Paeds Flashcards
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Summarise Vit K deficiency
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- Ix - coag studies
- Tx: Prophylactic IM Vit K
2
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Summarise APGAR scores
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- Used to assess state of neonate quickly after birth
- Appearance (colour of baby)
- 2 = pink
- 1 = blue peripherally but pink centrally
- 0 = baby blue all over
- Pulse
- 2 = >100 bpm
- 1 = <100 bpm
- 0 = non detectable heart rate
- Grimace (response to stimuli)
- 2 = crying on stim
- 1 = grimace
- 0 = no response
- Activity
- 2 = flexed limbs that resist extension
- 1 = some flexion
- 0 = floppy baby
- Respiration
- 2 = strong cry
- 1 = weak cry
- 0 = no resp. effort
3
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Signs + Sx of different visual impairments in children
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- Oculocutaneous albinism
- No skin pigmentation
- White hair
- No pigment in the iris (red from light reflection)
- Visual impairment
- Retinoblastoma
- White eye reflex (loss of normal red reflex)
- Rentinopathy of prematurity
- Visual impairment
- Cataracts
- Absent red reflex
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Chronic anterior uveitis
- Visual loss
4
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Summarise ventricular septal defect (VSD)
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- Congenital cardiac defect
- Hole in septum that separates ventricles of the heart
- Small = often asymptomatic
- Large VSD = HF
- Ausc: loud, harsh, pansystolic murmur. Loudest at left lower sternal edge
- Ix: ECHO
- Self resolve or surgical intervention
5
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Summarise T1DM
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- Autoimmune
- Destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic cells
- Sx include:
- Polyuria
- Polydipsia
- Weight loss
6
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Summarise Turner syndrome
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- 45, XO (just one X chromosome)
- Affects women only
- Sx include:
- Short stature
- Webbed neck
- Primary amenorrhoea
- Congenital cardiac defect in bicuspid aortic valve
- Tx: HGH during childhood + oestrogen replacement
7
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Summarise the Trisomy disorders
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- 21 - Down’s
- Flat facial features
- Upward slanting eyes
- Small ears and hands
- Hypotonia
- Congenital heart defect
- 18 - Edward’s
- Low set ears
- Micrognathia (small lower jaw)
- Microcephaly
- Overlapping 4th and 5th finger
- 13 - Patau’s
- Holoprosencephaly (failure of cerebral hemispheres to divide)
- Microcephaly
- Cleft lip/palate
- Polydactyly (extra fingers)
8
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Most common bacterium causing tonsillitis
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Strep. pyogenes (Group A Strep)
9
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Summarise tetralogy of fallot
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- Cyanotic congenital heart defect
- Ventricular septal defect
- Overriding aorta
- Pulmonary stenosis (RV outflow tract obstruction)
- RV hypertrophy
- Sx: tet spells - acute episodes of deepened cyanosis
- Tx: O2, beta blockers, analgesia. Severe = phenylepinepherin
10
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Summarise testicular torsion
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- Twisting of testicle around spermatic cord due to inadequate tissue attachment
- Impaired blood flow
- Sx include:
- Sudden severe unilateral testicular pain
- High riding of testicle in scrotum
- -ve Prehn’s sign
11
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Summarise Rubella
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- Sx include:
- Fever
- Coryza (nasaly)
- Arthalgia
- Rash
- Begins on face and moves down trunk. LIMBS SPARED
- Rubella in unvaccinated pregnant women -> congenital rubella syndrome (birth defects)
12
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Summarise roseola infantum
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- Human herpes virus 6
- Macular rash as fever subsides
13
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Summarise rickets
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- Skeletal disorder
- Prolonged lack of sufficient Vit D -> impaired calcium + phosphorus absorption
- Sx include:
- Bowed legs
- Bone pain
- Stunted growth
- Ix include:
- Bloods: Calcium, phosphate and alkaline phosphatase
- Tx include:
- Vit D + calcium supplement
14
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Summarise red flag features of vomiting in children
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- Projectile vomiting around 6-8w - Pyloric stenosis
- Bile stained vomit + abdo distension - intestinal obstruction
- Bloody stool + vomit - dysentery
- Paroxysmal coughing to the point of vomit - whooping cough
- Seizures +/- bulging fontanelle with vomiting - raised intracranial pressure
15
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Summarise pyloric stenosis
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- Hypertrophy of pyloric sphincter (end sphincter in stomach) in infants
- Projectile vomiting post feeding
- Dx: USS
- Tx: Surgery
16
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Summarise epiglottitis
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- Rapidly progressive infection
- Inflammation of epiglottis + surrounding tissue
- Abrupt blockage of upper airway + potential death
- Age 1-6
- Preventable by Hib vaccine (H. influenza B vaccine)
- Sx include:
- Soft inspiratory stridor in upright position
- Tx include:
- Secure airway
- Endotracheal intubation
- IV cefuroxime
17
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Summarise the different rashes in children
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- Slapped cheek syndrome
- Rash on both cheeks
- Fever
- URTI
- Hand, foot and mouth disease
- Blister on hands + feet
- Grey ulceration in buccal cavity
- Fever
- Lethargy
- Scarlet fever
- Coarse sandpaper texture red rash on cheeks
- Sore throat
- Headache
- Fever
- Bright red tongue
- Measles
- Erythematous blanching maculopapular rash
- Fever
- Cough
- Conjunctivitis
- Koplik spots (white spots inside mouth)
- Urticaria
- Raised itchy red rashes
- No fever
- Chickenpox
- Maculopapular vesicular rash
- Crusts over + blister
- Roseola
- Lace like red rash across whole body
- High fever
- Rubella
- Starts on head and spreads to trunk
- Swollen lymph nodes behind ear
18
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Summarise Whooping cough
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- Severe URTI
- Bordetella pertussis
- Tx: Macrolides
19
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Summarise Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
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- DA (duct connecting aorta and pulmonary artery remains patent after 1st month of life
- Sx: Asymptomatic or signs of HF
- Machine-whirring continuous murmur