Content 2 Flashcards
Preferring peer group activity over adult activities, conforming to group rules, using secret codes, desiring acceptance
School age child
6-10 years
When does growth spurt occur in males
2 years after girls
Usually ends in tanner stage 5
Deepening of voice occurs during growth spurt
Reproductive changes in men as they age
Slightly decreased sperm production, decreased semen volume, testicular softening, decreased testosterone levels
Most common inherited cause of intellectual disability in children
Fragile x SYNDROME
x-linked
Infant crosses legs when lifted from behind
Cerebral Palsy
Child can speak in short sentence, give full name, use plurals, know 2 or 3 prepositions and tell a story
3 years old
Older aging changes in cell mediated immunity
Antibodies switch to auto antibodies
Annual weight gain for school age child
5-7ib
When can a child remember and reverse a sequence of 6 numbers
Adolescence
HEADSS assessment
Use in adolescents
Home life, education, alcohol, drugs, sexual activity, suicide thoughts
When should child be able to hop and jump rope
hop: age 4
jump rope: age 5
Age of separation anxiety
begins around 8-9 months and peaks at 14 months
By what age do children have a strong preference for one hand over the other
End of preschool period: age 4-5
Skin changes in elderly
Decreased number of melanocytes, decreased langergans cells
Successful aging paradigm
Physical health, cognitive abilities, social involvement and engagement, productivity, life satisfaction are all major components of healthy aging process
Get up and go test
Assesses functional mobility
Erikson stage for learning self-assertion, spontaneity, self-sufficiency, direction, and purpose
Initiative vs guilt
3-5 years old
When is fragile X usually diagnosed
After the toddler stage
When do children start to enjoy interaction with other children rather than parallel play
Age 3
Child can fasten and unfasten buttons, draw stick figures with 3 parts, successfully use scissors, lace shoes
Age 4
Marasmus
Form of protein calorie malnutrition
Erikson’s last ego stage in older adults; results in adults feeling comfortable with their life choices and the knowledge that they would have done everything the same way again
Integrity vs despair
When does menarche occur
Typically 2 years after thelarche, at the end of tanner stage 3
Height growth during school age years
3in annually
Being easily overwhelmed by stimuli, excessive chewing on clothes and frequent tantrums
Fragile X
When does nocturnal emissions occur in males
At about age 14; 1 year after penis begins to grow
Most common organism in endocarditis for drug abusers
Staph aureus
Egg allergy in children
Strict avoidance can cause children to outgrow
Most will outgrow it
Eluxadoline
Mu-opioid receptor agonist and delta-opioid receptor antagonist
Tx for IBS with diarrha
Lubiprostone
Enhances fluid secretion
Tx of IBS with constipation
TMJ
Pain that is unilateral and radiates to the posterior neck, ear, jaw and temporal area
Face may show asymmetry on inspection
Acoustic neuroma
Tumor within the ear that causes asymmetrical sensorineural hearing loss
MRI preferred dx tool
Trigeminal neuralgia
Sudden intense lancinating electric shock pain
Tx: carbamazepine
GLP-1 agonists has a black box warning for
Medullary thyroid cancer
Skin manifestations of hypothyroidism
Dry, coarse, pale skin; coarse hair; periorbital edema
Teenager with 2 month history of diffuse paresthesias and ataxic gait; loss of vibratory sense and proprioception
Abusing NO
Changes B12 into inactive form, causing neurologic manifestations of deficiency to occur
WHat can occur if tetracyclines are given to children
Deformity in bone structure or discoloration of teeth
Sacroiliitis and a bamboo spine caused by calcification of spinal ligaments
Ankylosing spondylitis
What is the pathophysiologic mechanism causing paresthesias during anxiety attack
Hyperventilation causes respiratory alkalosis, which in turn reduces ionized calcium concentration; leads to excitability of peripheral nerves causing the neurologic symptoms
Which hard disorder can cause hemoptysis
Mitral stenosis
How can you tell that dyspnea is due to pulmonary rather than cardiac cause
Pulmonary hypertension causes compensatory right ventricular hypertrophy and dilation that produces a lower sternal lift on chest palpation causing PMI at 4th intercostal space
Complication of biphosphanate therapy
Osteonecrosis of the jaw
Marked fatigue + generalized pruritus that is worse at night for 3 weeks; elevated alkaline phosphatase and serum mitochondrial antibodies present
Patient has primary biliary cirrhosis
Hyperpigmentation occurs
Primary disease of women
Fever, maculopapular rash, eosinophilia, azotemia with pyuria
Intersitital nephritis
Usually caused by NSAIDs, penicillins, sulfonamides, rifampin, allopurinol
Recovery takes weeks to months
What class of antibiotics are nephrotoxic
Aminoglycosides
Number needed to treat
Represents how many people must be treated with the drug to prevent one outcome
Dabigatran
Direct thrombin inhibitor
Can be used for patients who have non-valvular A Fib or venous thromboembolism or pulmonary embolism
Primary mechanism by which ACEI reduces albuminuria
Dilates efferent arteriole of glomerulus
Which mechanism is most likely to cause atelactasis
Brochial obstruction
How can you dx mumps
IgM antibody titer
Most effective interventions available to HCP for reducing incidence and severity of leading causes of disease and disablity
Counselling interventions that address the personal health practices of clients
How to manage effects of scleroderma
Avoid becoming chilled, maintain good skin care, perform physical therapy. wear loose and warm clothing, stop smoking