buzzwords

Question 1

bounding collapsing pulses

Answer 1

PDA

Question 2

strong femoral pulses

Answer 2

PDA

Question 3

weak femoral pulses

Answer 3

Coarctation or severe Aortic Stenosis

Question 4

continuous murmur

Answer 4

PDA

Question 5

Widely FIXED split S2

Answer 5

ASD

Question 6

Alagille Syndrome (2 conditions )

Answer 6

Tetralogy of Fallot + Pulmonary stenosis

Question 7

Down syndrome

Answer 7

AVSD

Question 8

Cyanosed but no murmur

Answer 8

transposition of the great vessels

Question 9

Noonan syndrome

Answer 9

pulmonary stenosis - Turners of the boy

Question 10

barking cough

Answer 10

croup

Question 11

sibling with recent URTI

Answer 11

bronchiolitis

Question 12

Ground glass appearance

Answer 12

RDNS or pneumonia if severe sepsis appearance

Question 13

Biphasic stridor

Answer 13

subglottic stenosis

Question 14

noisy breathing, <2, worse when crying

Answer 14

laryngomalacia

Question 15

conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia with non dilated intrahepatic bile ducts

Answer 15

biliary atresia

Question 16

conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia with dilated intrahepatic ducts

Answer 16

choledochal cyst

Question 17

Abdominal mass not crossing midline

Answer 17

Wilm’s tumour

Question 18

Abdominal mass crossing midline

Answer 18

nephroblastoma

Question 19

abdominal distension and muscle wasting (buttock wasting)

Answer 19

coeliac disease

Question 20

explosive flatus on PR

Answer 20

Hirschsprung’s disease

Question 21

teenager with myoclonus in morning

Answer 21

juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Question 22

3 second spike and wave discharge in EEG

Answer 22

absence epilepsy

Question 23

seizure activity following fall or fight

Answer 23

breath holding

Question 24

webbed neck

Answer 24

Turner syndrome

Question 25

itchy rash appearing in crops

Answer 25

chickenpox

Question 26

white spots on palate

Answer 26

Koplik spots (measles) - white spots adjacent to molars.
[NB: HHV 1 oral ulcers first episode can be severe, blistering in oral mucosa]

Question 27

short lived fever, resolves and then develops widespread rash

Answer 27

roseola infantum

Question 28

overweight hip pain

Answer 28

SUFE

Question 29

flattened femoral head

Answer 29

Perthes