Last Minute Toughies Flashcards
How do NSAIDs affect Lithium Levels
Increase Them
Appearance of someone with DiGeorge
Short palpebral fissures and Small low-set ears
First Line management of Rhinitis
Azelastine (intranasal antihistamines)
What antibiotic is given for epiglottitis
Phenoxymethylpenecillin
How long is the coryza phase for bronchiolitis
1-3 Days
Treatment for Mild Pneumonia in children
Amxicillin
Treatment for severe pneumonia in children
Co-Amoxiclav
AT what age should children with pneumonia be admitted as first line intervention
<1 month
What condition causes a pulses paradoxus
Pericarditis
What medication is given in the meantime for co-arctation of aorta while surgery is pending
Prostaglandins
Role of ARBs in Heart Failure/ASDs/VASDs
Afterload reduction
Diagnosing Klinefleter’s
Amniocentesis
CVS
What physical features are associated with fanconi’s anaemia
Short stature + Cafe Au Lait Spots
What physical features are associated with DBS
Cleft Palate
Short Stature
Deafness
TO cause remission of UC, what is given
5-ASA or IV Hydrocortisone
To retain remission in UC what is given
Mesalazine
TO cause remission of Crohn’s, what should be given
Steroids
Maintenance therapy for Crohn’s
Azathioprine
After what age can we use the carotid pulse in children
> 1 year
Treatment of Shigellosis
Clarithromycin
What is Kwashiorkor
Protein Deficiency
What are Schiller-Duval Bodies
Tubules with simple cuboidal epithelium
Signs of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
Macrocyctic Anaemia
Lactulose Breathing Test is positive for H+
Crypt hyperplasia and flattened villi
What genetic condition is overlapping of fingers seen
Edward’s
What is clinodactyly
Curved fingers
What size are physiological cysts
<2.5 cm
Blood test results for embryological carcinomas
Raised beta-hCG
Triad for Friedrich Ataxia
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Ataxia
Scoliosis
What is craniosyntosis
Premature fusion of the cranial sutures - usually saggital
Main complication in children who’s mother’s had gestational diabetes
Ventricular septal defects and ASDs
Onset for Lennox-Gestaut Syndrome
2-6 Years
What food should be avoided in phenylketonuria
Meat
Sign of Maple Syrup Urine Disease
Sweet smelling urine
caused by Isoleucine -> Sotolone
Accompanied by spasming of all muscles
Signs of Homocystinuria
Methionine synthase deficiency
Deficiencies in B12 and Folate