Children Flashcards
Respiratory symptoms + vomiting + mental changes +/- seizure/ coma
Reye syndrome
Pallor + drowsiness + fever
Meningitis
Pallor + abdominal pain (severe and intermittent) + inactivity
Intussusception
Malaise + fever + poly arthritis (flitting) +/- rash +/- chorea
Rheumatic fever
Bronchiolitis
Pyloric stenosis
Neonate: vomiting after first feeds + drooling + abdominal distension
Oesophageal or duodenal atresia
Malaise + pallor + oral problems (gingival hypertrophy, bleeding, ulceration )
Acute myeloid leukaemia
Malaise + pallor + bone pain
Acute lymphatic leukaemia
Abdominal pain + pallor + a/n/v
Acute appendicitis
Abdominal pain + malar flush + fever + URTI
Mesenteric adenitis
During gastroenteritis epidemic: extreme malaise + diarrhoea + severe abdominal pain
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
Drowsiness + tachypnoea + chest wall recession
Pneumonia
Drowsiness + fever + purpuric rash
Meningococcal infection
Extreme lethargy + drooling saliva + snoring stridor
Acute epiglottitis
URTI + brassy cough + inspiratory stridor
Croup
Coughing + wheezing + chest wall recession
Asthma or inhaled foreign body
Fever + conjunctivitis + skin changes (cracked red lips, maculopapular rash, erythema of palms/ soles, desquamation fingertips)
Kawasaki syndrome
Large ears + narrow face + large genitals + developmental delay
Fragile x syndrome
Small extremities (hands, feet, genitals) + narrow forehead + eating disorder + developmental delay
Prader- willi syndrome
Elfin face + low set ears + cardiac murmur + developmental delay
Williams syndrome
Female: short+ webbed neck + pigmented naevi +/- cardiac disorder + developmental delay
Turner syndrome
Short + webbed neck + facial disproportion (broad forehead, ptosis, low set ears) +/- cardiac disorder + developmental delay
Noonan syndrome
Fever + abdominal mass + haematuria
Wilms tumour
Malaise + vague abdominal pain + abnormal behaviour
Lead poisoning
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Iron deficiency anaemia or thalassaemia major
Fever + extreme malaise + a/n/v +/- anaemia
Neuroblastoma
Headache + a/n/v + ataxia
Medulloblastoma
Male: snorting, blinking etc + oral noises eg grunts, hisses +/- loud expletives
Tourette syndrome
Irritability + disorders of appetite + abdominal pain
Substance abuse
Mid to low back pain + inability to touch toes + kyphosis
Scheuermann disorder
Knee pain after activity + tender knee lump + pain on kneeling
Osgood schlatter disorder
Adolescent: limp + knee pain + hip pain
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Lower limb arthralgia + buttock/ leg rash + abdominal pain
Henoch schonlein purpura
