Paediatrics Flashcards
What are Koplik spots pathognomic of?
Measles
Rule of 9s for TBSA for burns in kids: back
18%
Describe the rash of rubella
A discrete pale pink maculopapular rash (not confluent as in measles).
Starts on the face and neck—spreads to the trunk and extremities.
Rule of 9s for TBSA for burns in kids: front chest/abdo
18%
Normal RR in baby aged 5 years or older
16
What is the most common cause of bowel obstruction in newborns?
Intussusception
Ix of intussusception?
U/S with target sign
Where is the rash of scarlet fever most prominent?
Prominent on neck, in axillae, cubital fossa (Pastia lines), groin, skinfolds
What must you consider if there’s a lump near the coccyx?
Sacro-coccygeal teratoma
What is the classical presentation of malrotation?
Bilious (grassy green) vomiting
How old is a neonate?
Less than 28 days
Grassy green vomiting suggests….
Malrotation
How does intussusception present?
Colicky abdominal pain
Vomiting
Red currant jelly stools
Red currant jelly stools suggests what?
Intussuception
What is German measles more properly known as?
Rubella
Normal HR in baby aged 5-12 years
80-140
Rx of intussusception?
Gas enema
Rule of 9s for TBSA for burns in adults: front of chest/abdo
18%
Normal HR in baby aged 1-4 years
90-160
When is chickenpox no longer infectious?
When vesicles have dried
How old is an infant?
28 days to 1 year
What are the 3 stages of whooping cough?
catarrhal, paroxysmal and convalescent
What are the characteristics of vomiting in pyloric stenosis?
Projectile
Non-bilious
Typically 1/2 an hour after feeding
Kid wants to feed after vomiting
What does an enlarged Virchow’s node suggest in a kid?
Neuroblastoma or Hodgkin’s disease
Normal HR in baby aged 12 years or over
60-130
Define intussusception
Small bowel telescopes (or envaginates) on itself
Rule of 9s for TBSA for burns in adults: back
18%
Who is the typical patient who develops intussusception (age and gender)
5-11 month boy
Normal HR in baby aged term to 12 months
100-180
What is the incubation period for chickenpox?
10-21 days (usually 15-16 days)
Ix to confirm pyloric stenosis?
U/S of abdomen
Define quinsy
Peritonsillar abscess complicating tonsillitis
Abscess forms between tonsil and wall of throat
Who is the typical patient to get pyloric stenosis (age and gender)
3-6 week old boy
Clinical reactivation of varicella zoster causes what?
Herpes zoster (aka shingles)