Paediatrics Flashcards
Acute epiglottitis
Common bacterium
Features (5)
Position
Onset
Other
H. influenza type B
Features
- Tripod position
- Rapid onset
- Stridor
- Drooling of saliva
- Temperature
Thumb sign seen in which condition?
Steeple sign - subglottic narrowing seen in which condition?
Dx for epiglottitis
Mx
Sign seen on xray epiglottitis
Sign seen on xray croup
Visualisation +/- xray
Mx intubation, oxygen, abx
A sporty teenager presents with knee pain after exercise associated with intermittent swelling and locking
Osteochondritis dissecans
a teenage girl presents with medial knee pain following activity. The knee has given way on occasion
Patellar subluxation
Seen in sporty teenagers
Pain, tenderness and swelling over the tibial tubercle
Osgood-Schlatter disease
tibial apophysitis
More common in athletic teenage boys
Chronic anterior knee pain that worsens after running
Tender below the patella on examination
Patellar tendonitis
Softening of the cartilage of the patella
Common in teenage girls
Characteristically anterior knee pain on walking up and down stairs and rising from prolonged sitting
Usually responds to physiotherapy
Chondromalacia patellae
most common malignancy affecting children
Peak age
ALL
2-5yo
- Thrombocytopenia - easy bruising
- Anaemia - lethargy, pallor
- Neutropenia - frequent infections
- Fever
- Splenomegaly/ hepatomegaly
Name the most likely condition
ALL
ALL poor prognostic factors (5) Age WCC number Surface markers Race Gender
age < 2 years or > 10 years WBC > 20 * 109/l at diagnosis T or B cell surface markers non-Caucasian male sex
Aortic stenosis in children are associated with which three conditions?
Mx (2)
William’s syndrome
Coarctation of the aorta
Turner’s syndrome
- Valve replacement
- If gradient across valve is > 60 mmHg then balloon valvotomy
What is the APGAR score?
Score 0,1,2 for each of the below
Pulse: absent, <100, >100
Resp effort: nil, weak irregular, strong/ crying
Colour: blue all over, extremities blue, pink
Tone: flaccid, limb flexion, active movement
Reflex irritability: nil, grimace, cries on stimulation
0-3 very low
4-6 moderate
7-10 good
ADHD
Mx (4)
Mx
- 10 week watch and wait period
- Refer to paeds or CAMHS
- Education and training programmes
- Drug therapy as last resort and only offered to those >5yo –> first line methylphenidate for 6 weeks
If in adequate response –> lisdexamfetamine
Monitoring methylphenidate + lisdexamfetamine
Baseline ECG
Height and weight every 6 months
What is benign rolandic epilepsy? Type of seizures EEG findings? When do the seizures stop? Are they aware?
Seizures occur mainly at night Partial seizures EEG shows centro-temporal spikes Seizures usually stop by adolescence Has awareness
Bronchiolitis
Organisim
Age group
Features
Dx
RSV
Most common in <1yo
- Dry cough
- Wheeze
- Feeding difficulties
Dx immunofluorescence of nasopharyngeal secretions may show RSV
Bronchiolitis
Rx
- Oxygen via headbox if <92%
- NG feeding
- Suction for secretions
Difference between Caput succedaneum and Cephalohaematoma
When does the swelling occur? Which crosses suture lines? How long to resolve? Where is the swelling? Cause?
Caput succedaneum
- swelling following prolonged/ traumatic delivery
- vertex and crosses suture lines
- days to resolve
- present at birth
Cephalohaematoma
- develops several hours post delivery
- usually secondary to bleeding
- parietal region, does not cross suture lines
- can develop jaundice
- can take three months to resolve
Normal RR in newborn
Normal HR in newborn
35-60
120-160
Where do threadworms come from?
Name the bacteria
Features
Mx
Enterobius vermicularis
Infestation occurs after swallowing eggs that are present in the environment.
perianal itching, particularly at night
Vulval itching
Mx
<6 months - hygiene measures only
>6 months - mebendazole
Causes of snoring (5)
- obesity
- nasal problems
- recurrent tonsillitis
- Down’s syndrome
- hypothyroidism
What is hypospadias?
Mx
Incorrect anatomy of urethral meatus, usually on ventral side of penis
Mx
Refer immediately
Surgery at 1yo
Nil circumcision
Features of CF
- short stature
- delayed puberty
- rectal prolapse (due to bulky stools)
- nasal polyps
- male infertility, female subfertility
CF associated conditions (4)
Genetics
Usually picked up at newborn screening programmes
- Mec ileus
- Recurrent chest infections
- Malabsorption/ FTT
- DM
AR CFTR gene chrm 7 delta F508
Congenital cyst found in the mouth
Common on hard palate
Epstein’s pearl
Hand foot mouth disease: Virus:
coxsackie A16
At what age is head banging a sign of autism?
3yo = sign of autism 2yo = normal
Caused by the coxsackie A16 virus
Mild systemic upset: sore throat, fever
Vesicles in the mouth and on the palms and soles of the feet
Hand foot and mouth disease
Reaction to erythrogenic toxins produced by Group A haemolytic streptococci - strep pyogenes
Fever, malaise, tonsillitis
‘Strawberry’ tongue
Rash - fine punctate erythema sparing the area around the mouth (circumoral pallor)
Scarlet fever
Also known as fifth disease or ‘slapped-cheek syndrome’
Caused by parvovirus B19
Lethargy, fever, headache
‘Slapped-cheek’ rash spreading to proximal arms and extensor surfaces
Erythema infectiosum
Rash: pink maculopapular, initially on face before spreading to whole body, usually fades by the 3-5 day
Lymphadenopathy: suboccipital and postauricular
Rubella
Fever, malaise, muscular pain
Parotitis (‘earache’, ‘pain on eating’): unilateral initially then becomes bilateral in 70%
Mumps
Prodrome: irritable, conjunctivitis, fever
Koplik spots: white spots (‘grain of salt’) on buccal mucosa
Rash: starts behind ears then to whole body, discrete maculopapular rash becoming blotchy & confluent
Measles
Fever initially
Itchy, rash starting on head/trunk before spreading. Initially macular then papular then vesicular
Systemic upset is usually mild
Chickenpox
Abdominal mass
Painless haematuria
Flank pain
Anorexia/ fever =
Wilm’s tumour
Moderate
Severe asthma criteria
Life threatening
PEFR Sats Clinical signs HR RR
Moderate, severe, life threatening
PEFR >50%, 33-50%, <33%
Sats >92%, <92%, <92%
Moderate - no clinical features of asthma
Severe: Too breathless to talk
Life threateningL silent chest
Severe: HR >120 >5yo, >140 1-5yo
SevereRR >30 >5yo, >40 1-5yo
Life threatening poor resp effort
Severe: Use of accessory neck muscles
Life threatening: agitation, altered consciousness, cyanosis
Acute asthma mx
- SABA via a spacer
1 puff every 30-60 seconds up to a maximum of 10 puffs
If sx not controlled repeat and refer
- Steroids 3-5 days
2-5yo 20mg OD
>5yo 30-40mg
Asthma chronic mx >5yo
- SABA
- SABA + low dose ICS
- SABA + low dose ICS + LTRA
- SABA + low dose ICS + LABA (stop LTRA if not helpful)
- SABA + MART (low dose ICS)
- SABA + MART (mod ICS) OR SABA + mod ICS + LABA
- SABA + MART (high ICS) OR
SABA + high ICS + LABA OR
Step 6 + theophylline OR
Refer