peds random Flashcards
strabismus
- anomoly of ocular alignment
- unilat or bilat
- can be normal variant in newborns
esotropia
- nasal deviation
exotropia
- temporal deviation
latent strabismus
- “-phoria”
- present when fixation is interrupted
manifest strabisums
- “-tropia”
- present without interruption of gaze
- can be intermittent or constant
- monocular or alternating
hering’s law
- two eye law
- agonist muscles in both eye have equal innervation
sherringon’s law
- one ey law
- agonist/ antagonist pairs in each eye receive reciprocal innervation`
risk factors for primary strabismus
- family hx
- low birth weight
- muscular abnormality
- visual deprivation
dx of strabismus
- complete hx
- corneal light reflex/ hirschberg
- cover, cover/ uncover
- bruckner red reflex
amblyopia
- “lazy eye”
- complication of strabismus
complications of strabismus
- amblyopia
- diplopia- acquired stabismus in kids > 3
- contracture of extraocular muscles
- psychosocial and vocational consequences
tx of strabismus
- prescription glasses +/- prism
- miotic drops
- patching
- visual training exs
- surgical repositioning or shortening
impetigo
- contagious bacterial infection
- can be primary or secondary
- usu in kids 2-5 y/o
common cause of impetigo
- staph aureus
risk factors for impetigo
- poverty
- crowding
- poor hygiene
- scabies
types of impetigo
- non-bullous: most common
- bullous
- ecthyma
clinical manifestatoins of non-bullous impetigo
- papules- vesicles surrounded by erythema and pustules
- golden honey colored crust
- usu on face and extremities
- +/- regional LAD
- NO systemic sx
clinical manifestaitons of bullous impetigo
- “more severe” non- bullous
- bullae filled with clear yellow fluid
- rupture to form thin brown curst
- fewer lesions
- usu in younger kids
- common on trunk
clinical manifestations of ecthyma impetigo
- ulcerative punched out lesions
- yellow crust, raised margins
- lesions into dermis
dx of impetigo
- clinical
tx of impetigo
- topical mupirocin or H2O2 cream
- PO abx: diclox, cephalexin, clinda
- bactrim if suspect MRSA
pinworms
- d/t enterobius cermicularis
- < 1 cm white and threadlike
- inhibit cecum, appendix, ileum, ascending colon
eggs of pinworms
- migrate to anal/ perianal area in PM to lay eggs
- embryonate up to 20 days
- form adult works in 36 to 53 days
how do pinworms spread
- fecal oral route
- carried on fingernails, bedding, dust, clothing
clinical manifestations of pinworms
- nocturnal/ AM perianal and perineal itching
- visible worms around anus and on buttocks
dx of pinworms
- hx of nocturnal itching
- collection with cellophane tape or pinworm paddle
- visual inspection
treatment of pinworms
- albendazole 400 mg, repeat in 2 weeks
- treat family members
- good hygiene: bath in early AM, wash clothes and linens, hand washing
measles si/sx
- fever
- cough, coryza, conjunctivitis
- koplik spots*
- then maculopapular rash head to toe 14 days after exposure
when is the measles rash contagious
- 4 days before through 4 days after rash
what causes measles
- RNA virus morbillivirus
complications of measles
- OM
- pneumonia, bronchpneumonia
- croup
- diarrhea
- acute encephalitis -> permanent damage
- die from respiratory or neuro complications
- subacute sclerosing panencephalitis 7-10 yrs later -> fatal
transmission of measles
- highly contagious
- direct contact with droplets or airborne
- can remain on surfaces for up to 2 hours
testing for measles
- serum or NP swab
- measles IgM ab, RNA PCR
- can collect urine
post exposure ppx for measles
- MMR vaccine within 72 hours
- OR
- IG if admin within 6 days of exposure
- may provide protection or modify course of disease
treatment of measles
- severe causes give vit A immed then repeat next day
what does vit A deficiency cause in measles
- delayed recovery
- high rate of complications
- xeropthalmia
- preventable childhood blindness (esp in Africa)