Pediatrics Flashcards
What is the most common cause of osteomyelitis in kids with sickle cell?
Salmonella
What is the most common cause of osteomyelitis in kids?
Staph aureus
What is the next best test in diagnosing osteomyelitis in kids? What are the findings?
X-ray – periosteal elevation, sequestrum, involucrum
What is the best test for diagnosing osteomyelitis in kids?
MRI
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Klinefelter Syndrome
How does albuterol help bronchoconstriction?
Binds to beta receptors to increase cAMP in smooth muscle cells which relax and allow for dilation
Low set ears, wide set eyes with history of severe fungal and viral infections
DiGeorge Syndrome
What is the mutation in DiGeorge Syndrome?
22q11 deletion causing aberrant development of third and fourth pharyngeal pouch
What are the 5 manifestations of DiGeorge Syndrome
Cardiac defects Abnormal facies Thymic hypoplasia/aplasia Cleft palate Hypocalcemia
Cafe-at-lait spots, neurofibromas, optic gliomas, Lisch nodules
NF Type 1
What pediatric brain tumor is associated with elevated hematocrit?
Hemangioblastoma
Brain tumor made of foamy stromal cells within highly vascular neoplasm in child
HemangioblAstoma
What familial disorder is associated with a defect in chromosome 3?
VHL
What familial disorder is associated with a defect on chromosome 5?
FAP
What cancer is associated with a defect on chromosome 13?
Retinoblastoma
What disorder should be suspected in a child with a hemangioma?
VHL
What are the 4 malignancies associated with VHL disease?
Hemangiomas
Hemangioblastoma
RCC
Pheochromocytoma
What is sometimes used to decrease the duration and severity of a measles infection?
Vitamin A
bilateral acoustic schwannomas, cataracts, meningiomas, ependymomas
Neurofibromatosis 2
What are the 4 major findings in neurofibromatosis 2?
bilateral acoustic schwannomas
Cataracts
Meningiomas
Ependymomas
What are the vaccines given at a well-child check at 6 months?
Hep B DTaP Hib Polio Pneumococcus Rotavirus
What does the APGAR score measure?
Appearance (blue or pink)
Pulse (absent, <100 or >100)
Grimace (absent, grimace, grimace + cough)
Activity (limp, some activity, active)
Respiration (none, slow or irregular, strong cry)
