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Trisomy 21 
Cardiac - VSD, AVSD, ToF
Endocrine - HypoThy, Addisons, T1DM
Ocular - cataracts
Malignancy - Leukaemia
GI -duodenal atresia, Hirschprungs
Musk - Atlanto-axial instability
Neuro - Alzheimers
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Down’s (complications)

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Genetic imprinting - Loss of some of paternal chromosome 15

Px -Hypotonia, hypogonadism, obesity

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Prader-Willi

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X linked.

Px - Long face, big ears, macroorchidism, LD’s

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Fragile x

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CATCH 22
Cardiac
Abnormal facies
Thymic aplasia
Cleft lip
HypoCa
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DiGeorge

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Ax - Trisomy 13

Px - Microcephalic, small eyes, cleft lip/palate, polydactyly, scalp lesions (progression of features?)

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Patau’s

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Ax - Trisomy 18

Px - Micrognathia (overbite)/small chin, low ears, rocker bottom feet, overlapping of fingers

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Edwards

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Ax - Def in galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase

Px - Illness with lactose containg milks. Vomiting, cataracts and recurrent E.coli infx

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Galactosaemia

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Ax - Autosomal dominant

Px - Tall, arm span>Ht, Long thin fingers, scoliosis, pectus excavatum.

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Marfan’s

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Ax - Autosomal recessive. Def phenylalinine hydroxylase

Ix - newborn bld spot screening

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Phenylketonuria

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Ax - Dystrophin gene abnormality. X-linked

Px - delayed development+walking

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Duchennes’

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Ax- def in hormones that convert sex hormones to cortisol
Px - ambiguous genitalia (accumulation of sex hormones), Salt losing crisis (lack of cortisol) i.e. low glucose and vomiting, hirsuitism, early menarche, large stature
Tx - IV dextrose and hydrocortisone

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

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Ax - Autosomal dominant

Px - Webbed neck, Pec Excav, short, pulmonary stenosis

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Noonan’s

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Px - micrognathia, cleft palate

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Pierre-Robin

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Px - Short, LD’s, friendly, aortic stenosis, neonatal hyperCa

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William’s

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Jaundice <24hrs

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Px -
Immune: Rheus/ABO incompatibility
RBC defect: G6PD def, pyruvate kindse def, hered sphere
Infx

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Jaundice 24hrs-2wks

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Physiological, breast milk, infx, excess haemolysis

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Persitant jaundice >2wks

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Unconjugated: breast mil, infx, ABO incompatibility, hypothyroidism, galactosaemia
Conjugated: biliary atresia, neonatal hepatitis

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Biliary atresia

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Px - prolonged jaundice >2ks dark urine, pale stools
Mx - surgical
NB diagnoses after 6wks compromises outcome

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Group B strep

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can colonize reproductive tract and can infx baby

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Px - respiratory distress syndrome, ground glass CXR
Ax - immature T2 pneumocytes
Mx - artificial surfactant, venti

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Surfactant def

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Ax - Parvovirus B19

Px - lethargy, fever, headache, slapped-cheek spreading to proximal arms and extensor sufaces

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erythema infectiosum/slapped cheek/fifth disease

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Ax - VZV

Px - Multistaged mac/pap/vesicular rash starting on head/trunk before spreading globally

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Chicken pox

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Ax - measles virus
Px - prodrome of fever, irritability, conjunctivitis, rash starting behind ears and spreading globally, macpap to confluent
NB Kopliks spots

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Measles

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Ax - mumps

Px - fever, muscle pain, pain on eating/earache, parotitis, unilateral and becoming bilateral in 70%

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Mumps

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Ax - Rubella virus

Px - macpap rash spreading globally and usually fades by day 3-5, suboccipital and postauricular LN’s

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Rubella

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Ax - toxins produced by GAS
Px - fever, malaise, tonsilitis (strep throat), fine punctate rash sparing peri-oral area (sandpaper texture), strawberry tongue

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Scarlet fever

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Ax - Coxsackie A16

Px - Vesicles on mouth, hand and feet

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Hand, foot and mouth disease

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Down’s diagnosis

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karyotyping

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VACTERL

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Vertebral, anal imperforation, cardiac, tracheo-oesophageal fistula, renal, limb anomalies

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Neonatal cardiology

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Cyanotic: transposition of the great arteries, tetralogy of fallot,
Acyanotic: VSD, Aortic stenosis, AVSD, coarction of the aorta

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Tetralogy of Fallot

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VSD, Rt ventricular outflow obstruction, RV hypertrophy, overriding aorta

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Transposition of the great arteries

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PDA sustaining life

Mx - prostaglandin infusion and surgical intervention

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Autoimmune hepatitis

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Ax - anti -smooth muscle Abs

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Coeliac’s

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Px - diarrhoea, malabsorption (buttocks wasting)

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Acute epiglottitis

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Ax - HiB infx

Px - rapid onset, fever, toxic look, stridor, drooling of saliva

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Ax - Human herpes virus 6

Px - 3-5 day high fever, 2 day macpap rash on chest and limbs, cough, D, febrile convulsions

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Roseola infantum

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Meningitis <3mnths

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GBS (low birth wt+Prolonged ROM)

also E.coli+Listeria

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Meningitis 1mnth-6yrs

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N.men
Strep.pneu
Haemophilus.inf

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Menigitis >6yrs

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N.men

Strep.p

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Autosomal recessive

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Metabolic

exceptions=inherited ataxia’s

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Autosomal dominant

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structural

exceptions=Gilbert’s

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Ax - parainfluenza infx
Epx - 6mnths-3yrs
Px - Stridor, barking cough, fever, coryzal Sx
Mx - PO dexamethasone, O2+adrenaline in emergency

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Croup

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Adrenaline for anaphylaxis ages and doses

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<6yrs = 150mcg
6-12 = 300mcg
>12yrs = 500mcg
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Ax - IgA mediated small vessel vasculitis

Px - Palpable purpuric rash, abdo pain, usually following infx, polyarthritis, haematuria, renal failure

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Henoch-Schonlein purpura

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Develpmental dysplasia of the hip

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RF: female, breech, FHx, oligohydramnios, macrosomaly
Ix - Barlow + Ortolani, US
Mx - Spont stabilise by 3-6wks, Pavliks harness, Surgery

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Rose spots in non bloody diarrhoea

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Salmonella typhi

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47
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BCG vaccine

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At birth

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48
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Hepatitis B

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At birth if rsk factors

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49
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DTap/IPV/Hib

Diptheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis/inactivated polio vaccine/Haemophilus influenza B vaccine

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2mnths
3mnths
4mnths

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PCV

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

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2mnths
4mnths
12-13mnths

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51
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Oral rotavirus vaccine

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2mnths

3mnths

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52
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Men B

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2mnths
4mnths
12-13mnths

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53
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Hib

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2mnths
3mnths
4mnths
12-13mnths

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54
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Men C

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12-13mnths

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55
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Flu vaccine

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2-7yrs

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56
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MMR

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12-13mnths

3-4yrs

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DTaP/IPV

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2mnths
3mnths
4mnths
3-4yrs
13-18yrs
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58
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HPV vaccination

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12-13yrs

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59
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Thx for impetigo

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Fusidic acid

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60
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Grey coating on tonsils and cervical lymphadenopathy

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Diphtheria

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Irritability and convulsion in premmie w/ no head trauma or swelling

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Intraventeicular haemorrhage

62
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Methods of catching urine sample

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Adhesive bags
Clean catch
Catheter insertion
Suprapubic aspiration

63
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Px - Tall, obese, hirsute, high LH, high insulin, subfertility, menstrual abnormalities, acanthosis nigracans (Hyperpig skin folds)

64
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Pansytolic left 4th ICS

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VSD most common congenital heart abnormality

65
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Diastolic apex

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Mitral stenosis

66
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Howell-Jolly bodies

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Splectomy, splenic atrophy

67
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Auer rods

68
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Infants intake mL/kg/day

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150-180mL/kg/day

69
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2 feet proximal to ileo-caecal valve, 2 inches in length , 2% of ppln
Painless PRB

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Meckel’s diverticulum

70
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Px - Obese, tall adolescents, shortened and externally rotated, referred pain to knee
Ax - Posterolateral displacement of the femoral head

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Silpped upper femoral epiphysis

71
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Ax - degenerative disease of the hip
Epidx - 2-10yo, boys,
Px - Insidious-onset hip pain, limp,

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Perthe’s disease

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease

72
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Px - Acute hip pain following viral infx, no pain at rest, reduced ROM
Epix - Most common cause of acute hip pain 3-8yo,

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Transient synovitis

73
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Px - Neonate w/ swollen hands and feet, difficult to palpate femoral artery, short stature, wide carrying angle, widely spaced nipples, coarction of aorta

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Turner’s syndrome 45XO

74
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Px - Delayed puberty, tall for age, small firm testes, shy

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Klinefelter’s 47XXY

75
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Major Duckett Jones criteria for Rheumatoid fever (5)

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Pancarditis, Polyarthritis, Erythema marginatum, nodules, Chorea

76
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Minor Duckett Jones criteria for Rheumatoid fever (4)

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Fever, arthralgia, high ESR/WCC, heart block

77
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HTN, renal impairment, wt loss reduced appetitie, lethargy, abdo mass, haematuria

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Wilm’s tumour

78
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Purpruic non blanching rash, arthralgia, abdo pain, renal involvement (nephrotic syndrome), +/-vomiting
Usually following viral illness

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Henoch-Schonlein purpura

79
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Tx of ITP

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Conservative, ITP is self limiting

80
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Tx of AML prevention

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Tumour lysis syndrome
Ax - large number of cells break down
Px - HyperK, fluid overload, raised urea

81
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Complications of childhood oncological disease (4)

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Secondary malignancies, LD, growth problems, infertility

82
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Causes of erythema nodosum (4)

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OCP, TB, strep infx, sarcoidosis

83
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3wo baby, floppy, jaundice, large tongue hoarse cry no dysmorphic features

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Congenital hypothyroidism

84
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Graves Tx

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Optimize carbimazole

Add propanolol for Sx relief

85
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Corticosteroids SE (4)

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HTN, glucose intolerance (hyperglycaemia), wt gain, short, osteoporosis

86
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Delayed puberty

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No pubertal development by 15yo

87
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Tall, gynaecomastia, microorchidism, delayed puberty

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Klinefelter’s 47XXY

88
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Age 2-13
Pain symmetrical in lower limbs and not limited to joints
Pains never present at start of day
Physical activities not limited 
No limp
Examination normal
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Rules of growing pains

89
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Immobile child, apyrexial, following URTI (1-2wks), normal xray, joint may be red/hot/swollen

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Reactive arthritis

90
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Limp, apyrexial, accompanied by viral infx, referred knee pain, reduced ROM internal rotation

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Transient synovitis

91
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Px - obese boys, shortened externally rotated

Mx - internal fixation

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Slipped femoral epiphysis

92
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Acute illness, daily fevers, malaise, failure to thrive, rash, muscle/joint aches, >6wk duration, raised inflammatory markers

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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

93
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Erythematous, warm, acutely tender joint, reduced ROM, febrile child, <2yo

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Septic arthritis

94
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Immobile limb, acute febrile illness, distal femur, proximal tibia

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Osteomyelitis

95
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Clumsy, quadriceps wasting, Gower’s sign, waddling gait, raised CK

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Muscular dystrophy

96
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Maternal haemorrhage, poor feeding, altered tone, seizure activity in neonate

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Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (moderate)

97
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Hyperintense, inflammatory white matter lesions

98
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UMN lesion signs (4)

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Increased reflexes
Decreased power
Increased Tone
Up going plantar reflexes

99
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Leg weakness in SCCC

100
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SE profile:

Inc appetite, wt gain, hair loss, liver failure

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Sodium valproate

101
Q

SE profile:

dizziness, visual distrubance, lupus erythematosus syndrome

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Carbemazipine

102
Q

SE profile:

Behavioural change, irritability rash

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Lamotrigine

103
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SE profile:

Behavioural changes, retinopathy, sleep disturbance, wt gain

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Vigabatrin

104
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SE profile:

Anorexia, abdo pain, vomiting, diarrhoea,

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Levetiracetam (Keppra)

105
Q

Ash leaf macule under Wood’s light, subendymal nodules, hypsarrythmia on EEG

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Tuberous sclerosis

106
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Port wine stain

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Sturge-Weber syndrome

107
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Status epilepticus Mx
0min
5min
15min
25min
45min
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0mins: ABC + glucose. O2
5mins:
IV access = lorazepam
No IV buccal midazolam/rectal diazepam
15mins: Lorazepam IV/IO senior help, prepare phenytoin
25mins: Rectal paraldehyde, phenytoin infusion
45mins: Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia w/ thiopental and intubation, transfer to PICU

108
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GORD Mx

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Cons: Feed thickeners, positioning
Med: Antacids, PPI, hypermotility drugs (metoclopramide)
Surg: fundoplication

109
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PDA Mx

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Cath lab plugging

110
Q

Exercise + haematuria

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Stress haematuria

111
Q

OCP + red urine, bld -ve

112
Q

Fluid maintenance

A 
0-10kg = 100ml/kg
10-20kg = 50ml/kg
>20kg = 20ml/kg
113
Q

Undigested food w/ diarrhoea, healthy child

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Toddler’s diarrhoea/chronic non specific

114
Q

IDA, polyps, pigmented palms and soles

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Peutz-Jeghers

115
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Small red growth in centre of umbilicus, covered w/ clear mucous

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Umbilical granuloma
Salt the wound
resolve by 2

116
Q

Boot shaped heart

117
Q

Frequent yawning, irritable, no fever

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Maternal opiod use

118
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Becwith-Wiedemann

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Macrosomaly, large tongue hypoglycaemia

119
Q

Resp rate infants

120
Q

Resp rate young children

121
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Resp rate older children

122
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HR infants

123
Q

HR young children

124
Q

Older children

125
Q

Systolic BP infants

126
Q

Systolic BP young children

127
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Systolic BP Older children

128
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Neonate

129
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Infant

130
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Young child

131
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Older child

132
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Severe asthma assessment

O2 sats

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O2: <92% for <12yo

133
Q

Severe asthma assessment

Resp rate

A

Resp rate:
>40 (2-5)
>30 (5-12)
>25 (12-18)

134
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Severe asthma assessment

Peak flow

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Peak flow:33-50%

135
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Severe asthma assessment

HR

A

> 140 (2-5)
125 (5-12)
110 (12-18)

136
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Px - Generalised abdo pain, fever, recent viral URTI

Ax - Inflammation of mesenteric lymph nodes that occur following a viral URTI

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Mesenteric adenitis

137
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RF for hypoglycaemia

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<37wks, <2.5kg

138
Q

Acquired vs congenital hypothyroidism

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Congenital presents earlier in life w/ coarse facial features, macroglossitis, umbilical hernia

139
Q

Sever dehydration (Wt)

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> 10% wt loss

140
Q

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Define:
Monoarticular
Pauciarticular
Multiarticular

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Single joint
<4
>4

141
Q

Supravalvular aortic stenosis

142
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UTI Mx:
<3mnths
Upper UTI >3mnths
Lower UTI <3mnths

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<3mnths = Referred immediately to specialist. Admitted IV Abx
>3mnths Upper = Considered for admission. If not admitted PO Abx for 7-10 days (cephalosporin/co-amox)
>3mnths Lower = PO Abx for 3 days (Trimethoprim/nitro)

143
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CF Mx at birth

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Gastrograffin enema - diagnostic and therapeutic

Prophylactic flucloxacillin and sweat test at 6wks

144
Q

Anaphylaxis

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PO antihistamines (chlorphenamine)
IV Adrenaline
IV hydrocortisone

145
Q

Risk of hydrops feotalis

A

Parvovirus B19

146
Q

Simple nappy rash Tx

A

Castor oil, zinc

147
Q

Threadworm Tx

A

Mebendazole

148
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Impetigo Tx

A

Fusidic acid

149
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Kid w/ acne, topical Abx don’t work

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Benzoyl peroxide

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