Exam 4 - Customized Flashcards

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When the circulations of blood vessels is obstructed by abnormally shaped RBCs causing ischemia & infarction

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Sickle Cell Disease

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Physical Cues of Sickle Cell Disease

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Extreme fatigue or irritability
Pain in abdomen, thorax, joints, and digits
Dactylitis
Cough, increased WOB, fever, tachypnea, hypoxia (Acute Chest Syndrome s/s)
Splenomegaly
Jaundice (from hemolysis) or pale conjunctiva, palms, soles, and skin

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Sickle Cells Labs

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Decrease H&H and reticulocyte count
Increase Platelets (SC increase plt activation)

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Sickle Cell Vaso-Occlusive Episodes

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Pain Control (Distraction, NSAIDS, acetaminophen, warm compression - PCA or regular schedule)

Hydration (double maintenance fluid requirement (150 ml/Kg/day)

Hypoxia (O2 via NC if SpO2 <92, incentive spirometry)

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Radiation Skin Integrity Care

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Wash skin with mild soap and water
Avoid lotion/powder/ointments
Avoid sun and heat exposure
Diphenhydramine or hydrocortisone cream for itching
Antimicrobial cream for desquamation
Moisturize with aloe vera

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BM aspirate Medication

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Fentanyl and Versed (anesthetic and sedation meds)

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BM Aspirate Post-procedure

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Hold pressure and monitor for bleeding and infection

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Neutropenia Precation

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Assess for infection Q8H and PRN
No raw fruits, vegetables, fresh flowers, or live plants

Other precautions: Private room, avoid invasive procedures, soft toothbrush, and wear mask when child is outside.

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Lab test for Skin

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Blood test (CBC, ESR, IgE)
Culture and sensitivity
KOH prep (positive fungal hyphal indicates ringworm)
Allergy testing
Woods Lamp (light exposure)

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10
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KOH can make me shine
I prefer hanging out on arms and legs and a contagious personality
My nickname is ring worm

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Tinea Corporis

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Topical antifungal

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Clotrimazole - use for at least 4 weeks, and used clothing, etc have to be washed to reduce spread

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Tinea pedis Education

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Do not walk barefoot

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13
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Tinea Versicolor

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Resolve by itself in several months

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14
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Medication for Tinea Capitus

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Oral Griseofulvin (4-6 wks) cannot use topical

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Verruca Cues

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warts - Elevated, rough, gray-brown firm papules, single or in groups

Viral

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Molloscum Contagiosum

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Flesh-colored papules on stalk (extremities, face, and trunk) - Resolves spontaneously in 18 months
Complicated cases can use chemical or curettage, cryotherapy, or electro-dissection to remove

Viral

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Daiper Dematitis Non-candida Care

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Skin Barriers - Zinc Oxide, A,D, and E ointment, petroleum)

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Daiper Dematitis Candida Medication

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Nystatin (antifungal)

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Temperature Change and sweating makes me come out to play
I can make you wiggle and scratch all day and night
Sometimes I bring my friend Wheeze
I amke IgE levels Rise

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Eczema - Atopic Dermatitis

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Atopic Dermatitis Physical cues

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Extreme itching, erythema, and inflammation
Lesions/rash (plaques, papules, scaling, vesicles) can affect everywhere but abd, chest, hands, and feet.

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Atopic Dermatitis Management

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Topical Corticosteroids and Immune modulations tacrolimus
Avoid hot water but shower 2 times a day in warm water
Do not use soaps containing perfumes, dyes or fragrances but you can use moisturizers
Use 100% cotton product

22
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When Staph aures or MRSA come to town that’s when I come around
My favorite hang outs are around the nose and mouth
My spots fill up with fluid then erupt
Some say I look liekt he color of honey

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Impetigo

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Impetigo Cues

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Honey color skin lesions; itchy and painful

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Impetigo Treatment

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Soak impetigo with appropriate solution and apply topical or oral antibiotics

25
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Staph Aurues is my name and producing toxin is my game
I can make babies’ skin weep and peel
I sometime look like a bad sunburn

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SSSS - Burn-like appearance

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SSSS Treatment and Education

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Mild: Oral antibiotics
Sever: IV antibiotics, fluid management, and burn treatment

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Localized infection

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Cellulitis

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Cellulitis treatme

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Oral or parental antibiotics
Rest and immobilize affected areas

29
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What are the bacterial skin infection

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Cellulitis
Impetigo
SSSS

30
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I come in many different shapes and sizes
Mom says this, Dad says that of how I came to be
Poverty, prematurity, and chronic illness can lead to me
The buttocks, back and thighs are hiding places of these
Pattern marking can be key

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Intentional Skin Injuries (posterior location are the most suspecious)

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Risk factor of injuries

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Poverty, prematurity, chronic illness, intellectual disability, parent with abuse history, and extreme stressor

32
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15 year-old male presents with areas of comodones on forehead and cheeks and scattered pustules on back with hypertrophic scaring

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Acne

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Hx and Physical Cues of Acne

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Family Hx,endocine disoreder,comodones, oily skin and hair

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Management of Acne

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Avoid oil-based product cosmetics
Avoid picking comodone

Medication
Tretinoin, benzoyl peroxide, antibacterial, isotretinoin (severe cases), and oral contraceptives

Can lead to infections and cellulitis

35
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Sensorineural hearing loss Causes

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Aging
Noise damage
Drug side effect
Auditory tumors
Explosion/blast
Meningitis
CMV

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Conductive Hearing Loss Causes

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Fluid, foreign object, allergies, rupture eardrum, impacted earwax, and OM

37
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Mixed Hearing Loss Causes

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Genetic, infection, Head trauma

38
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Glaucoma

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Grey/Gray red reflex
Enlarged eyeball
Excessive tearing or conjunctivitis

After Surgery
No rough-housing or contact sport for 2 wks

39
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Neuroblastoma Diagnosis and cues

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24 Hr urine test - elevated HVA and VMA

Unilateral Proptosis
Often Metastasize to other organs

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Lymphoma Cues

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Night sweats (>10% wt loss)

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ALL cUE

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eNLARGED lIVER AND lYMPH NODES