Paeds Flashcards
laryngomalacia presents at
4 weeks
fever, rash starting on head/trunk before spreading, mac/pap –> vesicular
Chicken pox
Which children get varicella IGs
immune comp
peripartum exposure
Prodrome (irritable, conjunctivitis, fever)
Koplik spots in mouth
Rash starting behind ears (discrete mac pap rash that becomes confluent on whole body)
measles
what if child exposed to measles but not vaxxed
give vax within 72h (MMR)
mumps management
supportive
macpap rash on face spreads to whole body, fades 3-5 days
lymphadenopathy
rubella
erythema infectiosum (slapped cheek) pathogen
parvovirus B19
slapped cheek can cause what in adults
acute arthritis
Group A strep disease
scarlet fever
scarlet fever rx
oral pen v 10 days (azithro if allergy)
hand food and mouth pathogen
coxsackie A16 virus
what rash has a strawberry tongue and sandpaper rash
scarlet fever
Projectile non bilious vomiting at 4-6 weeks
pyloric stenosis
Blood gas result in pyloric stenosis
hyperchloraemic metabolic acidosis
how to diagnose pyloric stenosis
test feed
USS
Colicky pain, diarrhoea and vomiting, sausage shaped mass, red jelly stool 6-9 months
intussusception
intussusception rx
air insufflation
Scaphoid abdomen with bilious vomiting
malrotation (with volvulus)
Delayed meconium and abdo distension
Hirschsprung’s disease OR CF
Hirschsprung’s diagnosis?
Full thickness rectal biopsy
Hirschsprung’s Rx
rectal washouts
then anorectal pullthrough procedure
Choking and cyanotic spells following aspiration
May be associated with VACTERL
oesophageal atresia
biliary atresia rx
Kasai procedure
biliary atresia is an increase in which bili
conjugated
Premature baby with abdo distention and bloody stools
Free air on XR
necrotising enterocolitis
Necrotising enterocolitis rx
complete gut rest (TPN)
Laparotomy if perf.
Commonest cause of acute abdo in children
appendicitis
intususseption age range
6-9months
pyloric stenosis age range
4-6 weeks
appendicitis age range
> 5y
abdo pain following URTI/LRTI/gastroenteritis
mesenteric adenitis
Basis of asthma diagnosis
response to bronchodilator rx
Child over 5 asthma inhaler regime
SABA
+ICS
+LABA/LTRA
SABA + MART
Child under 5 inhaler regime
SABA
+ICS
+LTRA
(refer)
What is APGAR used for
the infant’s condition after birth
Many cafe au lait spots and axillary freckling indicates
neurofibromatosis
port wine stain localised to trigeminal area could be
Sturge-Weber syndrome (underlying meningeal haemangioma and IC calcification - associated with fits)
How to differentiate between reflex anoxic seizures and epilepsy
no post ictal drowsiness
RAS is post minor injury
Are reflex anoxic seizures dangerous?
No
Murmur that is systolic, musical, does not radiate, varies with position
Innocent
7 Ss of a reassuring murmur
Sensitive (moves with positional changes)
Short duration
Single (no click, gallop or extra HS)
Small (doesn’t radiate)
Sweet (not harsh)
Systolic (diastolic are typically bad)
Machinery murmur L subclavicular suggests
PDA
Harsh pan systolic murmur at lower left sternal edge with parasternal thrill
VSD
PResentation soon after birth with cyanosis/murmur
ToF
ToF XR finding
boot shaped heart
Treatment for PDA
prostaglandin inhin (ibuprofen)
shock and poor perfusion in first days of life with weak femoral pulses
Coarctation of the aorta (as the duct closes)
Severe cyanosis and acidosis after birth
Transposition of great arteries
Transposition of great arteries rx
Keep duct open with prostaglandin E2 and atrial septostomy to allow blood to mix until surgical switch
When is heel prick test done
5-9th day of life
When is jaundice pathological
first 24h and after 2 weeks
causes of jaundice in first 24h
Rhesus haemolytic disease
ABO haemolytic disease
Hereditary spherocytosis
G6PD
Partial seizures at night in children
Benign rolandic epilepsy
Referral points (3) for dev delay
No smiling at 10 weeks
Cannot sit unsupported at 12 months
Cannot walk at 18 months
CXR findings of transient tachypnoea of the newborn
hyperinflation, fluid in horizontal fissure
Teenage girl with anterior knee pain on stairs and getting out of a chair
Chondromalacia patellae
Sporty teen with pain, tenderness and swelling over tibial tubercle
osgood schlatter
Knee pain after exercise with intermittent swelling and locking in absence of trauma
osteochondritis dissecans
Medial knee pain and giving way
patellar subluxation
Chronic anterior knee pain in an athletic teenage boy that worsens after running, o/e tender below patella
patellar tendonitis