Peds 4 Flashcards
Jerky dancing in eyes and limbs, bluish skin nodules and tender abd mass? Dx test?
Neuroblastoma
Dx = urine homovanillic or vanillylmandelic acid
CALLA and TDT positive testing
ALL
Tx ALL
VDP (vincristine, dexamethasone and prednisolone) + Intrathecal methotrexate
14yo boy with enlarged, painless rubbery LN, diaphoresis and weight loss
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
CD15/CD30 and Reed Sternberg Cells
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
7yo girl, nonproductive cough and large anterior mediastinal mass
Non-hodgkin’s lymphoma
kid with high fever for 3 days THEN a pink, maculopapular rash develops on trunk and extremities
Roseola (HHV^ or 7) = exanthema subitum
2yo with fever, lacy reticular rash on face and upper body (not on palms/soles)
Parvo b19 5th disease = erythema infectiosum
Parvo is particularly bad in (3)
pregnancy, SS or thalassemia
Sandpaper rash
Scarlet Fever
Kid with sore throat develops 1-2 weeks later a maculopapular rash, desquamating that begins centrally and extends peripherally with strawberry tongue
Scarlet fever
Kid with a cough and runny nose, fever develops a macular rash around ears that spreads downwards, PE with gray spots on buccal mucosa
paramyxovirus = measles
Tx measles
supportive care and VITAMIN A!!!
kid with a sore throat develops fever, joint pain, fine rash on face that spread downwards with red spots on palate noted on PE
Rubella
Kid with poor feeding, vesicles on mouth, palm and soles with rash on butt/LE, +/- similar kids in daycare
Hand foot and mouth = coxsackie A virus
16yo male with swollen cheeks, fever and HA
paramyxovirus = MUMPS
2 serious sequelae of mumps
orchitis and/or sterility
Tx lyme disease
amoxicilin if <8yo, doxy of older
2 possible complications of RMSF
vasculitis and gangrene
Tx RMSF
doxycycline at ALL ages
Tx scabies
5% permethrin for ENTIRE family
kid with conjunctiva, multiple blisters and positive nikolsky sign, Tx?
SSS syndrome
Tx = IV oxicillin or nafcillin
MC tx for meningitis
ceftriaxone and vanc
Tx TB meningitis
RIPE and* steroids
Tx lyme meningitis
ceftriaxone
Tx listeria meningitis
ampicillin