Paeds Flashcards
What major complication can Kawasaki disease lead to?
Coronary artery aneurysm
How is Kawasaki disease managed?
Aspirin + Immunoglobulin
How is severe nappy rash managed?
1% hydrocortisone
Imidazole if candida
Autosomal dominant are often metabolic and recessive often structural. T or F
False. Recessive = Metabolic. Dom = Structural
Which structural disorder is AR and not AD
Frederichs ataxia
Which ages are children immunised for against whooping cough?
2, 3, 4 months and 3-5 years
When should antibiotics be given for whooping cough and which one?
Onset of cough < 21 days
Macrolide (-mycin)
Women during what period of gestation are offered the whooping cough vaccine?
16-32 weeks
Hirschprungs disease is characterised by what?
Aganglionic bowel
What is the clinical triad of shaken baby syndrome?
Retinal haemorrhages
Subdural haematoma
Encephalopathy
Which hearing test is offered to newborns?
Otoacoustic emissions test
If the otoacoustic emissions test is abnormal, what test happens next?
Auditory brainstem response test
Which is the most common cause of bacterial pneumonia in children?
S. pneumoniae
What is the treatment of pneumonia in children?
- Amoxocillin
- Macolide + amoxicillin
Hand preference before what age is abnormal?
12 months
Which drug is given to neonates with a patent ductus arteriosus?
Indomethacin / ibuprofen
Which drug keeps the ductus arteriosus open?
Prostaglandin E1
When is the heel prick test done?
5-9 days post birth
What are the features of innocent murmurs?
soft, symptomless, standing/sitting, systolic, short
What are the types of innocent mumurs in children?
Still’s
Venous hum
Symptoms and management of scarlet fever
sore throat. coarse rash, red tongue, fever
Phenoxymethylpenicillin or azithromycin
What is the most common complication of Scarlett fever?
Otitis media
What are the 4 features of TOF
VSD
Overriding aorta
RV outflow obstruction
RVH
Which way is the shunt in TOF
R to L
Cause of acute epiglottis
HI type B