Adolescent Flashcards
What is the likely diagnosis for pt with painless, erythematous, rounded ulcer with slightly raised, clean edges and clean base on penis?
Primary Syphilis
tx: IM penicillin 2.4 mil units
What is the most common cause of death in adolescents?
Unintentional injuries (second is suicide)
What is the most likely diagnosis for a teen with vulvar itching, hyperemic and edematous vulva, inflamed cervix with speckled petechial hemorrhages and thing yellowish-green frothy malodorous discharge?
Trichomonas
What are 3 common progesterone related side effects in OCPs?
- oily skin with acne
- noncyclical weight gain
- hirsuitism
What is the cause of dysmenorrhea (severe menstrual cramps)?
buildup of prostaglandins
tx: with NSAIDs 1-2 days prior to prevent buildup
What is the likely diagnosis of teen with fever, chills, generalized malaise, asymmetric polyarthralgias without purulent arthritis and lesions of the skin (painless pustules, or necrotic lesions)?
Tenosynovitis- dermatitis syndrome
due to disseminated N. gonorrhea
what is the best diagnostic test for detecting acute HIV infection?
HIV RNA
CD4 count can remain normal during this time
… sign is described as calluses that form on the knuckles due to the hand continually hitting the teeth at a specific site during self-induced vomiting.
Russell sign
occurs in eating disorders
What diagnostic tool has the greatest yield for identifying the cause of tenosynovitis dermatitis syndrome?
NAAT (nucleic acid amplification test) of endocervical swab
What antimicrobial treatment can decrease effectiveness of OCPs?
Rifampin
What is the metabolic derangement associated with bulimia (purging eating disorders)?
hypokalemic, hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis
low K, low Cl, elevated bicarb
What is the treatment for bacterial vaginosis?
Metronnidazole 500 mg BID for 7 days
What is the cause of a teen with primary amenorrhea found to have normal external genitalia (vulva, labia majora, clitorus), normal hormonal levels and normal breast and pubic hair development?
Mullerian aplaisa
Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome; MRKH
What is Prehn sign and what diagnosis is it associated with?
elevation of affected scrotum relieves testicular pain; epididymitis
Gram negative coccobacilli in the shape of a school of fish or railroad tracks appearance from a genital lesion with associated tender inguinal lymphadenitis is due to …
Haemophilus ducreyi
Chancroid
What are the EKG changes due to in patients with eating disorder?
hypokalemia (low K)
What is the recommended routine screening timeframe for depression?
Between ages 12-21
What are the 5 components that should be included in a testicular mass workup?
- beta HCG
- alpha feto protein
- LDH
- testicular ultrasound/ MRI
- chest and abdomen CT (to assess for metastasis)
What is the preferred treatment for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)?
ceftriaxone 250 mg IM x 1 plus doxycycline 100 mg BID for 14 days
(can use azithromycin 1 g weekly x 2 weeks as alternative of doxy)