Child Health Formative

Question 1

What size of boys’ testes (in ml) is consistent with onset of puberty?

Answer 1

4

Question 2

What are the 3 most common causes of infant mortality in Sub- Saharan Africa?

Answer 2

1) Pneumonia
2) Prematurity
3) Intra- partum complications

Question 3

The Reference Nutrient Intake for a vitamin or mineral is likely to meet the requirements for what percentage of the population?

Answer 3

97%

Question 4

Which conditions are screened for at newborn screening? (5)

Answer 4

Head to toe:

1. Sickle cell disease
2. Deafness
3. Congenital Hypothyroidism
4. Cystic Fibrosis
5. Inherited metabolic disorders

Question 5

Why is the occipitofrontal (OFC) circumference regularly measured in infants?

Answer 5

To detect abnormal brain/skull growth

Question 6

What genetic disorder are Brushfield Spots characteristic of?

Answer 6

Down Syndrome

Question 7

Which Inherited metabolic disorders are screened for at newborn screening? (6)

Answer 7

• PKU (phenylketonuria)
• MCADD (medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
deficiency)
• maple syrup urine disease
• IVA (isovaleric acidaemia)
• GA1 (glutaric aciduria type 1)
• HCU (homocystinuria)

Question 8

How do you age a bruise with naked eye assessment?

Answer 8

It is impossible, you can’t

Question 9

What type of inheritance does sickle cell disease show?

Answer 9

Autosomal Recessive

Sickle cells sequestered in spleen in crisis >they hide> they are recessive

Question 10

A baby born 2 months early will reach the same developmental milestones at 6 months post-partum as a baby born at term will. T/F?

Answer 10

False

It will reach the same milestones 2 months later

Question 11

Which of the routine childhood vaccinations are live vaccines? (2)

Answer 11

MMR

Rotavirus

Question 12

What is the average age (in years) that a girl enters puberty in the UK?

Answer 12

11