Little Rascals (Pediatrics) Flashcards

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Begins with a fever, coryza, cough, conjunctivitis, malaise, irritability, and photophobia. Then a brick red, irregular, maculopapular rash appears at the head before moving downward and outward.

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Measels (rubeola)

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When are live vaccines administered to a newborn?

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At 12 months

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3
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What’s the most common cause of croup?

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parainfluenza virus

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4
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What’s the most common cause of bronchiolitis?

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RSV

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5
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A grey pseudomembrane on the pharynx, nasopharynx, and trachea.

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Diptheria

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What’s the most common cause of bacterial pharyngitis?

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Group A beta-hemolytic strep

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How much should a 12 month old weigh?

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3x the birthweight

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8
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When is a newborn expected to roll over?

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6 months

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9
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When is a newborn expected to walk?

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12 months

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10
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What vaccines are given at 2, 4, and 6 months?

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Rotavirus, DTAP, Hib, Pneumococcal conjugate, Polio inactivated

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11
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What vaccines are given at birth?

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Hep B

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12
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What’s the most common cause of epiglottitis?

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H flu

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13
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Name 3 viral causes of otitis media

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Adenovirus, HSV, influenza

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14
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What’s the recommended minimum age for the trivalent inactivated flu vaccine?

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6 months

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15
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When can you give the trivalent live attenuated vaccine?

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2 years

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16
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What’s omphalitis?

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Erythema and edema of the soft tissue surrounding the stump of the umbilical cord. Most commonly caused by strep and staph.

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17
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What’s the leading cause of hospitalization of children under 2?

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RSV

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18
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Murmur heard best at the left sternal border-second intercostal space with a fixed split S2 and normal pulses

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Harsh, pansystolic murmur heard best at the 3rd and 4th intercostal space.

20
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What’s the most likely etiology of a otherwise healthy 15 year old soccer player who dies of cardiac arrest while playing soccer?

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

21
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What’s the gold standard of diagnosis of a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

22
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What’s the scottie dog sign with a broken neck refer to?

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spondylolysis

23
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What’s the next step after a bed wetting alarm?

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DDAVP (desmopressin acetate)

24
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Name 2 risk factors for spina bifida

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  1. Poor intake of folic acid during pregnancy

2. Mom using valproate during pregnancy

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Name the four most common inborn errors of metabolism.
1. Hypothyroidism 2. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia 3. Phenylketonuria 4. Galactosemia
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Test for congenital adrenal hyperplasia
17-hydroxyprogesterone
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Treatment for congenital adrenal hyperplasia
corticosteroid replacement
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Short stature, webbed neck, prominent ears and low posterior hairline, broad chest with widely spaced nipples, and increased carrying angle.
Turner's Syndrome (monosomy x)
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Pale blue irides, long narrow facies, large protruding ears, large protruding jaw, flat feet, and hyperextendible fingers.
Fragile X syndrome
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Large for gestational age infants, hypoglycemia during infancy, creases and pits in earlobes, asymetric limbs, organomegally, and large tongue. At risk for Wilms' tumor and hepatoblastoma. Chromosome 11p15
Beckwith-Weidemann syndrome
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The primary defect involves collagen, resulting in joint laxity, hyperelastic skin, pectus deformity, and excessive bruising. Death often results from ruptured aneurysm.
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
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The defect involves type 1 collagen, resulting in bone fragility and pathological fractures. Some cases result in blue tinted sclera and varying degrees of deafness.
Osteogenesis imperfecti
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What allergy is cause for avoidance of the Hep B vaccine?
Baker's yeast
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What two preservatives are common in MMR and IPV and may cause anaphylaxis?
Neomycin/streptomycin
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What's the mercury based preservative that that was associated with autism in one study?
Thimerosal
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Name 2 toxins that produce garlic breath.
Arsenic | Organophosphates
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Alcohol causes an anion/osmolar gap.
anion
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Methanol causes an anion/osmolar gap.
osmolar
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Fever for 3-4 days followed by a pink, macular rash,
roseola HHV6
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Red face "slapped cheek"; lacy, pink, macular rash on torso
Erythema Infectiosum (Fifth Disease) Human parvovirus B19
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4 year old male presents with fever of 102 for the past 5 days. PE reveals conjunctivitis, lip cracking and fissuring, strawberry tongue, unilateral cervical lymphadenopathy, and his hands and feet are swollen. Diagnosis?
Kawasaki disease
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Treatment for Kawasaki disease
IV immunoglobulin and high dose aspirin
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What's worrisome about Kawasaki disease?
Cardiovascular manifestations including myocarditis, pericarditis, valvular heart disease, and coronary arteritis and aneurysms.
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You working same day care and seeing a 3 year old with the c/o brick red diarrhea. She was treated for OM last week. What is your conclusion?
She was treated with Omnicef most likely due to chronic OM and it is a normal side effect that the pediatrician should have warned the mother about.