Exam 2 Diagnosis Flashcards
What is Wessel’s “Rule of 3s”
Colic
crying for more than 3 hr/day for more than
3 day/week for more than 3 weeks
Crying is paryoxysmal, facial grimacing, drawing up of legs
Otherwise feeling well, appropriate weight gain, mno signs of infection, witals WNL
Colic
Out of control behavior including screaming, stomping, hitting, head banging, falling down and other violent displays of frustration
Seen when child is frutrated, angry or unable to cope
1/wk lasting 2-3 min (duration ↓ w/ age)
Temper tantrums
Involuntary bperiod when child stops breathing
Usually when frustrated, angry, in pain
stop breathing and turn blue, may arch back and stretch out legs in response to hypoxia
Will return to nrml but may be sleepy afterwards
Breath Holding Spells
Panicky scream, not fully awake
Disoriented, aroused, difficult to calm then fall right back asleep
Amnesia of episode
1st 1/3 od the night
Night Terrors
Awaken fully and quickly become oriented, firghtened and seek comfort
Vivid recall of dream
2nd half of the night
Nightmares
Multiple hospitalizations for seizures
Negative repeated evaluations
Child looks well between episodes with negative work up
Mother very attentive, always by child’s side
Seizure tonight
Factitious Disorders by Proxy (FDP)
Delayed bone age usually ~2-2.5 yrs behind →corrects
Normal growth velocity for bone age
Absence of other medical conditions
Growth chart deceleration pattern when most children going through growth spurt
Constitutional Delay
Heigh and weight are proportional
Normal growth velocity
Normal bone age
Deceleration in growth at 6-18 mo
Familial Short Stature
Micropenis
Midline defects
Hypoglycemia
GH Deficiency-neonate
Decreasing growth velocity
Rapid ↑ in growth velocity after starting GH
Low IGF-1
GH deficiency - children
↓ C-peptide
↓insulin
↑ serum glucose
Auto Ab
Diabetes Mellitus Type 1
⊖ auto Ab
↑ c-peptide
↑ insulin levels
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Observe uncovered eye: if uncovered eye moves to focus
heterotropia
Observe covered eye as you remove cover: if covered eye moves when uncovered
heterophoria
Loss of visual acuity due to cortical suppression of the vision of an eye
Amblyopia
Onset w/in 1st 24 hours of life
Erythema and watery discharge
Chemical Conjunctivitis
Onset 2-5 days old
Swelling of lids and conjunctivae
Copious purulent discharge
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Onset 4-19 days old
Mils swelling of lids and conjunctivae
Hyperemia (excess blood vessels in eye)
Scant purulent discharge
Chlamydia Trachomatis
Onset 2-4 wks old
Unilateral
Vesicular lid lesions
Herpes Simplex Virus
Chronic or intermittent tearing, debris on eyelashes
Palpation of lacrimal sac may cause reflux of tears and/or mucoid discharge into eye through the puncta
Dacryostenosis
Moderate to severe bulging of TM (most specific finding)
White/pale TM
Impaired TM mobility w/ pneumatic otoscopy or tympanogram
Intense erythema
Severe sx: toxic appearing, otalgia >48 hr, temp >39C, uncertain access to f/u
Acute Otitis Media
AOM following an acute URI, or introduction of contaminated water from ear canal into middle ear
Tympanostomy Tube Otorrhea
Clear or mucoid rhinorrhea, nasal congestion, sneezing
Sore throat, may devel cough and fever
7-9 days may last up to 15
Viral Rhinitis
Etiology of AOM
S. pneumo
Etiology of viral rhinitis
rhinovirus
Sx > 10 d w/o improving or sx worsen w/ new onset of fever or cough or temp > 39°C for more than 3 days
Sinusitis
Ocular itching, swelling, tearing
Always bilateral
Nasal itching, sneezing, rhinorrhea, congestion, crease, shiners (darkening around eyes)
Photophobia and pain are uncommon
Allergic Rhinitis
Tree pollen allergy timing
early spring
Grass pollen allergy timing
late spring, early summer
Weeds allergy timing
summer, autumn
Ragweed allergy timing
mid-august until frost
Mold allergy timing
all seasons during damp rainy weather
Chronic, mucopurulent,
odorous discharge—especially if unilateral
Nasal Foreign Bodies
Tonsillar exudates, cervical lymphadenopathy (posterior chain), fever, +/- spleen enlargement
Mononucleosis
Abrupt onset of sore throat
Tender cervical lymphadenopathy, fever, erythematous posterior pharynx +/- exudate, +/- petechiae
N/V, HA
Centor 4 pt scale: fever, absence of cough, anterior cervical adenopathy,
tonsilar exudates
Streptococcal Pharyngitis
Bright red, petecchiae rash, sandpaper texture
Usually starts in armpits
Strwaberry tongue
Scarlet Fever
Arthritis Carditis and valvulitis CNS involvement (chorea) Erythema Marginatum Subcutaneous nodules
Acure Rheymatic Fever
Gradual onset, nasal irritation, congestion, rhinorrhea, stridor, hoarsenessm “barking” cough
↓ O2 sat as worsens
Absence of drooling
Laryngotracheitis
Croup
How long are indiv with croup contacious
up to 1 week before to 1-3 weeks after illness
Sudden onset high fever, dysphagia, drooling and muffled voice, unable to clear secretions
Inspiratory retractions, stridor, cyanosis
Tripod or “sniffing dog” position
“Cherry red” and swollen epiglotis
Epiglottitis
What is the number one treatable cause of blindness in children?
Uveitis
Red flags for malig
Non-articular bone pain
Back pain on presentationYoung kids don’t get back pain
Bone tenderness
Severe constitutional symptoms
Night sweats
Ecchymoses/bruising Leukemia more than inflam
Features atypical of rheumatologic disease
Daily or diurnal temperature spike over 39 ̊ C
Returns quickly to below baseline
Child feels well between temperature spikes
Erythematous macules on trunk and proximal extremities that occurs at peak of gever, is migratory and quickly fades
Systemic JIA
Still’s Disease
MC complication of JIA
uveitis
Heliotrope Rash (dark purple red rash around eyes)
Gottron’s Papules (hyperkeratotic knuckles and elbows)
Periungual erythema
Proximal muscle weakness- hip and shoulder girdles, abd and neck muscles
Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM)