Pediatrics

Question 0

At what age should a child be able to hold up her head?

Answer 0

3 months

Question 1

List the five major Jones criteria for diagnosing rheumatic fever.

Answer 1

Polyarthritis, carditis, subcuticular nodes, erythema marginatum, chorea

Question 2

At what age should an infant begin cooing?

Answer 2

2 months

Question 3

How do you treat a patient with respiratory syncytial virus?

Answer 3

Albuterol, steroids and fluids

Question 4

German measles is also known as what disease?

Answer 4

Rubella

Question 5

At what age should a child be able to use a spoon and stack 3-4 blocks?

Answer 5

18 months

Question 6

Which viral exanthem often has conjunctivitis as one of its symptoms?

Answer 6

Measles/rubeola

Question 7

What is the most common congenital heart defect?

Answer 7

Ventricular septal defect

Question 8

What is the treatment for volvulus in a child?

Answer 8

Barium enema

Question 9

By what age should a child be able to roll over?

Answer 9

4 months

Question 10

By what age should a child be able to walk?

Answer 10

12 months

Question 11

You hear a loud harsh holosystolic murmur in a child. It is best heard at the LLSB. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer 11

Ventricular septal defect

Question 12

At what age should a child begin to feed himself?

Answer 12

6 months

Question 13

Currant jelly stool should make you think of what diagnosis?

Answer 13

Intussusception

Question 14

Describe Barlow’s test

Answer 14

Adduct and internal rotation of the hips

Question 15

A CXR finding of notched ribs in a child should make you think of what diagnosis?

Answer 15

Coarctation of the aorta

Question 16

Describe the pattern of weight gain in an infant over the following time periods: week one, 6 months, 12 months, 3 years old and 4 years old.

Answer 16

Newborns lose 10% of their birth weight initially but are back to birth weight at 10 days, 6m = 2x birth weight, 12m = 3x birth weight, 3 y/o = 30 lbs & 30 inches, 4 y/o = 40 lbs & 40 inches.

Question 17

By what age should a child be able to kick a ball?

Answer 17

24 months

Question 18

A widely split fixed S2 should make you think of what diagnosis?

Answer 18

Atrial septal defect