Peds Flashcards
Most common cause of large gestational age infants?
maternal diabetes
Most common serious presentations of heart disease in the infant?
Cyanosis
CHF
Diminished peripheral pulses
The passage of an infant’s first stool is delayed >24hrs after birth - what do you suspect?
Hirschsprung disease
Chromosomal abnormalities and adrenal hyperplasia are most often associated with what finding on an infant?
ambiguous genitalia
Most common causes of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in an infant?
physiologic jaundice
prematurity
breast-feeding jaundice
Classic and most efficient way to gauge sexual maturation in children?
Tanner stages
Most common neurodevelopmental disorder in children?
ADHD
Most common causes of speech / language delay in children?
conductive hearing loss due to chronic middle ear effusion
Risk factors for development of spina bifida (myelomeningocele)?
maternal use of valproate
insufficient folic acid intake during pregnancy
Most common congenital heart disease in Downs syndrome children?
ASD
What vaccines should be avoided during pregnancy?
any live vaccine: MMR, varicella, live attenuated influenza
If a child is immunocompromised, what vaccines should be avoided?
live vaccines: MMR, Varicella
What is contraindication to giving TdaP vaccine?
chronic seizure disorder
What is the specific antidote for acetaminophen overdose in a child?
Acetylcysteine
Activated charcoal and physostigmine can be used to treat what kind of overdose?
antihistamines
What medication is used to treat iron overdose?
Desferoxamine
What is the current first-line treatment for most ingested poisons?
activated charcoal
Most common innocent murmur of childhood?
Still’s murmur
Treatment for Kawasaki disease?
IV immunoglobulins and high-dose aspirin
Cause of erythema infectiosum, aka Fifth Disease?
parvovirus B19
Child presents with red face, “slapped cheek appearance with lacy, pink, macular rash on torso; what do you expect?
Erythema infectiosum / Fifth disease
Child presents with fever x 4d with associated pink macular rash. The mother informs you that the fever has resolved BEFORE the rash. What do you expect?
Roseola
Maculopapular rash, common on the face to extremities, with associated Koplik spots in mouth - which viral exanthem?
Measles (Rubeola)
A common complication of rubella virus (in the mother)?
teratogenic (birth defects)
Evaluating a baby in the ER, you notice retinal hemorrhages and hyphema - what do you suspect?
shaken baby syndrome
