is _______________
X-linked recessive
The transmission pattern of Achondroplasia is________________
autosomal dominant
The transmission pattern of Cystic fibrosis is________________
autosomal recessive
The transmission pattern of Hemophilia is________________
X-linked recessive
The transmission pattern of Neurofibromatosis type 1 is________________
autosomal dominant
Physiological genu valgus may improve by the age of ___
7 years
Physiological genu varus usually improves by the age of ___
2 years
Clubfoot treatment
manipulation, serial casting or surgery if it doesn’t respond to
nonsurgical treatments
Developmental dysplasia of the hip Tx
Pavlik harness or surgery
what’s the Galeazzi Sign? for Developmental dysplasia of the hip
unequal knee height and apparent shorter femur when a child placing supine with hips and knees flexed.
Prominent from 6-18 month kids
Dx for an infant, often with a malformed face (low-set ears, a small receding jaw,), who develops difficult-to-manage hypocalcemia, typically at 24 to 48 hours of life.
Once you know this from your patient, how would you confirm your Dx?
DiGeorge syndrome
The diagnosis can be confirmed with chest x-ray, which will fail to show the normal thymic shadow
DiGeorge syndrome
treatment
PCP prophylaxis
Consider bone marrow transplant and/or IVIG
Possible thymus transplantation
in some cases, may resolve spontaneously as the child ages and a small remnant of thymus hypertrophies.
The “double-bubble” radiographic sign is pathognomonic for________. which is a congenital
anomaly associated with __________.
duodenal atresia
Down Syndrome
