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Question 1

This virus causes most cases of croup

Answer 1

Parainfluenza

Question 2

Commonest cause of stridor in children

Answer 2

Laryngomalacia

typically presents at 4 weeks of age with stridor

Question 3

Retinal haemorrhages
Subdural haematoma
Encephalopathy

Answer 3

Shaken baby syndrome

Question 4

Most common cause of pulmonary hypoplasia

Answer 4

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Question 5

Treatment of mesenteric adenitis

Answer 5

Antibiotics

Question 6

Surgery for biliary atresia

Answer 6

Roux-en-Y portojejunostomy

Question 7

Which virus causes roseola infantum

Answer 7

Human herpes virus 6

Question 8

Investigation for SUFE

Answer 8

AP and frog-leg x-ray

Question 9

Sandpaper rash

Answer 9

Scarlet fever

Question 10

Fir-tree rash

Answer 10

Pityrasis rosea

Question 11

What is mesenteric adenitis?

Answer 11

Inflamed lymph nodes

Question 12

Which are more common, VSDs or ASDs?

Answer 12

VSDs are more common, however in adults ASDs are the more common new diagnosis as they generally present later

Question 13

Key investigation in pyloric stenosis

Answer 13

Ultrasound

Question 14

Why are children with Down syndrome prone to snoring?

Answer 14

Children with Down syndrome are prone to snoring and sleep apnoea because they have low muscle tone in their upper airways and large tongue/adenoids

Question 15

Investigation you NEED to do in a child with Kawasaki?

Answer 15

Echocardiogram

-coronary artery aneurysm is a complication of Kawasaki