Minimal Q Pediatrics Flashcards
Imaging modality of choice when evaluating a child for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis:
US
Typical age of intussusception in infants:
3 months - 3 years
What are the two typical anamnestic features of acute appendicitis?
First epigastric and
periumbilical pain, later the pain is localized in the right lower abdominal quadrant.
Standard imaging modality of polytraumatized patients:
acute CT
Most common cause of acute abdomen in children:
appendicitis
Which is the most common cause of strangulation ileus?
Incarcerated hernia.
The most common cause of transfusion-requiring hematochezia, without abdominal pain and without
diarrhea:
Meckel’s diverticulum
You find a high GGT in a patient with ulcerative colitis, what should you think about?
Sclerosing cholangitis.
What are the typical characteristics of perianal fissures in Crohn’s disease?
Not in the midline, deep,
not painful.
What is the first therapeutic choice in Crohn’s disease?
Exclusive enteral nutrition.
What are the two most frequent chest deformities?
Pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum.
What are typical signs of bacterial otitis externa?
Pain and/or tenderness of the tragus.
What are the 4 most important indications of adenoidectomy?
1) Recurrent infections of the URT
2) recurrent otitis media,
3) inhibition of nasal breathing, 4) obstructive sleep
apnea.
The most frequent pathogen of sinusitis and otitis media?
Str. pneumoniae.
In which cases of middle-ear inflammatory disease should we suggest tympanostomy tubes
(Grommet)?
Chronic serous otitis media and/or chronic dysfunction of the Eustachian
tube.
What is the most frequent pathogen in urinary tract infections?
E. coli.
What are the typical abnormalities in urine analysis in glomerulonephritis?
Red blood cells and red blood cell cylinders. Proteinuria can also appear.
What is the most frequent cause of hypertension before the adolescent age?
Kidney disease.
Which is the most frequent glomerulonephritis type?
IgA nephropathy.
What is the prognosis of West-syndrome or infantile spasm?
Usually poor.
Which bacterium is the most frequent cause of childhood pneumonia?
Str. pneumoniae.
What are the two main components of the treatment of pseudocroup?
Rectal steroid, inhalation of adrenaline.
What is the most common cause of new onset cough?
Viral infection.
What is the Holzknecht sign characteristic for?
Airway foreign body aspiration.
What is the most common cause of a cough ongoing since birth which always presents during
feeding?
Tracheoesophageal fistula.
What percentage of the mortality is caused by accidents in Hungary in children older than 1 year?
36-40%, this is the main cause of death in children older than 1 year.
What is the prognosis of juvenile absence epilepsy?
Usually favorable.
What can prevent coronary artery disease (aneurysm) in Kawasaki syndrome?
IVIG
What is the most serious complication of juvenile idiopathic arthritis?
Macrophage activation
syndrome (MAS).
Which muscles are affected in juvenile polymyositis?
Proximal muscles of the limbs.
What is the typical feature of stool in biliary atresia?
Clay-colored (acholic) stool.
What kind of diseases are included in atopic march
and in which order?
Atopic dermatitis food
allergy - asthma bronchiale - allergic rhinitis.
How is food allergy diagnosed? What is the reliability of IgE testing?
IgE testing is not reliable.
The diagnosis should be based on double blind oral food challenge.
In which case serological testing is not informative in celiac disease.
In IgA deficiency.
What is the diagnostic basis of endocarditis?
Blood culture and echocardiography.
What are the upper airway infections that should be treated with antibiotics?
Streptococcus angina,
acute otitis media and acute bacterial sinusitis.
What is the diagnostic basis of erythema migrans?
The fact of tick bite and the clinical
picture: growing erythema which is more than 5 cm in diameter.
What is the ideal age for closing the soft palate defect?
Between 9 and 18 months.
What is the most likely diagnosis in the following case: patient with polyuria, polydipsia with
positive urine glucose and acetone test?
Diabetes mellitus.
A patient with typical diabetes symptoms has a 18.2 mmol/l blood sugar level in the afternoon. What is
to be done?
Refer the child to a pediatric diabetic center immediately.
What kind of hormonal changes are seen in the salt wasting form of congenital adrenal
hyperplasia due to deficiency of 21-hydroxylase?
Insufficient glucocorticoid and
mineralocorticoid secretion, excessive androgen secretion.
How does the mother’s iodine deficiency influence the newborn’s thyroid function?
It results in
temporary primary hypothyroidism.
Which is the most common adrenocortical enzyme defect?
The defect of the 21-hydroxylase
enzyme.
What are the most typical histologic findings in ulcerative colitis?
Crypt abscesses.