p392 Flashcards
Varicella has an incubation period of
11-21 days.
About constitutional growth delay, most experts agree that if no signs of puberty are seen by __
years of age (no breast development in girls, no testicular enlargement in boys), then further
workup for a more serious condition should be sought.
14
About constitutional growth delay, indications for further evaluation would be no menarche in a girl by __ years of age and underdeveloped genitalia in a boy _
years after his first pubertal changes.
16
5
Mastoiditis CT scan findings
Destruction of septa between the mastoid cells on the right, with soft tissue swelling behind the right ear
Infant has a continuous low-pitched murmur caused by collapse of the jugular veins and their subsequent fluttering, and it worsens with inspiration or diastole.
Ds
venous hum
Which sleep problem in children is most likely to occur during the second half of the night?
Nightmares
Nightmares occur in the second half of the night, when rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is
most prominent.
Which sleep problem(s) in children is most likely to occur during the first half of the night?
Parasomnias, such as sleepwalking,
confusional arousal, and sleep terrors.
Parasomnias are disorders of arousal from non-REM (NREM) sleep. These
are more common in children than adults because children spend more time in deep NREM
sleep. Such disorders usually occur within 1-2 hours after sleep onset, and coincide with the
transition from the first period of slow-wave sleep
the most common cause of diarrhea in adults is:
Norwalk virus / Norovirus
