9) Pediatrics Flashcards
1
Q
Croup
- etiology
- x-ray
- Tx
A
- parainfluenza
- steeple sign (subglottic bottleneck causes bark-like sound)
- Racemic epi if severe, Decadron aka dexamethasone
2
Q
Bronchiolititis
- etiology
- x-ray
- Tx
A
- RSV
- air trapping and inflammation w/ hyperinflation and peribronchial cuffing
- trial of nebulizer B agonists, nebulizer epi
- *corticosteroids are not effective
- ribivirin if severe
3
Q
Age of child w/ fever that you must do UA on
A
all boys under age 6mo and girls under 2yr
4
Q
SIDS most common age & tx
A
between 2 and 4mo of age (>90% occur before 6 mo)
-Prevention!: good prenatal care, smoking abstinence, refraining from elicit drug use (all proven effective)
5
Q
best test for pyloric stenosis
A
US
=string sign
(treatment is surgery)
6
Q
Intusseception on plain films
A
evidence of bowel obstruction w/ dilated loops of small bowel and air-fluid levels or paucity of gas in the right lower quadrant (= indicative of a mass lesion)
7
Q
Most common pathogens in OM
A
s. pneumo
non-typable h. influ
moraxella catarrhalis
8
Q
Tx of OM
A
High dose amoxicillin 90mg/kg/day
