paeds

Question 1

child >3months suspected UTI mx?

Answer 1

same day admission to paed ward for assessment

Question 2

what test is used for screening newborn hearing

Answer 2

automated otoacoustic emission test

Question 3

what is assoc with perthes disease

Answer 3

short stature
hyperactivity
5-12 years old

Question 4

EEG hysarrhythmia is assoc with which condition?

Answer 4

west syndrome

flexion of head, trunk and arms followed by extenstion of arms for 1-2 seconds x50

progressive mental handicap - poor prog

tx with vigabatrin

Question 5

caput seccedanuem vs cephalohaematoma

Answer 5

caput does not stay put -> crosses suture lines as extraperiosteal collection of blood, present at birth

Question 6

pneumatosis intestinalis is assoc with which condition

Answer 6

necrotising entercolitis

Question 7

neonatal death definition

Answer 7

babies dying between 0-28 days of birth

Question 8

puerperal death definition

Answer 8

first 6 weeeks

Question 9

abx for whooping cough

Answer 9

azithromycin if onset of cough is within 21 days

Question 10

tx ddh

Answer 10

pavlik harness <6 months
spica cast in ilfexion and abduction if >6 months

Question 11

blood test results in kawasaki

Answer 11

thrombocytosis and raised CRP