Child Health Flashcards
Recommended that from 6 months, all children consuming <500mls/d of infant formula should take
Vitamin A, C & D supplements
Breastfeeding mothers should take
Vitamin D supplements of 10 µg per day
An adolescent with BMI > 99.6% percentile
Orlistat
An adolescent with BMI > 3.5 SD
Bariatric surgery
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Support them
Down’s Syndrome
Support them
Monitor thyroid levels
Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy
Usually live till their early 20s
Steroids help though
Cerebral Palsy
Support with speech therapy/ physiotherapy
Treat symptoms systematically where necessary
Fragile X
Support
Treat symptoms
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Support
Human growth hormone (HGH) where necessary.
GH therapy has been demonstrated to increase height, lean body mass, and mobility; decrease fat mass; and improve movement and flexibility in individuals with PWS from infancy through adulthood
Oculocutaneous Albinism
Keep out of sun
Support
Hydrocephalus
Ventro peritoneal shunt
DDH
Pavlik Harness
> 6 months old or failed harness: Surgical reduction
Bronchiolitis
Supportive
Croup
Steroids (prednisolone)
Glue Ear
Grommet insertion
Constipation
Laxatives
Toilet behaviour advice
Change in diet
Intestinal Malrotation
Surgery
Intussusception
Blow air into anus to inflate colon
Pyloric Stenosis
Pyloromyotomy
Acute Scrotum
Surgery
Appendicitis
Appendectomy
Balanitis (xerotica obliterans)
Hygiene
Bacitracin topical antibiotic cream
Hypospadias
Surgery
Hydrocele
Self resolving
Aspiration
Paraphimosis (swelling of glans)
Mechanical compression with hands
Diarrhoea
Self-limiting
Fluids
Oral regulating solution
Zinc supplements
HIV
Abacavir (NRTI) + lamivudine (NRTI) + efavirenz (NNRTI) or combined lopinavir + ritonavir (protease inhibitors)
- Cotrimazole is taken as prophylaxis
Malaria
Artemisinin-based combination therapy for 3 days
Severe: Artesunate (IM/IV)
Epiglottitis
Ceftriaxone
