CLIPP 19

Question 1

what are common causes of unresponsiveness in children? (5)

Answer 1

Toxic ingestion
Seizure
Syncope
Closed head injury
Infection

Question 2

what is a generalized tonic clonic seizure?

Answer 2

seizure characteristic of tonic (rigid) stiffening of all extremities and upward deviation of the eyes. Clonic jerks of all extremities follow the tonic phase.
Finally, the child becomes flaccid, and urinary incontinence may occur.

Question 3

what is a simple partial seizure?

Answer 3

focal seizure that affects one side of body

Question 4

What is a hallmark feature of complex partial seizure?

Answer 4

altered level of consciousness!! (this is how it differs from simple partial seizures)

Question 5

what is an atonic seizure?

Answer 5

seizure involving the loss of motor tone

Question 6

what is an absence seizure?

Answer 6

Absence seizures are characterized by loss of environmental awareness (“staring off into space”) and automatisms (e.g., eye-fluttering or lip-smacking).

Question 7

are febrile seizure hereditary?

Answer 7

yeah

Question 8

what causes a child to develop a fever for 3-5 days then develop a rash

Answer 8

roseola

Question 9

What is the differential for seizure?

Answer 9

CNS infection (meningitis/encephalitis)
Febrile seizure
Head injury/post-traumatic seizure
Ingestion/poisoning
Idiopathic seizure/epilepsy
Hypoglycemia
Brain tumor
Breath-holding spell