Common paeds hsitory - developmental delay Flashcards

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If a child was presenting with developmental delay, what would you want to establish first?

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  • Red book - check this
  • Which domain the delay is in
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What key milestones would you want to ask about when asking about developmental delay?

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  • Smiling 6 weeks
  • Turns to sounds - 6 months
  • Sitting by 9 months
  • First words - 18 months
  • Walking - 18 months
  • Short sentences - 3 years
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What would you ask about the motor domain in a dvelopmental assessment?

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  • How mobile
  • Hand dominance
  • Balance problems
  • Behavioural problems
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What would you want to ask about language/social problems in a developmental delay history?

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  • Senses - hearing/vision
  • Vocalisation/articulation
  • Comprehension - follows commands, responds to voice
  • Non-verbal - pointing, gestures, facies
  • Social responsiveness - reactions, tantrums, playing, gestures
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What domains would you want to cover in developmental history?

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  1. Gross motor
  2. Fine motor/vision
  3. Hearing and language
  4. Social
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What would you want to make sure to ask about in addition to developmental domains in a developmental history?

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  • Prenatal problems
  • Perinatal problems
  • Postnatal problems
  • General symptoms
  • Neuro symptoms
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What would you want to ask about prenatal problems in a developmental history?

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  • Alcohol/drugs in pregnancy
  • Maternal infection
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What would you want to ask about perinatal problems in a developmental history?

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Prolonged/difficult labour/difficulties

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What would you want to ask about postnatal problems in a child with developmental delay?

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  • Meningitis
  • Encephalitis
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What general symptoms would you want to ask about in a developmental history?

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  • Fever
  • Behaviour
  • Activity/apathy/alertness
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What neurological features would you want to ask about in a developmental delay history?

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  • Fits/LOC
  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Vision/hearing loss
  • Weakness
  • Wasting
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What features associated with generalised developmental delay would suggest chromosomal/genetic abnormalities as a cause?

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Dysmoprhic features

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What features associated with generalised developmental delay would suggest alcohol/drugs in pregnancy as a cause?

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History of maternal drug/alcohol use

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What features associated with generalised developmental delay would suggest TORCH infection as a cause?

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History of toxo/rubella/CMV/herpes

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What features associated with generalised developmental delay would suggest extreme prematurity as a cause?

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Born < 28 weeks

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What features associated with generalised developmental delay would suggest hypoxic brain injury?

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Perinatal hypoxic insult

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What features associated with generalised developmental delay would suggest hypoglycaemia as a cause?

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Period of neonatal hypoglycaemia

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What features associated with generalised developmental delay would suggest Intracerebral haemorrhage as a cause?

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  • Risk factors - difficult labour, prematurity
  • Usually diangosed within first few days
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What features associated with generalised deelopmental delay would suggest meningitis/encephalitis as a cause?

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Onset after episode of meningitis/encephalitis

20
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What are prenatal causes of Generalised developmental delay?

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  • Chromosomal/genetic problems
  • TORCH infection
  • Maternal Alcohol/drug use
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What are perinatal causes of generalised developmental delay?

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  • Extreme prematurity
  • Hypoxic brain injury
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Intracerebral haemorrhage
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What are post-natal causes of generalised developmental delay?

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  • Meningitis/encephalitis
  • Head injury
  • Hypoxic episode
  • Hypoglycaemic episode
23
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What are causes of motor delay?

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  • Cerebral palsy
  • DMD or other dystrophies
  • Hip dysplasia
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What features associated with motor delay would suggest CP as a cause?

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  • Muscle stiffness/weakness/floppiness
  • Spasm/dyskinesia/ataxia
  • Caused by pre/peri/postnatal insult
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What features associated with motor delay would suggest DMD?

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  • Progressive muscle weakness - beinning proximally
  • Onset 2-3 years
26
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What features associated with motor delay would suggest hip dysplasia?

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Usuaully identified at brith but may present later with a limp

27
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What are causes of social/language delay?

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  • Deafness
  • Articulation problems
  • Familial delay
  • Lack of stimulus
  • Autism
  • ADHD
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What features associated with social/language delay would suggest Deafness as a cause?

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Cause of deafness - e.g. chronic otitis media

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What features associated with social/language delay would suggest articulation problems as a cause?

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Birth defects - e.g. cleft palate

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What features associated with social/language delay would suggest a familial cause?

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Similar history in family

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What features associated with social/language delay would suggest lack of stimulus as a cause?

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  • Poor interaction with parents
  • May show signs of neglect
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What features associated with language/social delay would suggest autism as a cause?

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  • Imposition of routines
  • Doesn’t seek friendships, prefers own company
  • Limited gestures and expressions
33
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What features associated with social/developmental delay suggest ADHD as a cause?

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  • Hyperarousal/Hyperactivity
  • Inattentiveness