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PassMed/Capsule Flashcards

1
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What is a positive Prehn’s sign? Condition with positive Prehn’s

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Relief of scrotal pain when scrotum is lifted

- Epididymitis

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Triad of features shaken baby syndrome

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Retinal haemorrhages
Encephalopathy
Subdural haematoma

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Which test is used in the newborn hearing screening programme?
What test is used if this is abnormal?

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Otoacoustic emission test

If abnormal: brainstem response test

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Which gene is affected in achondroplasia?

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FGFR-3 (abnormal cartilage)

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Features of achondroplasia

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Short limbs and short fingers
Flattened nasal bridge
Trident hands
Large head with small foramen magnum

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EEG findings West syndrome

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Hypsarrhythmia

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Types of spasm in West syndrome

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Salaam attacks - flexion of head, neck and trunk followed by extension of arms

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Children to what type of mothers are at a higher risk of transposition of the great arteries?

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Diabetic

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Is Hirschsprung’s disease more common in males or females?

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Males

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Initial management of Hirschsprung’s disease

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Bowel washout/irrigation

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Definitive management of Hirschsprung’s disease

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Anorectal pull through

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12
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Diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s disease

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Full thickness bowel biopsy

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13
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Is hypotension an early or late sign of shock?

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Late

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14
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Average age on onset retinoblastoma

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18 months

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15
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Ix for vesicuoureteric reflux

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Micturiating cystourethrogram

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16
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Ix for renal scarring

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DMSA

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17
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Features of growing pains

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Never present after waking 
Intermittent 
Often bilateral 
No limp
Systemically well 
No limitation to functional activity 
Worse after vigorous physical activity
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Features of innocent murmurs

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Soft, Systolic, Short, Symptomless, Standing/Sitting (vary with position

No radiation
No thrills
Asymptomatic child
No other sounds, e.g. clicks

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19
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Sandpaper rash
Straeberry tongue
Fever
Lymphadenopathy

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Scarlet fever

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What is scarlet fever a reaction to?

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Erythrogenic toxins produced by Group A haemolytic strep (e.g. strep pyogenes)

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Common causative organism croup

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Parainfluenza viruses

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Age of presentation croup

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6 months - 6 years

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Features of croup

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Worse at night
95% viral
Barking cough
6 months - 6 years

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In which season is croup most common?

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Autumn

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25
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Pharm intervention for NOCTURNAL enuresis

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Desmopressin ADH

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26
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Pharm intervention for daytime enuresis

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Oxybutynin (anticholinergics)

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Kawasaki disease initial treatment

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High dose aspirin

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28
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Complications of Kawasaki disease

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Coronary artery aneurysms (monitor with ECHO initially)

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Commonest site of metastases Wilm’s tumour

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Lung

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30
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When are APGAR scores assessed?

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1, 5, 10 minutes

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31
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Fetal alcohol syndrome features

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Short ­palpebral fissure
Thin vermillion border/hypoplastic upper lip
Smooth/absent filtrum
Learning difficulties
Microcephaly
Growth retardation
Epicanthic folds
Cardiac malformations
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Ix for necrotising enterocolitis

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AXR

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33
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AXR sign - necrotising enterocolitis

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Pneumatosis intestinalis (gas in bowel wall)

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Signs necrotising enterocolitis

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Distended, tender abdomen
Bilious vomiting
Blood in stool
Reduced movement

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Why do girls with Turner’s syndrome have an ejection systolic murmur?

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Bicuspid aortic valve

36
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Commonest renal abnorality in Turner’s syndrome

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Horseshoe kidney

37
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Is biliary atresia more common in males or females?

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Females

38
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Cause of transient tachypnoea of the newborn

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Delayed resorption of fluid in the lungs

39
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Features of caput succedanum

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Bruising and bleeding around presenting part
Extends beyond margins of skull bones
Resolves spontaneously in a few days
Associated with SVD

40
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Features of cephalohaematoma

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Bleeding
Confinded within margins of skull bones (because beneath the periosteum)
Often associated with the parietal bone
Resolves within several weeks-months
Associated with SD/forceps/ventouse deliveries

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Features of subaponeurotic haemorrhage

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Diffuse, boggy swelling of the scalp
Traumatic birth
Significant bleeding may lead to hypovolaemic shock

42
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Which type of damage to the head of a newborn remains confined withi the margins of the skull bones? Why?

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Cephalohaematoma - bleeding occurs beneath the periosteum

43
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Which brain injury is most common in preterm infants?

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Intraventricular haemorrhage

44
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How soon after birth does an intraventricular haemorrhage usually occur?

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Within 72 hours

45
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Why is aspirin generally contraindicated in children?

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Increased risk of Reye’s syndrome

46
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Diagnosis of pertussis

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Nasal swab

47
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Are male or female infants more likely to suffer from developmental dysplasia of the hip? By how much

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Females 6x

48
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The following are all RFs for the following disease in infancy:

  • female sex: 6 times greater risk
  • breech presentation
  • positive family history
  • firstborn children
  • oligohydramnios
  • birth weight > 5 kg
  • congenital calcaneovalgus foot deformity
A

DDH

49
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What may a child showing hand preference before 12 months indicate?

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Celebral palsy

50
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What percentage of IUGR babies never catch up?

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10-15%

51
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Russell silver

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Tiny body, normal head. Protruding forehead

52
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Approach to analysing a tantrum

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ABC

Antecedent - what happened before the tantrum?

Behaviour - exactly what the episode consisted of

Consequences - what happened as a result, including parental response

53
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Investigations for suspected haemolytic jaundice

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FBC and film
Serum bilirubin
Coomb’s DAT

54
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Long term sequelae of kernicterus

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CP

Deafness

55
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Mx haemolytic jaundice (<24 hours after birth)

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  1. Phototherapy
  2. IVIG
  3. Exchange transfusion
56
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Treatment for PKU

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Low phenylalanine diet with amino acid supplementation

57
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Inheritance pattern PKU

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AR

58
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Can phenylalanine cross the placenta?

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Yes - so it is important for women hoping to get pregnant to have a well controlled diet

59
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3 physical features associated with PKU

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Microcephaly
Epilepsy
Eczema

60
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Is Hirschsprung’s more common in males or females?

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Males 4:1

61
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What type of obstruction occurs in hirschsprung’s?

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Functional

62
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Definitive diagnosis Hirschsprung’s

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Full thickness rectal biopsy (contrast enema can also be useful but radiological changes might not be best seen until weeks or months after)

63
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CXR changes in RDS

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Ground glass appearance

64
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Is RDS more severe in male or female infants?

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Male

65
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When does NEC present in preterm infants?

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Commonly around 32 weeks corrected gestation (i.e. delayed from birth)

66
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How long are preterm babies followed up for?

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2 years

67
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When does separation anxiety start to show?

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6-8 months

68
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Three stages of separation response (separation anxiety)

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Protest
Despair
Detachment

69
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Majority of causes of FTT are organic or inorganic?

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Inorganic

Only approx 5% organic

70
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Are obese children normally tall or short?

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Tall (over nutrition = acceleration of growth)

Be suspicious if they are short: cushing’s, prader willi

71
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Swollen hands and feet at birth (lymphoedema) may be indicative of ?

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Turner’s / Noonan’s

Trisomy 13/18/21

Inborn errors of lymphadenopathy

72
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What are all girls with unexplained short stature offered?

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Karyotyping, chromosomal analysis

73
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When does growth rate begin to fall off in Turner’s syndrome?

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3-5 years (before then is normal)

74
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Management of Turner’s syndrome

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Daily s/c HCG injections (improve growth)
or GH

Oral oestrogen at pubertal age to induce puberty

Fertility treatment

75
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Is an intellectual disability more common in Turner’s or Noonan’s?

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Noonan’s

76
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Are Asian children genetically smaller or larger than other ethnic groups?

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Smaller

77
Q

Causes of jittery baby

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Hypoglycaemia
Withdrawal
Metabolic problem
Sepsis

78
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Hypoglycaemia cut off for term babies and preterm babies

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Term: <2

Pre term: <2.6

79
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Indications for a BM in a neonate

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SGA
GDM
Mum on beta blocker

80
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Ddx neonate seizures

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HIE 
Hypoglycaemia 
Sepsis 
Polycthaemia 
Electrolyte imbalance 
Inborn errors of metabolism
Kernicterus
81
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Medication septic baby

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Benpen
Gent
Aciclovir

82
Q

Recommended diet for CF

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High calorie, high fat,

Pancreatic enzyme supplementation

83
Q

Management threadworms

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Hygiene measures

Single dose mebendazole for whole family

84
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Who might a ketogenic diet be particularly useful for?

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Children with difficult to control seizures

85
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Vomiting
Cataracts
Recurrent E.coli infections (sepsis)

A

Galactosaemia

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