Pass medicine 2 Flashcards
congenital talipes equinovarus
club foot deformity
palivizumab
- monoclonal antibody which is used to prevent respiratory syncytial virus
central causes of hypotonia
- Down’s syndrome
- Prader-Willi syndrome
- hypothyroidism
- cerebral palsy
risk factors for neonatal sepsis
- low birth weight
- prematurity
- membrane rupture
- current group b strep
4 key signs of respiratory distress
- grunting
- nasal flaring
- use of accessory respiratory muscles
- tachypnoea
CENTOR score
estimates probability that pharyngitis is streptococcal and suggests management course
what investigations are performed on infants younger than 3 months with fever
- full blood count
- blood culture
- c-reactive protein
- urine testing for UTI
- chest radiograph
- stool culture if diarrhoea is present
osteochondritis dissecans
- pain after exercise
- intermittent swelling and locking
what should be suspected in a well infant with noisy breathing, inspiratory stridor?
- laryngomalacia
larygnomalacia is caused by…
congenital softening of the cartilage of the larynx
collapse during inspiration
cystic fibrosis is tested via…
- neonatal heel prick
healthy range of heart beat for infant
- 100 to 160bpm
notes
- resp rate should be between 30-60 breath
what is a cephalohaematoma
swelling on newborns head
typically develops several hours post delivery
bleeding between periosteum and skull
jaundice could be a complication
could take up to 3 months to resolve
subaponeurotic haemorrhage
- serious condition
- bleeding un the potential space between the periosteum and subgaleal aponeurosis
- neonate may present with haemorrhagic stroke
caput succedaneum
- extraperiosteal collection of blood
- therefore can cross over the suture lines and can be present at birth
what organism is responsible for causing scarlet fever
- group A haemolytic streptococci
parovirus b19 causes ‘slapped cheek syndrome’
- bright red rash on both cheeks
Perthe’s disease
- degenerative condition
- affecting hip joints of children
- due to avascular necrosis of femoral head
Barlow and Ortolani tests in early childhood
helps diagnosis developmental dysplasia
which viruses commonly cause hand, foot and mouth disease
- self limiting condition affecting children
- coxsackie A16 and enterovirus 71
clinical features of hand, foot and mouth disease
- mild systemic upset: sore throat, fever
- oral ulcers
- followed later by vesicles on the palms and soles of feet
children don’t need to be excluded from school if they feel well
coarctation of the aorta murmur
crescendo-decrescendo murmur in upper left sternal border
ventricular septal defect murmur
pansystolic murmur in lower left sternal border
patent ductus arteriosus murmur
diastolic machinery murmur in the upper left sternal border
