Pediatrics/Growth and Development Flashcards
Hep B schedule
#1 - Birth #2 - 1-2 months - at least one month after first dose #3 - Age 6 months - but at least 2 months after 2nd dose
Tdap for adolescents
Tdap booster Age 11-12
Hib vaccine - when do you no longer give?
after 5 years of age
When is it okay to give live vaccines?
after 1 year of age
When do you give the MCV4 booster
Age 16
What is appropriate spacing for vaccines?
4 days prior is okay, any earlier is invalid and must be repeated.
ADHD characterized by
Hyperactivity
Impulsivity
Inattention
What is a common assessment scale for ADHD
Connors’ - Long and short form
Asthma tx in 0-4 year olds
Use Nebulizer!
Inhaled corticosteroids (only one approved for young children is budesonide)
SABA - albuterol
leukotrine receprot agonist - montelukast
Asthma tx in 5-11 year olds
Can use inhaler as appropriate
Inhaled corticosteroids (fluticasone, budesonide)
SABA - albuterol
leukotrine receprot agonist - montelukast
What type of pneumonia is common in children under 5?
viral, treat empirically
What is the most sensitive sign of pneumonia in children?
Increased resp
Sx RSV
URI 1-3 days which progresses to lower resp tract infection Paroxysmal wheezing Increased RR 40-60 Fever Cough Thick purulent nasal secretions
What is the most common organism for croup?
Parainfluenza types 1,2,3
Adenovirus
Influenza virus
Westley Croup score
Mild disease (can keep with PCP) - barking cough, hoarse cry, no stridor at rest Moderate (ER) - Stridor at rest, mild retractions, sx resp distress Severe (ER) - Significant stridor at rest, retractions are severe.
Tx mild croup
Hydration, cool mist, antipyretics
Single dose of dexamethasone
Organism with epiglottitis
Hib
Cystic fibrosis
Mutation of chromosome 7
Enlarged nodes “rules”
10mm is enlarged unless…
Epitrochlear - >5mm
Inguinal - > 15mm
Cervical - > 20mm
Criteria for febrile seizures
Temp >38C Age < 6yo Absence of CNS infection No metabolic abnormality No hx of febrile seizures
Pyloric stenosis sx
3-6 week old male with projectile vomiting
Olive like mass better palpated after vomiting
GER
frequent regergitation in the absence of pathology
Resolves before 1 year of age
Place supine to sleep
Red flags with reflux in infants
GI bleeding Refusal to feed Forceful vomiting Constipation/Diarrhea Abd tenderness Fever
Intussusception
Vast majoity under 2 yo
Sausage like mass
Classing child crys and pulls legs up to chest
Dx Intussusception
KUB, Abd US
Intussusception classic triad
Intermittant colicky abd pain, vomit, bloody mucus stool (currant jelly)
Encopresis
Involuntary stooling over 4 yo. More common in males. Constipation often underlying problem.
Replacement mild dehydration
5 tsp per pound over 4 hours
Replacement moderate dehydration
10 tsp per pound over 4 hours
Cryptorchifism
testes not in scrotum and can’t be manupulated there (usually found in infants)
Retractile testes
Move between scrotum and inguinal ring (5-6 yo)
When do you refer with undecended testes?
6 months
Most common cause of UTI in children
bowel and bladder dysfunction
What test for first fibrile UTI
renal and bladder ultrasound for all infants 2-24 months
Dx Kawasaki’s disease
Fever for 5 days with (4 of 5): Bilat cunjunctival injection without excudate Polymorphus rash Inflamm changes of lips or oral cavity Changes in extremities Cervical lymphadanopathy
Dx studies with Kawsaki disease
CBC, ESR, CRP, ALT/`AST, UA throat culture
Osgood schlatter disease
Osteochondritis on tibial tubercle
Common cause of adolesant knee pain
More common in athletes
Sx Osgood schlater disease
Swelling affected knee
Bilat symptoms
Prominent tibial tubercle
Trendelenberg sign
Standing on affected side causes pelvic tilt. POsitive in SCFE, Legg-Calve Pertes, ansd Dev Dysplasia
Roseola
Human Herpesvirus 6
Fifth Disease
Parvovirus B19
Rubella
Rubella virus
Rubeola (measles)
Rubeola virus
Chicken pox
Herpes virus
Hermangina
Coxsackie A virus