Pedi Flashcards
German measles is also known as what disease?
Rubella
Bruises may be purple, green, yellow, and brown. How many days old is a yellow bruise?
Purple day 1-5, Green day 5-7, Yellow day 7-10, Brown day 10-14
Pain with movement of the pinna or triages should make you think of what diagnosis?
Otitis externa
What is the first-line treatment for pertussis?
Erythromycin
By what age should a child be able to hold up her own head?
3 months
A Salter-harris type I fracture affects what area of the bone?
Only the physis (growth plate)
By what age should a child be able to sit up?
6 months
A 15 year old overweight boy presents to your office limping with knee pain. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
A premature infant with hyaline membrane disease will have what appearance on CXR?
Bilateral atelectasis or ground glass appearance
Atypical or walking pneumonia is caused by what pathogen?
Mycoplasma
What antibiotic is first line treatment for mycoplasma pneumonia?
A macrolide, erythromycin or azithromycin
A patient is having seizures along with a mouse-like odor from the urine. What diagnosis should you be thinking of?
Phenylketonuria
The description of a dew drop on a rose petal should make you think of what diagnosis?
Chickenpox
Pale and boggy nasal mucosa should make you think of what diagnosis?
Allergic rhinitis
List the five major jones criteria for diagnosing rheumatic fever
Polyarthritis, carditis, subcuticular nodes, erythema marginatum, chorea
Describe erythema marginatum
Pink rings on the trunk and inner surfaces of the limbs
A child with bulky greasy stool should make you think of what diagnosis?
Cystic fibrosis
At what age should an infant begin cooing?
2 months
What is the most common cause of an upper respiratory tract infection?
Rhinovirus
Kopek spots are white clustered lesions on the buccal mucosa. What virus are they pathognomonic for?
Measles/Rubella
What is the first line antibiotic for otitis media?
Amoxicillin
How do you treat a patient with RSV?
Albuterol, steroids, and fluids
A patient presents with painful ulcers in his mouth. On physical exam you find more of the same type of ulcers on his feet and hands. What virus is most likely causing these symptoms?
Coxsackie virus
What ist he gold standard for the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis?
Sweat Chloride test