outpatient care Flashcards
1
Q
what is this infant skull deformity?
A
sagittal synostosis
2
Q
what is this infant skull deformity?
A
metric synostoses
3
Q
what is this infant skull deformity?
A
lomboid synostosis
4
Q
what is this infant skull deformity?
A
bilateral coronal synoatosis
5
Q
what is this infant skull deformity?
A
unilateral coronal stenosis
6
Q
what Is this infant skull deformity
A
deformational posterior plagiochephaly
7
Q
what are red flags for headaches in infants?
A
- rapidly expanding head size in infants
- effortless vomiting in the morning
- preschool age
- waking at night/early morning headache
- worse on coughing/sneezing/straining/bending over
- change in behaviour, sleepy
- changes in cognitive ability/handwriting/balance difficulties
- new squint or cranial nerve palsies
- diplopia or visual change
8
Q
what are red flags for infants heart murmur?
A
- other dysmorphic signs
- are they blue? check sats
- do they have symptoms and signs of failure (poor feeding, sweating, failure to thrive, colour changes)
- on examination (absent/low volume femoral pulses, low O2 sats, liver edge, gallop rhythm, crepitations, oedema)
9
Q
what red flags for children heart murmur?
A
- other dysmorphic signs
- are they blue? check sats
- do they have symptoms and signs of failure (poor feeding, sweating, failure to thrive, colour changes)
- on examination (absent/low volume femoral pulses, low O2 sats, liver edge, gallop rhythm, crepitations, oedema)
- fatigue
- breathlessness
10
Q
what are red flags for a cough in infants?
A
- night time waking with cough, wheeze, SOB or obstructive symptoms
- failure to thrive
- other recurrent infections
11
Q
at what age is a child able to start doing tests for asthma (e.g. peak flow)?
A
10 years
12
Q
what are red flags for abdomen pain in infants?
A
- failure to thrive
- bilious or blood vomiting
- bloody stools or symptoms of IBD
