2018 MCQ Flashcards
7 year old male with chronic GERD. He develops progressive dysphagia to solids. He has lost 2.3 kg as a result of his restrictive eating. Labs are normal. Best test for diagnosis:
- Hydrogen breath test
- H. Pylori serology
- Upper endoscopy and biopsy
- Upper GI series
- Upper Endoscopy and biopsy
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Clinical:
- Atopic male presenting in childhood or 4th decade, predominance in whites
- Infants/toddlers: feeding difficulties
- Children: vomiting or pain
- A/w food allergy, eczema, chronic rhinitis, env allergies
- ** Most common condition that presents as food impaction
- Symptoms suggestive of GER that are unresponsive to antacids
Diagnosis
- Symptoms related to esophageal dysfunction
- Eosinophil-predominant inflammation on biopsy, >15 eos per hpf
- Mucosal eosinophilia is isolated to esophagus and persists after ppi trial
- Secondary causes of esophageal eosinophilia exluded
- Response to tx (dietary elimination, topical corticosteroids) supports dx but is not required for dx
- Biopsies are required
Treatment
- Topical and systemic corticosteroids
- First line therapy - multi-dose inhalers or aqueous nebs that are swallowed. Systemic prednisone works well but worse SE.
- Dietary restrictions
- Elimination diet, 6 food elimination diet, elemental diet
Young girl with suspected sepsis. She is started on Ceftriaxone and gets better. Culture grows S. pneumo sensitive to Ampicillin. She is switched to ampicillin and shortly after taking it develops urticaria. Her blood pressure is low, HR 180 and RR 50. What is your next best step:
- IV diphenhydramine
- Restart Ceftriaxone
- 20 ml/kg normal saline
- Epi IV
- 20 ml/kg NS …and a variant of 4. Epi IV but not quite…
Sounds like anaphylaxis. Ideally : do IM to start. Stop Amp if still running. Give fluids for her hypotension. IV Epi is a consideration if ongoing hypotension - do this as an infusion, not a push.
CPS Emergency Tx of Anaphylaxis:
Epinephrine 1:1000 should be administered IM into the anterolateral thigh at a dose of 0.01 mg/kg (maximum total dose 0.5 mg), and can be repeated every 5 min to 15 min depending on the patient’s response to previous doses
1 year old has a seizure and is taken to the hospital. On examination, fundoscopy looks like this: (super vascular with poorly demarcated greyish area)
What is the underlying etiology:
- Tay Sach’s
- Retinopathy of prematurity
- Child abuse
- Toxoplasmosis
https://www.aao.org/topic-detail/retinopathy-of-prematurity–asia-pacific#figure18
This is an example of ROP
Teenage girl with exercised-induced syncope. She has been diagnosed with long QT syndrome. What is your next step in management:
- Calcium channel blocker with high intensity exercise restriction
- Beta Blocker with high intensity exercise restriction
- Calcium channel blocker without high intensity exercise restriction
- Beta blocker without high intensity exercise restriction
- Beta Blocker with high high intensity exercise restriction
This is a dumb question becaue exercise restriction is an area of huge debate. Exercise restriction depends on the genotype of LQTS - for LQT-1, swimming not recommended due to sudden cardiac death. For the others, so long as asymptomatic and avoid other exacerbating factors (over heading, drugs, dehydration) they can do competitive sports.
Since this is a new Dx - would avoid high intensity sports - make sure remains asymptomatic for a period of time.
A child in grade 1 has a history of repaired TAPVR. He has been diagnosed with ADHD. After taking a thorough history and physical, your next step is:
- ECG
- ECHO
- Start a stimulant medication with no further investigation
- Stimulants are contraindicated
- Start on stimulant… ?
Do an ECG only if symptomatic… i think.
From the CPS Cardiac Risk Assessment
For ADHD patients with known heart disease who are followed by a cardiologist, the physician with expertise in ADHD likely remains the appropriate individual to evaluate benefit and risk, and make a recommendation for medication therapy, because there is little evidence that taking medication further increases the risk of sudden death. Discussion of treatment options with the cardiologist is appropriate, with ultimate treatment decisions being made by consensus. ‘In-person’ clinical review by the cardiologist specifically for ADHD risk assessment before starting treatment is generally unnecessary (class IIa, level C).
Mom has husband who lived in Brazil up to 12 months ago, babe comes out looking well with a normal head circumference, weight and length. Normal physical exam. What testing do you do on the NEWBORN?
- Zikv PCR in blood and urine of babe and head u/s
- MRI babe
- ZIKV serologies
- Do nothing
- Do Nothing.
If there is possible exposure for mother - travel to endemic country while pregnant or sexual intercourse while pregnant with someone from endemic country in last 6 months and baby is NORMAL (normal HC and neuro exam)… then you can test mom first with ZIKV serology.
Microarray testing best able to detect
- 22q11
- Fragile X
- PWS
- Myotonic dystrophy
- 22q11
but you can also find PWS
Microarray compares the genome of patient to a control and looks for macro/micro deletions/duplications (smallest is 0.2 Mb).
Cannot find balanced translocations or inversions.
Cannot find single gene point mutations.
Fragile X - Direct PCR and Southern Blot analysis for copy number repeats
Prader Willi - 70% of individuals have deletion on one chromosome 15 involving bands 15q11.2-q13 - can be detected using FISH or chromosomal microarray… but this isn’t specific for PWS. DNA methylation analysis can detect the imprinting problems
Girl comes to office over the summer, has hypopigmented patches over face and chest, with poorly-defined borders, fine white scale. History of asthma.
- Tinea versicolour
- Pityriasis alba
- Vitiligo
- ?
- Pityriasis alba
Pityriasis alba commonly affects children and is considered a component of the spectrum of atopic dermatitis. It is characterized by hypopigmented, mildly scaling patches common on sun-exposed areas. Often a Hx of eczema.
Tinea versicolor usually affects upper trunk, caused by malessezia.
Vitiligo - positive woods lamp, asymptomatic. Associated with autoimmune disorders.
Most common sequale of NEC
- Malabsorption
- stricture
- Stricture
Parvob19 daycare restrictions (given picture of child with facial rash)
- Now
- As soon as the child is well enough to go
- After the rash resolves
- After fever and rash resolves
- As soon as the child is well enough to go.
Heavy pot user is incarcerated. Withdrawal symptoms?
- -none
- -distorted thinking
- -palpitations
- -abdominal pain
- Abdominal Pain
CWS is defined by experiencing at least two of five psychological symptoms:
- Irritability,
- anxiety,
- depressed mood,
- sleep disturbance,
- appetite changes
—and at least one of six physical symptoms—
- abdominal pain,
- shaking,
- fever,
- chills,
- headache,
- diaphoresis
—after cessation of heavy cannabis use.
Heavy cannabis use is defined as daily or near daily use for at least a few months.
Withdrawal symptoms commonly occur 24 h to 72 h after last use [32] and persist for 1 to 2 weeks.
Sleep disturbance is often reported for up to 1 month. CWS may impede cannabis cessation and precipitate relapse
Boy comes in from MVA. GCS 10, pupils unequal. Becomes hypertensive 180/100, HR 40. Next steps?
- mannitol
- hypertonic saline
- intubate and hyperventilate
- labetalol
- Mannitol
(get ready to intubate)
- elevate head of bed to 30 degrees, keep head in midline
- maintain normocapnia, normothermia, and normal O2 sats, treat hypotension
- consult neurosurgery and PICU
- IV mannitol 0.5- 1g/kg push or IV 3% saline 1-3ml/kg
- consider hyperventilation
Baby born at 36 weeks by CS for FTT. Apgars 7/9. No infectious RF. Mom is GBS pending. Now requiring O2 to keep >92 with mild WOB. Cause?
- TTN
- RDS
- GBS sepsis
- VSD
- TTN
Could be TTN or RDS … Doesn’t tell timeframe well.
TTN - most common after term c-section. Tachypnea, mild wob and mild O2 requirements.
If quickly after delivery = RDS. RDS is more common in extreme <32 weekers but still see it in 15-30% of babies born 32-36weeks. Present with tachypnea, grunting, retractions, cyanosis.
RF: Csection, Cold Stress, GDM, Precipitious delivery,
Girl with periods from April 2-7 and 23-30. Menstrual cycle length?
- 7
- 14
- 21
- 28
21 days
Kid nephrotic syndrome. Most likely consequence?
- DVT
- Encephalopathy
- Acute renal failure
- Heart failure
?DVT
Most are steoid responsive- If NOT… then ARF…
Clinical Consequences of Nephrotic Syndrome (Nelsons)
- Edema
- Hyperlipidemia (increased cardiovascular risk)
- Hypercoagulability (risk of DVT is 2-5%)
- Infection (osteo, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis)
Female newborn with puffy hands/feet, low hairline. Most likely cardiac lesion
- Bicuspid aortic valve
- Pulmonic stenosis
- TOF
- TAPVD
- Bicuspid Ao Valve
Turner Syndrome = 45 XO
- Short Stature, Short webbed neck, Low set Ears, Flat Nasal bridge, Epicanthal folds, Broad chest, wide spaced nipples.
- Lymphedema of hands/feet
- Short 4th MCP
- Cardiac = CoArctation, Bicupsid Ao Valve, Increased risk of aortic root dilatation/dissection
- Renal = horseshoe kidneys
- Ovarian Dysgenesis
- Hypothyroidism, Celiac, IBD, T1DM
- Hearing Loss
18 month old who wakes up screaming, inconsolable, parents at loss of what to do. Does not recall events.
- Reassure
- EEG
- MRI
- Refer to psych
- Reassure - Probably night terrors… but 18 mos sounds young! Typically see in ages 2-7.
I would consider EEG if
- definitely young (ie. questions isn’t wrong here)
- more than once per night
- short duration <5 minutes
Most common reason for secondary adrenal insufficiency
- Long course of steroids
- Adrenoleukodystrophy
- Infection
- Head trauma
- Long course of steroids
APGAR scores for a baby. 1 minute: HR 80, grimace with suction, blue, limp, irregular resps. 5 minute: still hypotonic, HR 140, no response to suction, acrocyanosis, irregular resps.
- 4,4
- 3,4
- 3,5
- 3, 4
APGAR (0-2)
Appearance (Blue Pale=0, Blue Extrem/Pink Body =1, Pink =2) =0, 1
Pulse (Absent =0, <100 = 1, >100 = 2) = 1 , 2
Grimace (Floppy =0, Minimally Responsive =1, Fully Responsive =2) = 1, 0
Activity (Absent = 0, Flexed =1, Active =2) =0 ,0
Respirations (Absent = 0, Slow Irregular =1, Cry =2) =1 ,1
A 5 year old boy has had fever and sore throat. Initially prescribed amox, defervesced. A few days later returns with brassy cough, high fever, toxic appearance. What is next in management?
- Nebulized epi
- Dexamethasone
- Call ENT
- Lateral neck xray
- Call ENT
This sounds like bacterial tracheitis. Get ENT - might need intubation. Needs ABx!!
8 yo male with CF, 6 weeks cough, congestion, NO fever.
+ weight loss (no mention of sputum). Most likely bug?
- Burkholderia Cepacia
- Mycoplasma
- Pseudomonas
- Stenotrophomonas
- Pseudomonas
Also a bad question - Pseudomonas is common but more so as the child ages.
12 yo F, menarche, multiple days of heavy bleeding, soaking through multiple pads. No FHx bleeding disorder. She is now having to change pads every 1 hour. Management?
- D&C
- High dose OCP
- Some other hormone related thing
- Tranexamic acid
- High dose OCP
4 yo F, brought in by CAS worker due to concerns about sexual abuse. Exam shows vulvar irritation and discharge. What to do?
- STI swabs and culture
- Avoid bubble baths
- Reassure
- Something else
- Avoid Bubble Baths
Step 1 - better hygeine.
If that fails - consider a swab.
Babe crying everytime she stools, mom has been to many doctors due to this. Thriving well
- Stop breastfeeding
- Reassure
- Hydrolzyed formula
- Reassure
Normal baby… but concerning that mom has visited many doctors?!
13 yo F, with history of seasonal allergies. When she eats certain fruits (apples, peaches?) she develops tingling and swelling of her tongue and lips. She tolerates eating cooked fruits without these symptoms. What to do?
- SPT to pollens
- Avoid?
- Dx allergy?
- Oral food challenge
?? 1. SPT to pollens
As per UTD they recommend definitive testing, which would be for the fruit and the pollen.
This sounds like Oral Allergy Syndrome - probably has pollen allergy. Could argue to avoid the UNCOOKED foods.
The Mother of a 3.5 yo girl is concerned about her speech. She said her first words at 11 months and is speaking in 3 word sentences. There are no concerns with her development. She has begun to have difficulty with speaking. She will repeat the same word (mommy, mommy, mommy) and repeat sounds at the start of words (m-m-m-mommy), pause during speak and insert “uh” in the middle of a sentences. She has associated facial twitches and blinking. What do you recommend?
a. Reassure
b. Follow up in 6 months
c. Refer to SLP
c. Refer to SLP
Because she has the facial twitches and tension
A 10 yr old girl presents with 10 days of fever and a migratory arthritis. On exam, she has a swollen left wrist. Her WBC is 18 and her ESR is 75. Diagnosis:
a. SLE
b. JRA
c. Rheumatic fever
d. Septic arthritis
Rheumatic Fever
JONES Criteria (2 major or 1 Major and 2 Minor)
MAJOR:
- Arthritis
- Carditis
- Subcutaneous Nodules
- Erythema Marginatum
- Syndenham Chorea
MINOR:
- Arthralgia
- Fever
- Lab: Elevated ESR or CRP
- Prolonged PR
AND supportive evidence of GAS infection
Baby first noted to have jaundice at 4 days of life. Now 1 week old, with total bilirubin 380, conjugated 150, presented with poor feeding, vomited once, and has temp 35. No vital signs mentioned. Most likely diagnosis?
- Sepsis
- Galactosemia
- Biliary atresia
- Neonatal hepatitis
- Sepsis but maybe Galactosemia??
The baby is hypothermic.
Conjugated is 40%
Baby with newborn screen screen positive for PKU, otherwise currently well, no family history. What do you do next?
- Repeat phenylalanine level
- Restrict phenylalanine
- Test for BH4 deficiency
- Repeat phenylalanine level
Sickle cell kid is going away - what is she at risk for
- Typhoid fever
- Hepatitis
Typhoid fever (salmonella is encapsulated)
15yo M with fever x 24 hours, one sided scrotal pain and swelling, with dysuria and pyuria. Urinalysis shows WBC- best management?
- Refer to urology
- Treat him with antibiotics
- Treat him and sexual partners with antibiotics
?3. Treat him and sexual partners with antibiotics
UTD: Among sexually active males, chlamydia is the most common microbial agent, followed by N. gonorrhea, E. coli, and viruses.
Baby with petechiae. Plt 12. After transfusion, Plt are 16. Mom’s CBC normal. What is best management?
- PLA1 negative platelets
- IVIG
- Pooled donor platelets
- There was NOT a maternal washed option
- PLA1 negative platelets
Washed platelets from mom or PLA1
Alloimmune thrombocytopenia
MVA 10yo F reduced LOC, eye open to pain, withdrawal to pain and inappropriate words. GCS?
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
9
EVM (456)
Babe from primup at DOL 3 coming for check up. BW is 3.0kg, now is 2.693kg, breastfed only 9x/day with wet diapers 7x/day. Urinating well. What to do?
- Follow up in 24 hours
- Check a bili, creatinine, and electrolytes
- Supplement with 15-30ml formula with each feed
- Give the mom motilium/domperidone to improve breast milk production
Follow this up - baby is well, peeing lots.
Antenatal hydronephrosis, postnatal ultrasound at 3w shows one sided mod-severe hydronephrosis, no mentioned urological abn. Baby looks well and peeing well. Next step?
- Urology consult before discharge
- VCUG
- DMSA
- ?reassure
According to Ham Review and the Canadian antenatal hydronephrosis guidelines…. you should refer to Urology (and they can decide on doing the VCUG).
You are seeing a 4mo with a 24 hour history of poor feeding. He has just started solids. On examination, there is facial and limb weakness. Pupillary response is normal? DTR are absent.
- Botulism
- SMA
- Mytonic dystrophy
- botulinism
Teenage girl, previously with heavy use of marijuana. Now incarcerated. What symptom is most likely? (Cannibis withdrawal sx)
- Palpitations
- Abdominal pain
- No symptoms
- Distorted perceptions
- abdominal pain
You are seeing a newborn born to a Hepatitis B positive mother. What is the BEST management for the baby?
- Hep b Ig/hepb NOW
- Hepatiits B Vaccine within 12h and immunoglobulin within 7d
- Heb B Ig/Hep B now
We know mom is positive.
If mom is unknown then give the vaccine and test the mom. you have seven days to give the HBIG
2 year old fully-immunized girl fell on playground and has a deep arm laceration. After laceration has been cleaned and sutured, what further management?
- Tetanus toxoid (exact wording on exam - did not say tetanus toxoid vaccine)
- Tetanus toxoid and immune globulin
- Antibiotics
- Nothing
- NOthing
As long as you have 4 doses of dTap then you don’t have to proph.
From Canadian Immunization Guidelines: Any unimmunized (or incompletely immunized) individuals who sustain anything more than a minor, clean wound need swift treatment. Both TIg and tetanus toxoid-containing vaccine (as appropriate for age and immunization history) should be given, at different injection sites, using separate needles and syringes. The vaccine series should then be completed, unless contraindicated.
Girl with symptoms of DI (hypernatremia with high output low spec grav urine), improves with DDAVP (given improved Na, concentrated urine spec grav). MRI shows thickened pituitary stalk. What is the diagnosis
- Histiocytosis (just “histiocytosis”, not Langerhans histiocytosis)
- Craniopharyngioma
- Prolactinoma
- ??hypothalamic hamartoma
Craniopharyngioma
Pituitary Stalk thickening - common in LANGERHAN cell histiocytosis. So could be this?
Most common pituitary stalk lesion that will give you DI is craniopharyngioma.
12 year old girl with 3 weeks of fever, malaise, and polyarthralgias. No arthritis. Protein and blood in her urine, normal creatinine. Leukopenia, lymphopenia, normal platelets. ESR 75. What’s the most likely diagnosis?
- Systemic JIA
- SLE
- Rheumatic fever
- Post strep GN
- SLE
Kid with nephrotic syndrome started on steroids. Presents with abdominal pain, distended abdomen with dullness over the flanks bilaterally, peritoneal signs. Which test will give you the diagnosis?
- CT abdomen
- Paracentesis and culture
- Abdominal U/S
- Surgical exploration? Or ?laparotomy
- Paracentesis and Culture
?Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
6 month old, mother with hepatitis C (antibody positive, HCV RNA positive). Babe is well with normal liver enzymes and negative anti-HCV antibody. What do you do?
- Reassurance, no further testing needed
- Repeat HCV serology in 6 months
- Liver biopsy
- Measure HCV RNA
- Reassurance, no further testing needed
Technically you would test at 18 mo, not at 6 mos
5 year old boy presents to the emergency department with 3 weeks of polyuria, polydipsia and blood glucose 28, normal gas, and is started on subcutaneous insulin and discharge home. In the next week, he has multiple hypoglycemic episodes. What is the likely reason for this?
- Wrong diagnosis
- Diabetes honeymoon period
- Non-compliant/ wrong dose of insulin
- Honeymoon period.
Teen with acute SOB and wheeze, three times in last few weeks, growing well, looks well, comes to ED - most likely test to give diagnosis
- PFT
- CXR
- CT Chest
- PFT
?Could be asthma or could be VCD
A 3-year-old male is brought to you because the mother has concerns about his language. He guides mom’s hand to things that he wants, has 18 single words, and can follow 2 step commands. His fine motor and gross motor development is normal. What is this most consistent with?
a) Expressive last ge delay
b) Receptive language delay
c) Normal variant
d) Autism Spectrum Disorder
d) Autism Spectrum Disorder
A 14-year-old male has idiopathic generalized tonic clonic epilepsy. He is on valproate. He is doing well and has been seizure free for 9 months. The family doctor did a valproate level as a part of his health supervision and it was 290 (normal 350-700). What do you do?
a) Increase valproate to therapeutic range
b) Discontinue valproate since he doesn’t need it
c) No change to his valproate dose
No change to his valproate dose
A child at daycare bites another child and causes bleeding but it’s not a deep bite. Both are immunized but their hepatitis B status is unknown. The next best step is:
a. Do HBV serology on both
b. Give oral clavulin prophylaxis to the bitten child
c. Check both for HBV surface Antigen and antibodies
d. Give Hepatitis B vaccine to both
d. Give Hep B vaccine to both
Of all the blood born infections, risk is highest in Hep B. Bites are usually not that dirty and do not need antibiotics. In this question we are assuming they didnt have HBV
A 4 month old presents with a narrow elongated head and frontal bossing. What suture is most likely fused?
a) Metopic
b) Sagittal
c) Lambdoid
d) Coronal
Sagittal
Most common cardiac finding in turner
- MVP
- Bicuspid AV
- TOF
- bicuspid AV
Toddler with intussusception, seen before and had air enema reduction. Returns with similar symptoms, but now looks sick, tachycardic, hypotensive. What to do next?
- Nasogastric decompression
- Consult surgery
- Air enema
- Abdo ultrasound
- Consult surgery
Boy with 2 day history of mouth sores and rash. Preceded by 1 wk of fever and cough, given amox and acetaminophen. What is most likely cause ? (Give picture of rash - hands and lips looked similar to below)
a. HSV
b. amoxicillin
c. mycoplasma
d. acetaminophen
EM - most common cause is HSV but you can also get this with mycoplasma (especially with the pneumonia picture)
? Mycoplasma
A child ingested his grandmother’s bottle of iron pills, developed nausea and hematemesis and was brought to the hospital. In the ER he was fluid resuscitated, deferoxamine was started and an abdominal radiograph demonstrates many iron pills still in his stomach. What is your next step in management?
a) Activated charcoal
b) Whole bowel irrigation
c) Endoscopic removal
d) Ipecac
b or c
charcoal is not effective for metal.
Many small pills -> irrigation. If lots in stomache then do gastric lavage first. If post pyloris do WBI.
Big impaction -> endoscopy
Teenager with fever and sore throat. Treated with amoxicillin and initially improved but now fever is back and having difficulty opening mouth due to pain, also has moderate anterior cervical lymphadenopathy bilaterally. What is the diagnosis?
- Peritonsillar abscess
- Retropharyngeal abscess
- EBV
- ?
Peritonsillar abscess