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Two months - vaccines (3)

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DTaP/IPV/Hib
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)
Rotavirus

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Three months vaccine (3)

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DTaP/IPV/Hib
Meningitis C
Rotavirus

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Four months old vaccine (2)

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DTaP/IPV/Hib

PCV - pneumococcal infection

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1 year vaccinations (3)

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Hib/ Men C
MMR (measles mumps and rubella)
Pneumococcal infection

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2 / 3 years vaccine (1)

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Influenza nasal spray

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Three years and four months vaccines (2)

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DTaP/IPV

MMR

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Girls 12 / 13 vaccine (1)

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HPV - human papillomavirus types 16 & 18 - cervical cancer

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14 years vaccine (2)

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Td/IPV - Dipteria, tetanus, polio

Meningitis C

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Rotavirus causes how many cases of diarrhoea in under 5s in UK?

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140,000

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Rotavirus leads to how many hospital stays in under 5s?

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1 in 10

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11
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Rotavirus vaccine name

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Rotarix

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12
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Whooping cough complications (2)

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Pneumonia and brain damage

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13
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Whooping cough vaccine for mothers given between….

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28-38 weeks of pregnancy

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14
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There are whooping cough outbreaks every …

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3-4 years

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15
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Does whooping cough vaccine last for life?

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NO!!

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Whooping cough stages:

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Early symptoms - 1-2 weeks, cold symptoms

Second stage - Stage lasts 2+ weeks, cough with ‘whoop’ sound, sharp intakes of breath, vomiting after coughing

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17
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Whooping cough bacteria

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Bordetella pertussis

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18
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Heel prick test occurs at how old?

19
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DTaP / IPV / Hib

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Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whopping cough)
Polio
Haemophilus influenza epidemic type B

20
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Heel prick test screens for six inherited metabolic diseases:

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PKU - phenylketonuria
MCADD - medium chain acy-coA dehydrogenase deficiency 
MSUD - maple syrup urine disease
IVA - isovaleric acidaemia 
GA1 - Glutaric aciduria type 1
HCU - homocystinuria
21
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All babies have a hearing screening done using

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Otoacoustic emissions - sounds of Cochlear origin (hair cells moving) - recorded with a microphone in the ear canal

22
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…. Is screened to look for MCADD

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Octanoylcarnitine (C8)

23
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MCADD - disorder of …… … ….

Clinically presents similar to …

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MCADD - disorder of fatty acid oxidation

Clinically presents similar to sudden infant death syndrome

24
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Fatty acids are normally released during fasting and taken up by the mitochondria in the liver & muscle.
They are oxidised to produce ….

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Acetyl-CoA

25
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MCAD is a … … Enzyme which catalyses …

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mitochondrial matrix

Catalyses the initial oxidation reaction of releasing fatty acids when fasting

26
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MCAD incidence:

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1 in 8000 - 1 in 15,000

27
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MCADD presentation

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Intermittent hypoglycaemia
Vomiting
Transcient fasting
Intercurrent minor infections

28
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MCAD can lead to …

Usually happens between the ages of …

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Coma and death

2 months - 2 years

29
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If fatty acid infiltration found in the liver post mortem, consider …

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Disorder of fatty acid oxidation (MCAD)

30
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MCAD genetics:

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Autosomal recessive

31
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MCAD gene mutation & chromosome & loci & most common gene mutation:

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Medium-chain-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (ACADM)
Chromosome 1
Locus 1p31
Most common mutation - G985 - guanine swapped for adenine

32
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MCAD investigations:
Acutely - 
U&E - 
LFT - 
Urine - 
Skin biopsy -
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MCAD investigations:
Acutely - hypoglycaemia
U&E - altered bicarb, reduced anion gap
LFT - elevated enzymes, low plasma carnitine
Urine - absent ketones, medium chain dicarboxylic aciduria
Skin biopsy - primary carnitine deficiency - reduced carnitine transport in fibroblasts

33
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Treat MCAD:

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Avoid fasting 
6mths - 1 year - 8 hours
2 yrs old - 10 hours 
3yrs + - 12 hours 
- increase carbs, reduce lipids
34
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Give daily carnitine to treat MCAD as… (2)

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Allows conjunction and excretion of toxic bi-products from blocked fatty acid metabolism
Clears accumulating acylcarnitines during exercise

35
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SIDS =

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Sudden and unexpected death of an infant with no adequate cause found after post mortem

36
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SIDS commonest between age of:

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1 month - 1 year

37
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Causes of infant mortality: (5)

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Lethal congenital malformations 
Infections
Rare inherited conditions 
Accidents
Non-accidental injury
38
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SIDS commoner in: (3)

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Male premature infants
Parents who smoke
Babies who are artificially fed

39
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Prevent SIDS: (1)

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Sleep babies on backs

40
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Is it common for babies to have apnoea during sleep?

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Yes up to 10 seconds!

41
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Reasons for neonate apnoea: (1, 4)

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Abnormalities in arcuate nucleus of the brainstem

- delayed developmental arousal, cardio-respiratory control or cardiovascular control and thermal regulation

42
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What percentage of SIDS is smothering?

43
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CONI scheme

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Care of next infant

- nurse who visits and supervises subsequent babies

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