PEARLS Flashcards
Triple birth weight at
12 months
Walks well without support at
15 months
Throws ball forward at
15 months
MCC of severe visual impairment in children
ROP
Jaundice secondary to inadequate breastfeeding at first week of life
Breastfeeding jaundice
Treatment of choice for SIADH
Water restriction
Type of RTA associated with Fanconi syndrome with impaired HCO3 absorption
Type 2
Erythematous papular vesicular rash common in neonates that develops after beth involving eosinophils
Erythema toxicum
Newborn with apgar 8,9 develops tachypnea and occasional grunting 1 hour later, CXR showed prominent vascular markings and fluid in lung fissures with no cyanosis
Transient tachypnea
Confirmatory test for diagnosis of feral-maternal hemorrhage
Kleihauer-Betke acid elution test
MC intestinal emergency occurring in preterm infants in NICU
NEC
Pathognomonic radio findings of NEC
Pneumatosis intestinalis
DOC for early onset sepsis
Ampi genta
7 mo. old diarrhea, soft to watery, non bloody, 3 weeks, associated with switching to cows milk, occ episodes of vomiting, abdominal distention, poor weight gain
Food-induced enteropathy
Normal RR for children 2-12 mos
Less than 50
4 y/o, 4-day history of cough, runny nose, low-grade fever, rash 1 day ago spread from forehead to upper trunk
Measles (rubeola)
MCC of death in measles
Pneumonia
MC complication of measles
AOM
Treatment for measles shown to decrease mortality and morbidity
Vitamin A
10 y/o 5-day low-grade fever, headache, malaise, anorexia, onset of rash on 3rd day spread from face and neck quickly toward whole body, sub occipital and post auricular lymphadenopathy the following day
Rubella
Oral ulcers in patients with exanthem subitum
Nagayama spots
Where are nagayama spots specifically seen in the oral cavity
Uvulopalatoglossus
What are Forschheimer spots
Fleeting enanthem seen as small, red spots (petechiae) on the soft palate in 20% of patients with rubella
Sudden onset high fever for 2 days, sore throat, discrete 1-2 mm vesicles and ulcers surrounded by erythema in the retropharyngeal wall and soft palate
Herpangina
CXR showing hyper expansion of chest, peribronchial thickening, and some interstitial infiltrates
Bronchiolitis
Hydrocephalus, chorioretinitis, intracerebral calcifications
Toxoplasmosis
DOC for congenital toxoplasmosis
Sulfadiazine-Pyrimethamine
Cataracts, PDA, blueberry muffin rash
Rubella
MC congenital infection
CMV
Leading cause of sensorineural hearing loss
CMV
Mother had varicella 2 days before giving birth, what should be given to the baby
VZIG and Acyclovir
Recurrent pneumonia, profound B cell deficiency
Bruton’s agammaglobulinemia
Thrombocytopenia, atopic dermatitis, recurrent infections
WAS
