General Pediatrics Flashcards
Birthweight doubles by?
4 months
Birthweight triples by?
1 year
Birth length increased by 50% by?
1 year
Birth length doubles by?
4 years
Birth length triples by?
13 years
Growth rate of head circumference between 0 to 6 months
1 cm per month
Growth rate of head circumference between 6 to 12 months
0.5 cm per month
Define Macrocephaly
Head circumference greater than 98th percentile for age
Define Microcephaly
Head circumference less than 2nd percentile for age
Craniosynostosis versus Positional Plagiocephaly
Craniosynostosis is deformation of the skull due to premature fusion of one or more sutures; Positional Plagiocephaly has normal sutures and parallelogram head shape
Craniosynostosis should be corrected before what age?
5 months
Rate of CSF production in normal child
20 mL per hour
Volume of CSF in infant
50 mL
Volume of CSF in adult
150 mL
Rate of weight growth up to 2 months of age
30 grams per day
Rate of weight growth between 3 to 4 months
20 grams per day
Number of words at 18 months
10 to 15 words
Number of words at 24 months
50 to 100 words
Visual acuity at 20/30 at what age?
3 years
Visual acuity at 20/20 at what age?
4 years
Handedness establishes by what age?
3 years
Criteria for legally blind
Corrected vision 20/200 or worse
Name all the live vaccines (8)
Intranasal Influenza MMR Varicella Oral Polio Rotavirus BCG Oral Typhoid Yellow Fever
Vaccine containing clinical significant of egg material
Yellow Fever
Postexposure chemoprophylaxis against meningococcal
Rifampin or Ciprofloxacin or Ceftraixone
When should HBV and HBIG be given to neonates born to HBsAg pos or unknown mother?
Within 12 hours of delivery
Postexposure chemoprophylaxis against pertussis
Azithromycin
Postexposure immunoprophylaxis against measles
MMR vaccine within 72 hours
Measles Ig within 6 days
Age when able to hop on one foot
4 years
Age when able to draw a cross
4 years (4 points)
Age when able to balance on one foot
3 years
Age when able to copy a circle
3 years
Age when able to walk down stairs holding rail
2 years
Age when able to walk up stairs alternate feet
2.5 years / 30 months
Age when able to write their name
5 years / 60 months
Age when able to walk down stairs alternate feet
5 years / 60 months
Age when able to draw a triangle
5 years / 60 months
has 60 degree angle in it
Age when able to skip
5 years / 60 months
Age when able to draw a person with 6 body parts
5 years / 60 months
Age when able to draw a person with head and one body part
3 years / 36 months
Age when able to catch a ball
4 years / 48 months
Age when able to throw a ball
2 years / 24 months
Age when able to dress and undress
5 years / 60 months
Indication for Soy Formula
Galactosemia
Hereditary Lactase Deficiency
Indication for Extensive Hydrolyzed Formula
Milk Protein-Induced Enteropathy (non-IgE mediated)
Macronutritents causing peripheral nutrition associated liver disease
Lipids
Side effect of sulfasalazine
Folate deficiency
Recommended intake for calcium and phosphate in child to adolescents
1300mg
Eczematous dermatitis, alopecia & poor growth: Disease?
Zinc Deficiency
Acrodermatitis enteropathica
Skin & hair pigment loss, macrocytosis, cardiomyopathy: Disease?
Selenium Deficiency
Retinol ==
Vitamin A
RIboflavin ==
Vitamin B2
Niacin ==
Vitamin B3
Pyridoxine ==
Vitamin B6
Alpha-Tocopherol ==
Vitamin E
Phylloquinone ==
Vitamin K
Cause of Marasmus
Deficiency in both calories and protein
Cause of Kwashiorkor
Long term deficiency in protein only
Poor intake with hypoalbuminemia and peripheral edema
Kwashiorkor
Deficiency in infant feed exclusively with Goat’s milk
Folate deficiency
Xerophthalmia
Dryness of the eyes
Nyctalopia
Night blindness
Normal anion gap
8 - 12
Causes of increased AFP
RAIN elevates the AFP reservoir Renal (Nephrosis, renal agenesis, polycystic kidney disease) Abdominal wall defects Incorrect dating / multiple pregnancy Neuro (Ancephaly, spina bifida)
Apt Test
Looks for maternal blood in neonate’s gastric aspirate
Presenting symptom in CF
Rectal prolapse
Abortive therapy for cyclic vomiting syndrome
Sumatriptan
Prophylactic therapy for cyclic vomiting syndrome
Amitriptyline
Propranolol
Child with febrile seizure + diarrhea: Cause
Shigella (Shake-ella)
Diagnostic test for sucrase-isomaltase deficiency
Breath hydrogen test (to look for bacterial fermentation of undigested /unabsorbed carbohydrates)
Deficiency associated with dermatitis, dementia and diarrhea
Niacin deficiency (Vitamin B3)
16 year old boy presents with - Painful swallowing - Chest discomfort - Hx of nodular acne on oral doxycyclin Diagnosis?
Pill-induced esophagitis
Electrolyte abnormalities in pyloric stenosis
Hypochloremic alkalosis
Hypokalemia
Disorder in children with insufficient intake of protein
Kwashiorkor
Newborn with no conjugated bilirubin: Disease
Crigler-Najjar Syndrome Type 1
Deficiency associated with
- Cheilosis / angular stomatitis
- Sore tongue
Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)
Timeframe for upper endoscopy after caustic ingestion
12-24 hours
Deficiency in infant given goats milk
Folate
GI disease associated with DM1 or selective IgA deficiency
Celiac disease
Positive anti-smooth muscle antibodies: Disease
Autoimmune hepatitis type 1
Deficiency associated with
- paraesthesias
- foot and wrist drop
- ophthalmoplegia
- ataxia
- confusion
Thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency
Best diagnostic test in a young child with suspected FB aspiration
Airway fluoroscopy
Best diagnostic test for vascular rings
Barium swallow
Symptoms of hypercarbia
Flushing
Agitation
Headaches (elevated CO2 leading to cerebral vasodilation)
Hematological response to chronic hypoxemia
Polycytosis (from kidney producing EPO in response to hypoxemia)
Thrombocytopenia
Treatment for Methemoglobinemia
IV methylene blue
Normal result for Sweat Test
60 mEq or greater
Kartagener Syndrome
Type of primary ciliary dyskinesia with situs inversus
Treatment for necrotizing pneumonia
Vancomycin
Clindamycin
Best confirmatory test for pneumonia
Blood culture
At what age can a child copy a square
4 years
Best diagnostic test for microcephaly
CT or MRI head
At what age can a child use a cup well?
15 - 18 months
Age when able to dress themselves
3 years
Diagnosis for fixed and split 2nd heart sound
ASD
Diagnosis for blowing holosystolic murmur at left lower sternal border
VSD
Disease associated with AV canal defect
Down Syndrome
Disease associated with right sided aortic arch
22q11 deletion
3 cardiac causes of central cyanosis with no respiratory distress
1) Transposition of the great arteries
2) Pulmonary atresia
3) Ebstein malformation
Cause of Ebstein’s anomaly
Maternal lithium or benzodiazepine use
Most common congenital heart defect presenting with severe cyanosis in first week of life
Transposition of the Great Arteries
Diagnosis with single 2nd heart sound and egg-shaped heart
Transposition of the Great Arteries
Single 2nd heart sound
Transposition of the Great Arteries
Tetralogy of Fallot
Disease associated with aortic root dissection
Marfan Syndomre
Disease associated with supravalvular aortic stenosis
Williams Syndrome
Disease associated with supravalvular pulmonic stenosis
Noonan Syndrome
Disease associated with coartation of the aorta
Turner Syndrome
Most common valvular disease in rheumatic fever
Mitral insufficiency
Aortic insufficiency
Best diagnostic test for endocarditis
Blood culture
Most common cause of myocarditis
Coxsackie group B Virus
Common adverse events after MMR
Fever and rash 6-12 days, joint pain 7-21 days after vaccine
Age at which baby roll from front to back
4 - 5 months
Age at which baby roll form back to front
5 - 6 months
Age at which baby can hold their head up 90 degress and lift their chest
4 months
Moro reflex disappears by
3 -4 months
Which vaccine is contraindicated for a child whose mother is pregnant?
None
Age at which a child can sit with no support
7 months
Age at which a child can sit with support
6 months
Cut off age for receiving a HiB vaccine
5 years
4 subcutaneously administered vaccines
MMR
MMRV
Varicella
IPV
Source for Enteropathogenic E Coli
Food borne reservoir, such as unfiltered, unpasteurized apple juice
Cause of psuedoappendiitis syndrome
Yesina enterocolitica
Source for Yesina enterocolitica
Consumption of chitterings Southern US
Organism linked with GBS
Campylobacter jejuni
Antibiotic is recommended for which organism causing gastroenteritis
Campylobacter jejuni
Treat with erythromycin or azithromycin
Cause of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Shiga-Toxin producing E Coli (O157:H7)
Treatment for Biliary Atresia
Kasai Procedure (Hepatoportoenterostomy)
Treatment to prevent NSAID-related complications
Misoprostol (prostogladin 2 analogue)
Cause of delayed stooling in newborn with maternal gestational diabetes
Neonatal Small Left Colon Syndrome
Disease with Blueberry Muffin Spots in newborn
Congenital CMV infection
Congenital Rubella
Newborn with
- anemia
- fetal hydrops
- ascites
- Cardiomegaly
- Ventriculomegaly
Congenital Parvovirus B19 infection
Newborn with depressed nasal bridge, hypoplastic distal phalanges, stippled epiphyses: Tetralogen
Warfarin
Treatment threshold for polycythemia
> 65 Hct with symptoms
Most common cause of seizures in first 24 hours of life
Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury
Treatment fo galactosemia
Soy formula
Bilateral hydroureteral nephrosis
Undescended testes
Wrinkled anterior abdominal wall
Disease?
Prune Belly Syndrome
Age at which physiological anemia of infancy occurs
8 - 10 weeks
Normal MCV range
70 - 90
Microcytic anemia with high RDW: Disease
Iron deficiency and lead toxicity
Ringed sideroblast: Disease
Lead poisoning
Causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Intrinsic factor deficiency (pernicious anemia)
- Bacterial overgrowth
- After bowel resection
- Vegetarian diet
Hemolytic anemia with no elevated reticulocyte count: Cause
Parvovirus infection
Heinz Bodies: Cause
Glucose–phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
Small, purple granules in RBC as a result of damage to hemoglobin molecule
Young male with anemia, jaundice, dark urine but no hepatosplenomegaly
G6PD Deficiency
X linked
Causes of oxidative stress in G6PD
- Sulfa drugs
- Nitrofurantoin
- Moth balls
- Animalarial meds
- Fava beans
Age at which children with Sickle Cell Anemia has functional asplenia
5 years
Next best test for a sickle cell patient with chest pain and infiltrate on xray
ABG to confirm hypoxia
Inciting cause of an aplastic crisis
Chloramphenicol
Macrocytic anemia with elevated fetal hemoglobin
Absent or hypolastic thumb
Disease?
Fanconi’s anemia
Macrocytic anemia with normal WBC and Platelets
Low reticulocyte counts
Dysmorphia
Disease?
Diamond Blackfan Anemia
Kostmann Syndrome =
Severe congenital neutropenia
Neutropenia + pancytopenia
Exocrine pancreatic dysfunction leading to steatorrhea
Bony abnormalities and short statue
Disease:
Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
Complication of ITP (when presenting with headaches)
Intracranial hemorrhage
Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome
Thrombocytopenia caused by localized consumptive coagulopathy from an hemangioma
TAR Syndrome
Thrombocytopenia Absent Radius
Hemophilia A: Cause
Deficiency in Factor 8
Hemophilia B: Cause
Deficiency in Factor 9
In hemophilia, what coagulation test is abnormal
PTT (vs PT in Vitamin K deficiency)
Treatment for minor bleeding in someone with von Willebrand’s disease
DDAVP / Desmopressin (increases factor 8 and plasma vWF)
Lab results in DIC
Low fibrinogen
Elevated D-Dimers
Prolonged Thrombin time
Fever
Limping
Pancytopenia
Disease?
ALL (Acute lymphocytic leukemia)
Reed Steinberg Cells: Disease
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Supraclavicular adenopath: Disease
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Persistent scalp or diaper seborrheic rash Ear drainage or mastoiditis Lytic lesions in skull Excessive urination Disease?
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Neuroblastoma: Diagnosis
Elevated urine VMA and HMA
Hemohypertrophy: Disease association
Wilms tumor
Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome
Cyclophosphamide: Side effect
Hemorhagic cystitis
Cisplatin: Side effect
Nephrotoxicity
hearing loss and peripheral neuropathy
Bleomycin: Side effect
Pulmonary fibrosis
(Lung so bad, you “blow-om-icin”
Doxorubicin: Side effect
Cardiac toxicity
Doxo-rubies
Vincristine: Side effect
Neurotoxicitiy and SIADH
Granulomatosis infantiseptum: Disease
Neonatal Listeria Infection
Facial abnormalities (nasal hypoplasia + depressed nasal bridge)
Bone strippling
Fetal exposure to?
Warfarin
Facial abnormalities (broad nasal bridge, wide-spaced eyes)
Cardiac abnormalities
Distal digital hypoplasia
Fetal exposure to?
Phenytoin
Facial abnormalities
Neural Tube Defects
Fetal exposure to?
Valporic Acid
Common respiratory complication in Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
Pneumothroax