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How do you adjust mechanical ventilation to improve perfusion in patients who are intubated?
Decrease PEEP
When should infants be screened for ROP?
= 30+6weeks GA and BW = 1250g
Which infants can you give palivuzimab prophylaxis to?
At the start of the RSV season:
- <12mo w/ HD sig CHD
- <12mo w/ CLD req. ongoing diuretics, steroids, or O2
- <6mo born @ <30wks GA
- <6mo born @ <36wks GA from remote communities req. air transportation for hospitalization
- Consider <24mo w/ home O2, prolonged hospitalizations, or severely immunocompromised
What are the clinical findings of pellagra (vitamin B3 niacin deficiency)?
- Photosensitive dermatitis
- Diarrhea
- Dementia
- Death
What is a long term toxicity of bleomycin?
Pulmonary fibrosis
What is a long term toxicity of cisplatin?
Hearing loss
Nephrotoxicity
What is a long term toxicity of cyclophosphamide?
Bladder cancer
Hemorrhagic cystitis
Infertility
What is a long term toxicity of doxyrubicin?
Cardiac toxicity
What is a long term toxicity of vincristine?
Peripheral neuropathy
What are skin findings for celiac disease?
- Dermatitis herpetaformis
- Alopecia
- Vitiligo
What are the clinical findings associated with nephrotic syndrome?
- Hypoalbuminemia
- Edema
- Hyperlipidemia
- Proteinuria >3.5g/24h
What nerves are Horner syndrome?
C5 to T1
When should Listeria be covered?
Children <3mo and immunocompromised
What is the ocular finding in Alagille?
Posterior embryotoxin