Paeds Flashcards

1
Q

laryngomalacia presents at

A

4 weeks

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2
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fever, rash starting on head/trunk before spreading, mac/pap –> vesicular

A

Chicken pox

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3
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Which children get varicella IGs

A

immune comp
peripartum exposure

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4
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Prodrome (irritable, conjunctivitis, fever)
Koplik spots in mouth
Rash starting behind ears (discrete mac pap rash that becomes confluent on whole body)

A

measles

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5
Q

what if child exposed to measles but not vaxxed

A

give vax within 72h (MMR)

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6
Q

mumps management

A

supportive

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7
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macpap rash on face spreads to whole body, fades 3-5 days
lymphadenopathy

A

rubella

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8
Q

erythema infectiosum (slapped cheek) pathogen

A

parvovirus B19

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9
Q

slapped cheek can cause what in adults

A

acute arthritis

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10
Q

Group A strep disease

A

scarlet fever

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11
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scarlet fever rx

A

oral pen v 10 days (azithro if allergy)

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12
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hand food and mouth pathogen

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coxsackie A16 virus

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13
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what rash has a strawberry tongue and sandpaper rash

A

scarlet fever

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14
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Projectile non bilious vomiting at 4-6 weeks

A

pyloric stenosis

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15
Q

Blood gas result in pyloric stenosis

A

hyperchloraemic metabolic acidosis

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16
Q

how to diagnose pyloric stenosis

A

test feed
USS

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17
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Colicky pain, diarrhoea and vomiting, sausage shaped mass, red jelly stool 6-9 months

A

intussusception

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18
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intussusception rx

A

air insufflation

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19
Q

Scaphoid abdomen with bilious vomiting

A

malrotation (with volvulus)

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20
Q

Delayed meconium and abdo distension

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Hirschsprung’s disease OR CF

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21
Q

Hirschsprung’s diagnosis?

A

Full thickness rectal biopsy

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22
Q

Hirschsprung’s Rx

A

rectal washouts

then anorectal pullthrough procedure

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23
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Choking and cyanotic spells following aspiration

May be associated with VACTERL

A

oesophageal atresia

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24
Q

biliary atresia rx

A

Kasai procedure

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25
Q

biliary atresia is an increase in which bili

A

conjugated

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26
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Premature baby with abdo distention and bloody stools
Free air on XR

A

necrotising enterocolitis

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27
Q

Necrotising enterocolitis rx

A

complete gut rest (TPN)
Laparotomy if perf.

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28
Q

Commonest cause of acute abdo in children

A

appendicitis

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29
Q

intususseption age range

A

6-9months

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30
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pyloric stenosis age range

A

4-6 weeks

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31
Q

appendicitis age range

A

> 5y

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32
Q

abdo pain following URTI/LRTI/gastroenteritis

A

mesenteric adenitis

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33
Q

Basis of asthma diagnosis

A

response to bronchodilator rx

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34
Q

Child over 5 asthma inhaler regime

A

SABA

+ICS

+LABA/LTRA

SABA + MART

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35
Q

Child under 5 inhaler regime

A

SABA

+ICS

+LTRA

(refer)

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36
Q

What is APGAR used for

A

the infant’s condition after birth

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37
Q

Many cafe au lait spots and axillary freckling indicates

A

neurofibromatosis

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38
Q

port wine stain localised to trigeminal area could be

A

Sturge-Weber syndrome (underlying meningeal haemangioma and IC calcification - associated with fits)

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39
Q

How to differentiate between reflex anoxic seizures and epilepsy

A

no post ictal drowsiness
RAS is post minor injury

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40
Q

Are reflex anoxic seizures dangerous?

A

No

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41
Q

Murmur that is systolic, musical, does not radiate, varies with position

A

Innocent

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42
Q

7 Ss of a reassuring murmur

A

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)

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43
Q

Machinery murmur L subclavicular suggests

A

PDA

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44
Q

Harsh pan systolic murmur at lower left sternal edge with parasternal thrill

A

VSD

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45
Q

PResentation soon after birth with cyanosis/murmur

A

ToF

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46
Q

ToF XR finding

A

boot shaped heart

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47
Q

Treatment for PDA

A

prostaglandin inhin (ibuprofen)

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48
Q

shock and poor perfusion in first days of life with weak femoral pulses

A

Coarctation of the aorta (as the duct closes)

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49
Q

Severe cyanosis and acidosis after birth

A

Transposition of great arteries

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50
Q

Transposition of great arteries rx

A

Keep duct open with prostaglandin E2 and atrial septostomy to allow blood to mix until surgical switch

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51
Q

When is heel prick test done

A

5-9th day of life

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52
Q

When is jaundice pathological

A

first 24h and after 2 weeks

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53
Q

causes of jaundice in first 24h

A

Rhesus haemolytic disease
ABO haemolytic disease
Hereditary spherocytosis
G6PD

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54
Q

Partial seizures at night in children

A

Benign rolandic epilepsy

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55
Q

Referral points (3) for dev delay

A

No smiling at 10 weeks
Cannot sit unsupported at 12 months
Cannot walk at 18 months

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56
Q

CXR findings of transient tachypnoea of the newborn

A

hyperinflation, fluid in horizontal fissure

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57
Q

Teenage girl with anterior knee pain on stairs and getting out of a chair

A

Chondromalacia patellae

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58
Q

Sporty teen with pain, tenderness and swelling over tibial tubercle

A

osgood schlatter

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59
Q

Knee pain after exercise with intermittent swelling and locking in absence of trauma

A

osteochondritis dissecans

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60
Q

Medial knee pain and giving way

A

patellar subluxation

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61
Q

Chronic anterior knee pain in an athletic teenage boy that worsens after running, o/e tender below patella

A

patellar tendonitis

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62
Q

Soft, fluctuant swelling on head soon after birth that doesn’t cross suture lines of skull

A

Cephalohaematoma

63
Q

Cephalohaematoma mx

A

generally just observe
Don’t aspirate

64
Q

Soft, fluctuant swelling on head soon after birth that crosses suture lines of skull

A

Subgaleal haemorrhage
OR
Caput succedaneum if pitting

65
Q

Rx for chlamydial opthalmia neonatorum

A

oral erythro or topical tetracycline

66
Q

Rx for gonococcal opthalmia neonatorum

A

IV cephalosporin

67
Q

How to differentiate between chlamydial, gonococcal and viral neonatal conjunctivitis

A

gonococcal more severe (lid swelling, copious discharge)
Viral may have subconj haemorrage and lymphadenopathy.

68
Q

Definitive diagnosis for coeliac

A

jejunal biopsy - shows subtotal villous atrophy, intraepithelial lymphocytes and crypt hyperplasia

69
Q

Toddler’s diarrhoea can only be diagnosed if

A

the child is thriving

70
Q

‘Ribbon stools’ indicates?

A

Hirschprungs

71
Q

Treatment for mild impetigo

A

fuscidic acid cream

72
Q

Treatment for more severe/bullous impetigo

A

PO fluclox/erythro

73
Q

Most common cause of ambiguous genitalia

A

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

74
Q

90% congenital adrenal hyperplasia have what deficiency

A

21-hydroxylase

75
Q

What would the general chemical/hormonal cause of small testes be

A

An adrenal cause

76
Q

Cafe au lait spots, precocious puberty suggests

A

McCune Albright syndrome

77
Q

Age of precocious puberty

A

<8 girls, <9 boys

78
Q

Age of delayed puberty

A

13+ in girls
14+ in boys

79
Q

Delayed puberty with no sense of smell

A

Kallman’s

80
Q

Delayed puberty and tall
What are the chromosones

A

Klinefelter 47XXY

81
Q

Short, webbed neck, shield chest, primary amenorrhoea, short fourth metacarpals, high arched palate

A

Turner’s Syndrome 45X

82
Q

Most common metabolic disease

A

phenylketonuria

83
Q

Thumb print sign on lateral neck XR

A

Epiglottitis

84
Q

Main pathogen viral gastroenteritis

A

rotavirus

85
Q

Management of GORD

A

Feed little and often
Thickener
Gaviscon
PPI/ranitidine

86
Q

Wide set eyes, hooded eyelids, tubular nose, broad nose tip. small mouth

A

Di George syndrome

87
Q

Cocktail party speech, blue eyes, sunken nasal bridge, small teeth (elfin)

A

William’s syndrome

88
Q

Ptosis, wide set eyes, webbed neck, sternal deformity, deeply grooved philtrum

A

Noonans

89
Q

Long philtrum, monobrow, thin lips, low ears

A

Cornelia De Lange syndrome

90
Q

White forelock, bright blue eyes, deafness

A

Waardenberg

91
Q

large testicles,
Learning difficulty
Dev delay
High forehead,
hyperextendible joints

A

Fragile X

92
Q

Central hypotonia that improves with age
Excessive appetite and weight gain
Sleep apnoea
Global dev delay

A

Prader-Willi

93
Q

Prader Willi chromosome

A

15

94
Q

Micrognathia, microcephaly, rocker bottom feet, overlapping fingers

A

Trisomy-18 (Edwards)

95
Q

polydactyly
Scalp lesions
Midline facial defect
Neural tube defects
Microcephaly,
Rocker bottom feet

A

Trisomy 13- Pataus

96
Q

Kawasaki disease rx

A

Igs and aspirin

97
Q

Complication of kawasaki

A

coronary artery aneurysm

98
Q

Inguinal hernia in children rx

A

elective surgery unless strangulated

99
Q

Unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia causes

A

haemolysis
sickle cell
spherocytosis
Premature (immature liver enzymes)
Infection
Bruising
Hypothyroid
Breast milk jaundice

100
Q

Conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia causes

A

Hepatitis
CF
Cirrhosis
Biliary atresia

101
Q

Complication of unconj bili being high

A

kernicterus (acute encephalopathy) can cause athetoid cerebral palsy and deafness

102
Q

Hip pain following illness, refusal to wt bear but ok at rest. otherwise well, toddler

A

Transient synovitis

103
Q

Painful swelling and restricted movement of large and small joints
Systemically ok, some mild anaemia
Morning stiffness
RF -ve, ANA +

A

Poly articular juvenile idiopathic arthritis

104
Q

3yo girl with elbow (or knee or ankle) swelling and pain. Otherwise well. RF -ve, ANA +.

A

Pauci articular JIA

105
Q

Complication of pauci articular JIA

A

chronic iridocyclitis

106
Q

What is the other type of JIA

A

Still’s disease (systemic)

107
Q

JIA management

A

NSAIDs
Corticosteroids/immunesuppresants in severe
PT/OT

108
Q

What types of white cells are seen in CSF in bacterial vs viral meningitis

A

polymorphs in bac
lymphocytes in viral

109
Q

What does fibrin web indicate in CSF

A

TB

110
Q

What is waterhouse friderichsen syndrome

A

Complication of meningococcal meningitis

coagulopathy –> haemorrhagic necrosis of the adrenals.

-DIC
-Acute adrenal failure
-Resp failure

111
Q

genetics of duchennes

A

x linked recessive

112
Q

What blood result would you find in duchennes

A

raised CK

113
Q

Difference between duchennes and beckers

A

Beckers is rarer
Milder, later age and better prognosis
Also X linked recessive

114
Q

What is anencephaly

A

type of spina bifida - cranial part of neural tube doesn’t develop, infant dies soon after birth

115
Q

What is myelomeningocele

A

type of spina bifida -

open lesion
SC covered by meninges
Severe weakness of lower limbs
bladder and anal denervation
Hydrocephalus

116
Q

What is meningocele

A

type of spina bifida -
SC intact but sac of meninges exposed- risk rupture and meningitis

117
Q

What is spina bifida occulta

A

type of spina bifida - vertebral bodies fail to fuse properly. Will have a sign on their lower back eg tuft of hair, pit, naevus.

118
Q

What investigation is indicated in spina bifida occulta

A

spinal USS

119
Q

What do cold agglutins in serum indicate

A

Mycoplasma pneumoniae (will get haemolytic anaemia)

120
Q

CXR sign in respiratory distress syndrome of preterm infants

A

Ground glass appearance, air bronchograms

121
Q

Mx resp distress syndrom

A

surfactant replacement via ETT

122
Q

Way to avoid resp distress syndrom

A

maternal steroids 48h prior to delivery

123
Q

‘honey comb lung’ and hyper expanded on cxr in pre term infant

A

bronchopulmonary dysplasia

124
Q

HSP needs what follow up

A

renal

125
Q

commonest cause of thrombocytopenia in children

A

ITP

126
Q

ITP antibody

A

IgG

127
Q

ITP normally follows what

A

viral infection

128
Q

ITP mx

A

treatment not normally required, 6-8 week disease course
Ensure to differentiate from leukaemia/aplastic anaemia

If bleeding- pred PO but needs BM examination before this as could mask diagnosis of leukaemia.
IV anti D
IV IG

Avoid contact sports while plts low

129
Q

Most common cause of AKI in children

A

HUS

130
Q

HUS mx

A

generally supportive

131
Q

Commonest type of childhood leukaemia

A

ALL

132
Q

pancytopenia in child could be

A

Aplastic anaemia

133
Q

Aplastic anaemia mx

A

immune suppressant
Stem cell transplant

134
Q

what age does squint need referral

A

> 5-6months

135
Q

commonest type of thalassaemia

A

beta

136
Q

does thalassaemia trait need treatment

A

no

137
Q

beta thalassaemia features

A

Frontal bossing
Dental abnormalities
Severe haemolytic anaemia
Hepatosplenomegaly (increased production to compensate for no HbA being produced)

138
Q

Beta thalassaemia mx

A

regular blood transfusions

139
Q

80% nephrotic syndrome is due to

A

minimal change glomerulopephritis

140
Q

Bilateral undescended testes could indicate

A

hypopituitarism

141
Q

cryptorchidism mx

A

orchidopexy before 2 yrs

142
Q

Double bubble sign on AXR

A

duodenal atresia
OR
volvulus

Both will have distended stomach and duodenumd

143
Q

Eczema herpeticum mx

A

aciclovir systemic and urgent derm rv

144
Q

umbilical hernia mx

A

usually self resolve by 3yrs

145
Q

order of puberty in girls

A

boobs, pubes, grow, flow

146
Q

Turners is associated with what heart issue

A

bicuspid valve

147
Q

How long off school for mumps

A

5 days from the onset of swollen glands

148
Q

Congenital rubella syndrome symptoms

A

sensorineural deafness, eye abnormalities and congenital heart disease

149
Q

labial adhesions and recurrent utis

A

oestrogen cream

150
Q

What category of babies require USS for DDH (regardless of ortolani etc)

A

All breech babies at or after 36 weeks gestation require USS for DDH screening at 6 weeks regardless of mode of delivery

151
Q

Bow legs in a child < 3 is..?

A

a normal variant and usually resolves by the age of 4 years

152
Q

Concave abdo at birth and dyspnoeic and tachypnoeic

A

congenital diaphragmatic hernia

153
Q

Risk factors for SIDS

A

prone sleeping

parental smoking

bed sharing

hyperthermia and head covering

prematurity

154
Q

William’s syndrome murmur

A

aortic stenosis