Paeds Flashcards
Presentation of Threadworm
- Anal and vulval itching
- White threads in faeces
First line treatment of Threadworm?
Single dose of mebendazole with hygiene measures
Presentation of eczema
- Itchy, erythematous rash
- Face and trunk in infants
- Extensor surfaces in young children
- Flexor surfaces in older children
Management of eczema
- Simple emollients
- Topical steroids
- Wet wrapping
- Oral ciclosporin
Symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease?
- Fever
- Anorexia
- Cough
- Abdominal pain
- Sore throat
- Mouth ulcers followed by a rash which affects hands, feet, face, buttocks, legs and genitals
What are the 5 categories of APGAR?
Appearance
Pulse
Grimace
Activity - flexed arms and legs
Respiration
APGAR scoring
0-3 - low
4-6 moderate
7-10 - normal
What is the most common cause of respiratory distress in newborn period?
Transient Tachypnoea of the Newborn caused by delayed resorption of fluid in the lungs - often after C-section
What are the X-ray findings of TTN?
- Hyperinflation of the lungs
- Fluid in the horizontal tissue
What do bowel sounds in the respiratory exam of a neonate point towards?
Diaphragmatic hernia
When might newborns have surfactant production problems?
< 31 weeks
What is mesenteric adenitis?
Inflamed lymph nodes within the mesentery
How does mesenteric adenitis present?
Similar to appendicitis - often following a viral infection but will have no abdominal tenderness or guarding
Hirschprungs?
- Absence of ganglion cells from mucousa
- Full-thickness rectal biopsy to confirm
- Delayed meconium and abdominal distension
- Rectal washouts initially followed by surgery
What is ITP?
An immune mediated reduction in the platelet count - a type II hypersensitivity reaction
How does ITP present?
- Bruising
- Petechial/Purpuric rash
- Rarely bleeding
Investigations for ITP?
- FBC
- Blood film
Management of ITP
- Usually nothing
- Sometimes oral/IV corticosteroids or IV Immunoglobulins
Presentation of Foetal alcohol syndrome
- Microcephaly (small head)
- Short palpebral fissures (small eye opening)
- Absent philtrum
- Cardiac abnormalities
What happens with cigarette smoking in pregnancy?
- Miscarriage
- Stillbirth
- Pre-term labour
- Intrauterine growth retardation
Risks of rubella in pregnancy?
- Most at risk in first 16 weeks
- Cataracts, deafness, cardiac abnormalities
- Jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly
Risks of maternal syphillis?
- Rhinitis
- Saddle shaped nose
- Deafness
- Hepatosplenomegaly
Most common cause of diarrhoea
- Rotavirus usually with fever and vomiting for first 2 days
Presentation of toddlers diarrhoea?
- Diarrhoea with undigested food/foul smelling
- No change on growth centiles (contract to coeliac)
When does Cow’s milk protein intolerance present?
Formula fed children in the first 3 months of life
Symptoms of CMPA?
- Regurgitation and vomiting
- Diarrhoea
- Urticaria, atopic eczema
- ‘colic’ symptoms
- Wheeze, chronic cough
Pyloric Stenosis
- Projectile, non-bile stained vomit at 4-6 weeks
- Test feed/USS to confirm
- Ramstedt pyloromyotomy
Intussusception
- Telescoping bowel
- Proximal to/at the ileocaecal valve
- 6-9 months of age
- Colicky pain, diarrhoea, sausage-shaped mass, red jelly stool
- Infant will be drawing their knees up
- US to confirm
- Treated with reduction with air insufflation
Intestinal malrotation
- Intestines do not twist correctly
- Features in exon-halos, diaphragmatic hernia, intrinsic duodenal atresia
- If bile stained vomit, volvulus has occured
- Upper GI contract study and USS to confirm
- Laparotomy/Ladd’s procedure (if volvulus formed)
Meconium ileus
- Delayed meconium and abdominal distension
- Occurs with CF
- PR contract studies may dislodge meconium plug and be helpful
- Surgery needed to remove plugs
Biliary atresia
- Jaundice > 14 days
- Increased conjugated bilirubin
- Urgent Kasai procedure
Necrotising Entercolitis
- Prematurity
- Abdominal distension and bloody stools
- X-ray may show free air
- Increased risk when empirical Abx given beyond 5 days
- Total gut rest and TPN to treat with potential laparotomy if perforations
How do you reduce chances of severe brain damage in neonates with hypoxic injury?
Therapeutic cooling at 33-35 degrees
What is Atlanto-axial instability?
A complication of Downs which increases the risk of sudden neck dislocation
Features of Downs
- Low-set ears
- Flat occiput
- Single palmar crease
- Hypotonia
- Heart defects
- Duodenal atresia
- Hirschprungs
- Infertility
- Hypothyroidism
Cardiac complications of Downs
- Endocardial cushion defect
- VSD
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Isolated PDA
Roseola infantum
- Herpes 6 virus
- Common in 6 months - 2 years
- Fever followed later by maculopapular rash around the trunk
- Febrile seizures common
- No treatment necessary
What is whooping cough
- Infectious disease caused by Bordetella pertussis
Immunisation of Whooping cough
- Pregnant women weeks 16-32
- Infants at 2,3,4 months and 3-5 years
Presentation of whooping cough
- Coryza for 2-3 days
- Coughing spouts worse at night/after feeding
- Inspiratory whoop
- Persistent coughing
- Symptoms last 10-14 weeks
Management of whooping cough
- Inform PHE
- Oral macrolide such as azithromycin if onset is within last 21 days
- Prophylaxis for household contacts
What is transient synovitis?
Hip pain following recent viral infection in 3-8 year olds?
What is the most common cause of hip pain in children?
Transient synovitis
Presentation of measles?
- Prodromal phase with irritability, fever and conjunctivitis
- Koplik spots which are white spots on buccal mucousa
- Maculopapular rash which spreads from ears to whole body
What is the most common deadly complication of measles?
Pneumonia
What is the most common complication of measles?
Otitis media
What is Perthes disease?
A degenerative condition affecting the hip joints of boys between 4-8 presenting with hip pain, limping and reduced ROM
Management of Perthes
- Conservative management
- Surgical management rarely needed for severe deformity/over 6 years old
Management of nocturnal enuresis (bed-wetting)
1st - Reward system
2nd - Enuresis alarm
3rd - Desmopressin
What is the ratio of compression for PBLS?
lay responders: 30:2
rescuers: 15 compressions: 2 breaths
What is the classic presentation of Scarlet fever?
- Sore throat
- Fever
- Headache
- Bright red strawberry tongue
- Coarse, red rash which starts in axillae and groins then spreads to trunk (sandpaper feel)
What organism accounts for majority of croup?
Parainfluenza
What condition does RSV cause?
Bronchiolitis
What is Meckel’s diverticulum?
A congenital diverticulum of the small intestine which contains ectopic gastric/ileal/pancreatic mucousa
Presentation of Meckels Diverticulum?
- Abdominal pain
- Rectal bleeding
- Intestinal obstruction
What investigations should be used for MD?
- If child is stable with not severe bleeding, a ‘Meckle’s scan’ with technetium should be used
What is a venous hum?
A continuous blowing noise heard just below the clavicles - due to turbulent blood flow in veins
What is Still’s murmur?
A low-pitched sound heart at the lower left sternal edge
How much school should children with whooping cough miss after starting Abx?
48 HOURS
Signs of cerebral palsy?
- Slow to reach milestones
- Feeding difficulties
Signs of dyskinetic CP?
- Athetoid movements - slow movements of hands and feet and holding onto objects
- Oro-motor problems - drooling
What is a feature of a benign ejection systolic murmur?
Varies with posture
What do all breech babies born at or after 36 weeks need?
USS for DDH screening at 6 weeks
When is precocious puberty in males defined?
Before 9 years of age
What abdominal sign occurs with congenital diaphragmatic hernia?
Scaphoid abdomen (inward concavity to the abdominal wall)
What is the most common cause of inherited neurodevelopment delay?
Fragile X syndrome
What are the features of Fragile X syndrome in males?
- Mutation on X chromosome
- X-linked dominant
- Learning difficulties
- Large, low set eats with long thin face
- Hypotonia
- Autism
- Mitral valve prolapse
What condition is associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia?
Pulmonary hyperplasia
What is mitochondrial disease inheritance?
- Only via the maternal line as the sperm contributes no cytoplasm to the zygote
- None of the children of affected male will inherit
How do you differentiate between epilepsy and reflex anoxia seizures?
Reflex anoxic seizures have a rapid recovery unlike epileptic
Key features of Osgood-Schlatter disease?
- Seen in sporty teenagers
- Pain, tenderness and swelling over the tibial tubercle
Key features of Chondromalacia patellae?
- Softening of the cartilage of the patella
- Common in teenage girls
- Knee pain on stairs and from prolonged sitting
Key features of Osteochondritis dissecans?
- Pain after excercise
- Intermittent swelling and locking
Key features of Patellar subluxation?
- Medial knee pain
- Knee may give way
Key features of Patellar tendonitis?
- More common in athletic teenage boys
- Chronic knee pain that worsens after running
- Tenderness below patella
Most common cause of benign, noisy breathing in infants?
Laryngomalacia
Which organism causes pertussis?
Bordella pertussis
What is the autism triad?
- Communication impairment
- Impairment of social relationships
- Ritualistic behaviour
What cardiac defect is associated with Turners?
Bicuspid aortic valve - ejection systolic murmur
What is Turner’s syndrome?
One X chromosome 45, XO
What is the urgent management for babies with jaundice within first 24 hours of life?
Measure SBR within 2 hours
First line investigation for DDH in infant > 4.5 months
X-ray
Management of DDH in children younger than 4-5 months
Pavlov harness
Management of child < 3 months with temp > 38
Admit to hospital
Management of PDA to promote duct closure?
Indomethacin/Ibuprofen
What murmur is heard with PDA?
‘machinery like’ murmur
What should be given for croup regardless of severity?
0.15/kg single dose of oral dexamethasone
Triad of shaken baby syndrome?
- Retinal haemorrhages
- Subdural haematoma
- Encephalopathy
What usually precedes ITP?
A viral illness
How are newborns screened for hearing problems?
Automated otoacoustic emissions
What are exomphalos and diaphragmatic hernia associated with?
Malrotation
What is Osgood-Schlatter?
Pain, tenderness and swelling over the tibial tubercle seen in sporty teens
What is Ebstein’s anomaly?
A heart defect with a low insertion of tricuspid valve resulting in large atrium and small ventricle
What is the most common cardiac problem associated with Duchennes?
Dilated cardiomyopathy
When are APGAR assessed?
1 and 5 minutes
What is exomphalos?
When the abdominal contents protrude through the anterior wall but are covered in an amniotic sac
How is exomophalos managed?
C-section to reduce risk of sac rupture
Abx of choice for infants < 3 months old for meningitis?
IV Amoxicillin
IV Cefotaxime
What vaccines do young people get between 13 and 18
Tetanus/Diptheria/Polio and Men ACWY
What is meningococcal septicaemia a CI to?
LP
What causes acute epiglottis?
H Influenzae B
Investigation of choice for vesicoureteric reflux?
Micturating cystourethrogram
Most common bacterial organism for bacterial pneumonia in children?
Strep pneumonia
What is used to maintain a DA for duct dependent congenital heart disease?
Prostaglandin E1
How can the airway be protected with acute epiglottis?
Endotracheal intubation
What condition is associated with intramural gas on abdominal x-ray?
Necrotising enterocolitis
Gold standard diagnosis for Hirschsprung disease?
Rectal biopsy
Which MAb is used to prevent RSV in some children?
Palivizumab
What organism commonly causes hand, foot mouth?
Coxsackie virus
What electrolyte imbalance is seen with pyloric stenosis?
Hypochloremic hypokalaemic metabolic alkalosis
What is a cardiac complication of Kawasaki?
Coronary artery aneurysms
Treatment for spasticity in cerebral palsy?
Baclofen, Oral diazepam
Which GI problem shows dilated loops of bowel with abdominal distension?
Hirschprung
What is the US finding for pyloric stenosis?
Thickened, elongated pylorus
Which type of epilepsy has partial seizures at night?
Benign rolandic epilepsy
Which condition has large volumes, bounding collapsing pulse?
PDA
Which condition has large volumes, bounding collapsing pulse?
PDA
How should children under 5 be managed with nocturnal enuresis?
Reassurance and advice
When is the peak incidence of bronchiolitis?
3-6 months of age
What should be done with children with hip/limp pain and fever?
Urgent same-day assessment
What should be suspected in a child with fever > 5 days?
Kawasaki disease
What is a poor prognostic factor for ALL?
Male sex
What does LP with bacterial meningitis show?
Raised WBC with predominant neutrophils and a low glucose ratio
Management of babies with absent/weak femoral pulses at 6-8 weeks?
Discussion with paeds immediately
Presentation of measles?
- Initial prodrome of cough, coryza and white spots on buccal mucousa
- Rash which starts behind ears and spreads across body
Most common complication of otitis media?
Measles
What should be done to reduce the chance of severe brain damage in neonates with hypoxic injury?
Therapeutic cooling at 33-35 degrees
What is neonatal hypotonia associated with?
Prader-Willi syndrome
What is breech presentation a risk factor for?
DDH
What condition is associated with cleft palate and posterior displacement of the tongue?
Pierre-Robin syndrome
What is gastroschisis?
A congenital defect in the anterior abdominal wall lateral to the umbilical cord
Risk factors associated with gastroschisis
Socioeconomic deprivation
- Maternal age < 20
- Maternal alcohol/tobacco use
Treatment for scarlet fever?
Oral Pen V for 10 days and return to school after 24 hours
Management of pyloric stenosis
Ramstedt pyloromyotomy
Development at 6 months?
- Palmar grasp
- Pass objects from one hand to another
Management of transient synovitis
Requires rest and analgesia
Management of phimosis in children < 2?
It is normal and will most likely resolve over time
Management of bruising in a non-mobile infant?
Same day paediatric assessment
What is the classic presentation of Edwards syndrome?
Micrognathia, rocker bottom feet and overlapping of fingers
What is a classic presentation of erythema infectiousum? (6th disease/Slapped Cheek)
Coryza and fever followed by red rash on cheeks caused by parvovirus b19
What occurs if a foetus is homozygous for alpha-thalassaemia?
Hydrops fettles
What is the rotavirus vaccine and when is it given?
A live attenuated vaccine given at 2 and 3 months
When is MMR vaccine given?
12 months and 3-4 years
Management of Kawasaki disease?
High dose aspirin
Signs of neonatal hypoglycaemia?
Irritability and jitteriness
Drowsiness and poor feeding
Key risk factor for neonatal hypoglycaemia
Prematurity
Management of unilateral undescended testicle?
Review at 3 months
What is neonatal death?
Death between 0-28 days of life
What should you not use in children < 3 months with suspected/confirmed BM?
Corticosteroids
What is innocent murmurs?
Soft, systolic, short, symptomless and sitting/standing (vary with position)
What is abnormal before 12 months?
Hand preference
How does congenital CMV manifest?
Hearing loss (sensoineural)
Low birth weight
Petechial rash
Seizures
Microcephaly
Visual impairment
Learning disability
Cerebral Palsy
When can a child with scarlet fever return to school?
24 hours after commencing Abx
What murmur would you see with VSD?
Pansystolic in lower left sternal edge
What murmur would you see with aortic coarctation?
Crescendo-descrecendo murmur in upper left sternal border
What murmur would you see with pulmonary stenosis?
Ejection systolic murmur in upper left sternal border
What is newborn compression:ventilation ratio?
3:1
What are the characteristic symptoms of JIA
Joint pain with salmon-pink rash
What is a poor prognostic indicator for congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Presence of liver in the thoracic cavity
What does a female with amenorrhoea and bilateral groin swelling suggests?
Undescended testes -> androgen insensitivity
Management of slipper upper femoral epiphysis
Internal fixation across the growth plate
When is the newborn blood spot screening test performed?
5th - 9th day of life
How long from school should a child with impetigo be excluded?
Until lesions have crusted over or 48 hours after starting Abx
What should be monitored when starting a child on methyphenidate?
Growth