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Paeds 5 Flashcards

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How is chondromalacia patellae managed?

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Physiotherapy for quadriceps strengthening

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How is osteochondritis dissecans managed?

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Pain relief
Rest and quadriceps exercise
Occasionally need surgery

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How is subluxation of the patella treated?

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Reduction and immobilisation

Rehab

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Outline the treatment of Perthes disease.

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o Acute Pain - supporting care with simple analgesia

o < 5 years
• Mobilisation and monitoring (healing potential is good at this age)
• Non-surgical containment using splints

o 5-7 years
• Mobilisation and monitoring
• Surgical containment

o 7-12 years
• Surgical containment
• Salvage procedure (remodel the acetabulum)

o 12+ years
• Salvage procedure
• Replacement arthroplasty

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How is septic arthritis treated?

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Antibiotics (initially IV for 2 weeks, followed by 4 weeks oral)

Suspected Gram-positive
Vancomycin + joint aspiration
2nd line = clindamycin or cephalosporin + joint aspiration

Suspected Gram-negative
3rd generation cephalosporin (e.g. ceftriaxone) + joint aspiration
2nd line = IV ciprofloxacin + joint aspiration

Affected joints should be aspirated to dryness as often as required (through closed needle aspiration or arthroscopically)

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What are the aspects of managing juvenile idiopathic arthritis?

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Multidisciplinary team
Physiotherapist and occupational therapist 
NSAIDs
Corticosteroids 
DMARDs (methotrexate is first-line)
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How is vitamin D deficiency/Rickets treated?

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Calcium and ergocalciferol OR cholecalciferol

NOTE: pseudovitamin D deficiency is treated with alfacalcidol or calcitriol

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How might you investigate a patient presenting with migraines?

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Headache diary for 8 weeks to help identify triggers

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Outline the steps in the acute management of a migraine.

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Step 1: simple analgesia
Step 2: nasal sumatriptan
Step 3: nasal sumatriptan and NSAID/paracetamol
Step 4: consider adding prochlorperazine or metoclopramide

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Which medications are used to prevent migrianes?

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Topiramate and propranolol

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How should you manage a febrile convulsion during the seizure?

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Protect them from injury

Do not restrain

When the seizure stops, check the airway and place in the recovery position

If > 5 mins –> rectal diazepam (can be done twice) or buccal midazolam (only one dose)

An ambulance should be called if the seizure continues

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What should be tested in all children who have a seizure?

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Blood glucose

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Which children who have had a febrile convulsion require hospital assessment by a paediatrician?

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First febrile convulsion
Diagnostic uncertainty about the cause of the seizure
Focal features of the seizure
Seizure recurs within the same febrile illness (or within 24 hours)
< 18 months old
Parents are anxious
No apparent focus of infection

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What is the recurrence rate of febrile convulsions?

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1 in 3

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What are some cardinal features of childhood rolandic epilepsy?

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Unilateral facial sensorimotor symptoms
Oropharyngeal ictal manifestations
Arrest of speech
Hypersalivation

NOTE: this is not usually treated and children will grow out of it (around 14-18 years)

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What is the first-line AED for generalised seizures?

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Valproate

NOTE: ethosuximide can be used for absence seizures

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Name some antiepileptics that can worsen certain forms of epilepsy.

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Lamotrigine - worsens myoclonic

Carbamazapine - worsens absence

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What is the first-line AED for focal seizures?

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Carbamazepine or lamotrigine

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What advice should you give to parents with regards to activities that may be dangerous with epilepsy?

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Avoid situations where having a seizure could lead to injury or death (e.g. swimming unsupervised)
Driving is allows only after 1 year free of seizures
The school should be made aware of the diagnosis

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How is Guillain-Barre syndrome managed?

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Supportive
Respiratory support
IVIG
Plasma exchange

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Which milestones would you expect the average child to have reached by 7 months?

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Gross Motor: sits without support
Fine Motor: transfers objects from hand to hand
Hearing, Speech and Language: turns to voice, polysylabic babble
Social/Emotional: finger feeds, fears strangers

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Which milestones would you expect the average child to have reached by 1 year?

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Gross Motor: stand independently
Fine Motor: pincer grip (10 months), points
Hearing, Speech and Language: 1-2 words, understands name
Social/Emotional: drinks from cup, waves

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Which milestones would you expect the average child to have reached by 15-18 months?

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Gross Motor: walks independently
Fine Motor: immature grip of pencil, random scribble
Hearing, Speech and Language: 6-10 words, points to 4 body parts
Social/Emotional: feeds self with spoon, beginning to help with dressing

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Which milestones would you expect the average child to have reached by 2.5 years?

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Gross Motor: runs and jumps
Fine Motor: draws
Hearing, Speech and Language: 3-4 word sentences, understands 2 commands
Social/Emotional: parallel play

25
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List the median ages for gross motor development milestones.

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6-8 weeks: raises head to 45 degrees when prone
6-8 months: sits without support (first with round back, then straight back)
8-9 months: crawling
10 months: cruising
12 months: walks unsteadily
15 months: walks steadily

26
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List the median ages for vision and fine motor milestones.

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6 weeks: follows moving object or face by turning head
4 months: reaches out for toys
4-6 months: palmar grasp
7 months: transfers toys from one hand to another
10 months: mature pincer grip
16-18 months: makes marks with a crayon, tower of 3
3 years: draws a circle

27
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List the median ages for hearing, speech and language development.

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3-4 months: vocalises alone or when spoken to, coos and laughs
7 months: turns to soft sound out of sight
10 months: sounds used discriminately to parents (mama/dada)
12 months: 2-3 words other than mama or dada
18 months: 6-10 words, shows two parts of the body
20-24 months: use 2 or more words to make simple phrases
2.5-3 years: talks constantly in 3-4 word sentences

28
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List the median ages for social, emotional and behavioural development.

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6 weeks: smiles responsively
6-8 months: puts food in mouth 
10-12 months: waves bye bye, plays peek-a-boo 
12 months: drinks from cup
18 months: uses spoon 
18-24 months: symbolic play 
2 years: dry by day 
2.5-3 years: parallel play, takes turns
29
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How is paracetamol overdose managed?

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Measure plasma paracetamol concentration at 4 hours and plot on normogram
Treat with IV N-acetylcysteine if necessary

30
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How is carbon monoxide poisoning treated?

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Presents with headache, nausea, confusion and drowsiness
High-flow oxygen
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may be considered

31
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How is salicylate poisoning treated?

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Presentation: vomiting, tinnitus, respiratory alkalosis
Measure plasma salicylate concentration at 2-4 hours
Alkalinisation of urine with sodium bicarbonate increases urinary excretion
Consider haemodialysis

32
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How is TCA overdose treated?

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Treat arrhythmias and give sodium bicarbonate

Support ventilation

33
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How is ethylene glycol poisoning treated?

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Presentation: intoxication, tachycardia, metabolic acidosis

Fomepizole inhibits the production of toxic metabolites (ethanol can also be used)

34
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How is iron overdose treated?

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Presentation: vomiting, diarrhoea, haematemesis, late drowsiness/coma/shock/hypoglycaemia

Serum iron level 4 hours after ingestion is the best measure of severity

IV desferoxamine chelates iron

35
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How is organophosphorus pesticide poisoning treated?

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Supportive 
Atropine (large dose)
Pralidoxime (reactivates actylcholinesterase)

NOTE: presentation is mainly cholinergic features

36
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What is a port wine stain?

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Capillary malformation in the dermis that is present from birth and persists for life
If in the trigeminal nerve distribution, some children may have Sturge-Weber syndrome and should have an MRI

37
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Describe the appearance and progression of cavernous haemangiomas.

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Appears within the first month of life

Grows before shrinking and disappearing (before 5 years)

38
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Describe the inheritance pattern of von Willebrand disease.

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Type 1 and 2 = autosomal dominant

Type 3 = autosomal recessive

39
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How should bladder outflow obstruction be investigatd?

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MCUG

40
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What are the two different types of polycystic kidney disease and how do they differ?

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Autosomal Dominant - mainly in older children/adults, cysts are large

Autosomal Recessive - presents in childhood with bilateral renal masses, respiratory distress due to pulmonary hypoplasia and congenital hepatic fibrosis with pulmonary hypertension

41
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What are the aspects of managing Duchenne muscular dystrophy?

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Physiotherapy to prevent contractions 
Exercise and psychological support 
Surgery (e.g. tendoachilles lengthening) 
CPAP for nocturnal hypoxia
Glucocorticoids may slow degeneration
42
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What’s the main difference between Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy?

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Duchenne - no dystrophin - severe symptoms (LE: 20-30 years)

Becker - abnormal dystrophin - milder symptoms

43
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What are some consequences of neural tube defects?

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Paralysis and muscle imbalance (needs physiotherapy)
Sensory loss (can lead to accidental damage)
Neuropathic bladder
Bowel denervation
Scoliosis
Hydrocephalus

44
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How is hydrocephalus treated?

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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

45
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Outline the management of idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

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Eliminate causal factors 
Weight-reduction 
Low-sodium diet and fluid restriction 
Acetazolamide
Analgesia
VP shunt
46
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List some clinical features of a child at high-risk of sepsis.

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Behaviour:
•	No response to social cues 
•	Appears ill
•	Does not wake, or if roused does not stay awake 
•	Weak, high-pitched and continuous cry

Heart Rate:
• Tachycardia (different at different ages)
• < 60 bpm at any age

Respiratory Rate
•	Tachypnoea (different at different ages)
•	Grunting 
•	Apnoea
•	SpO2 < 90% on air
Mottled or ashen appearance 
Cyanosis of the skin, lips or tongue
Non-blanching rash 
Aged < 3 months with temperature > 38 degrees 
Temperature < 36 degrees
47
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Which investigations constitute a septic screen?

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FBC 
Blood culture 
CRP 
Urinalysis 
LP 
CXR

Also do a VBG

NOTE: if < 1 month, all children should have an LP

48
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Outline the role of a VBG in managing a child with moderate to high risk of sepsis.

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> 2 mmol/L or evidence of AKI –> treat as high-risk

< 2 mmol/L = repeat assessment at least hourly, ensure review by senior clinician, identify a cause and manage it

49
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Outline the non-pharmacological steps taken in the management of high risk sepsis.

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Immediate review by senior clinician 
VBG (gas, glucose, lactate, FBC, U&E, creatinine, clotting)
Broad spectrum antibiotics immediately
Monitor continuously 
Monitor mental state using GCS or AVPU
50
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Outline how the lactate guides treatment in high risk sepsis.

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> 4 mmol/L = IV fluid bolus without delay, refer to critical care
2-4 mmol/L = IV fluid bolus without delay
< 2 mmmol/L = consider IV fluids

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