Paediatric Infectious Disease Flashcards
Bronchiolitis
RSV, inspiratory crackles, hyperinflated, low grade fever
Symptoms of URTI
Runny nose / sore throat / fever
Risk factors for Bronchiolitis
Cardiac disease, lung disease, prematurity
Preventing Bronchiolitis
Monoclonal antibody against RSV
Measles
How do you tell it’s different from chickenpox
Chicken pox complications
Lung, Liver, Brain
EBV
Glandular fever
Rubella
Pregnancy
When to worry about herpes simplex?
HSV Encephalitis
Meningitis symptoms
Neck stickiness / Photophobia / headache
Symptoms of sepsis
Fever / Rigors / vomit / lethargy / rash (petechiae / purpura)
Signs of septicaemia
Tachycardia, cool peripheries, pallor, decreased urine, tachypnoea, increased drowsiness
Late signs of shock
Drowsiness / Hypotension
Complications group a strep
Sepsis / Rheumatic Fever / post streptococcal glomerular nephritis
Fever and returned from abroad
Malaria