Board Vitals #2 Flashcards
White mass behind tympanic membrane, no history of ear infections. Conductive hearing loss on audiogram.
Dx
Congenital choleastoma
Tx with surgical excision or risk hearing loss
Tell apart from acquired given neg history
What is the risk for devo of T1DM in the sibling of affected individual?
Affected parent?
Risk is 5% in siblings
6% if parent has it
50% in identical twins
What are other diseases associated with T1DM?
Autoimmune thyroid with 25% risk
5% risk of celiacs
RF = Vit D deficiency, cereal induction before 3 months
What is benign neonatal sleep myoclonus?
Seen more common in preterm infants, no seizure and see focal or multifocal myoclonic jerks during non-REM sleep with normal EEG, no neuro abnormalities
Teen with irregular patches of missing hair with short broken hair shafts of different lengths, see perifollicular involvement and the hair shafts are incompletely keritanized
Dx?
Associations?
Tx?
Trichtillomania
Behavior therapy
Associated with OCD, anxiety, may need SSRIs or stimulants
Patient with broken hair shafts with erythematous and scaly patch on head.
Dx and tx?
Tinea capitis
Tx is 6-8 weeks of oral griseofulvin or 2-4 weeks of oral itraconazole or terbinafine
How can minors become emancipated?
Joining military, getting married
Patient started on amoxicillin a few days ago, developed a erythematous itchy rash on trunk, arms, hands and soles. Cause of rash and treatment
Drug eruptions; delayed T cell mediated type IV immune response
different from viral xanthem bc on palms and soles also see low grade fever and eosinophilia
Patient present with fever, swollen LN, joint pain and hives. Recently started on new AED.
Serum sickness
type III hypersensitivity; antiB-antiG immune complex deposition
When can kids sit in front seat?
When they turn 13 years old. No specific weight recommendation and really should be over 4ft 9in
3 yo patient with limping and left knee swelling but no pain and now decreased ROM. No fevers. On exam swollen knee, pain with ROM. ESR is 40 and aspirated fluid is neg for organisms.
Dx and complications?
Juvenile idopathic arthritis
Common complication is uveitis–> lead to blindness; should see optho regularly.
Patient presents with UTI, they are 2 years old. This is third UTI. You get renal US and a it shows reflux to renal pelvis with dilation of ureter and distension of collecting system of right kidney.
What grade is reflux and what is this concerning for?
Patient with grave IV or V (only ones that show up on US, lower grades don’t show up on US).
Pt with vesicourethral reflux and needs to be on prophylaxsis
Patient with MRI showing downward displacement of cerebellum from small posterior fossa into cervical or occipital encephalocele
Chiari III malformation
Abnormal cerebllar tonsils displaced below foramen magnum. Pt with occipital HA, neck pain and gait abnormalities. Also having nystagmus and dysarthria
Chiari I malformation; can be associated with syringomyelia
Fluid filled cavity lined with gliotic tissue and confined to spinal cord. No involvement of central canal
Syringomelia
Patient ingests rat killer. He has BL intracranial hemorrhage and prolonged PT.
What happened and what is tx?
rodenticide ingestion (anticoagulation by inhibiting Vit K dependent coag factors)
Tx for symptomatic patients are FFP for emergent reversal.
If not as severe/asymptomatic then use Vitamin K
What do we give to reverse Heparin urgently?
FFP for symptoms and give Protamine for asymptomatic urgent reversal
Pathophys of CF and inheritance.
Defective transmembrane conductance regulator protein; chloride channel found in exocrine tissues. Get loss of Na in sweat = hypoNa
Auto Recessive
How is CF screened in newborn screen?
Screen for immunoreactive trypsinogen then do follow up testing for genetics and sweat chloride later
Cause of Duchennes
X linked disorder; muslce degeneration; dystrophin gene is mutated leading to muscle degeneration and see devo delay, intellectual impairment and elevated serum Cr.
What is the classic presentation of PCOS
hyperadrnogenism (hirsutism and acne) oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea, polycystic ovaries and LH elevated to FSH: 3:1
What neonates should get the VZV immune globulin
Mom with symptoms 5 days before or 2 days after birth OR hospitalized premature infants >28 wks in mom’s w/o immunity OR
<28 weeks that weight less 1000g no matter what
Cause of congenital diaphragmatic hernia
embryologic defect around 6-7 weeks gestation
more common in teen mom, smoking
What electrolyte abnormalities are seen with salicylate toxicity?
Anion Gap metabolic acidosis with respiratory alkalosis (increased RR)
Hypoglycemia
Hypokalemia
Tx alkalinize urine with sodium bicarb