Paeds

Question 1

What is the definition of cerbral palsy?

Answer 1

A chronic disorder of movement and posture due to a non-progressive lesion of the motor pathways in the developing brain

Question 2

What are the different types of CP?

Answer 2

• Spastic (most common)
• Dyskinetic
• Ataxic
• Mixed

Question 3

Describe some of the non-motor problems associated with CP

Answer 3

• Learning disability
• Epilepsy
• Hearing impairment

Question 4

Which treatments can be used to relieve spasticity in CP?

Answer 4

Baclofen

Diazepam

Question 5

What is intussusception?

In which section of bowel does this most commonly occur?

Answer 5

Invagination (telescoping) of one segment of bowel into an adjacent segment

Most commonly occurs in the ileo-caecal region

Question 6

What may a CXR show in a case of bronchiolitis?

Answer 6

Hyperinflation

Question 7

What may a CXR show in a case of ARDS?

Answer 7

Ground-glass appearance

Question 8

What is the definition of Eisenmenger’s syndrome?

Answer 8

When a left-to-right shunt leads to pulmonary hypertension and shunt reversal, therefore turning an acyanotic congenital heart defect into a cyanotic congenital heart defect

Question 9

Give three causes of…

a) Jaundice within the first 24 hours of life
b) Jaundice after 2 weeks of life

Answer 9

a) Rh/ABO incompatibility, hereditary spherocytosis, G6PD deficiency
b) Biliary atresia, Crigler-Najjar syndrome, galactosaemia, congenital hypothyroidism