screening questions Flashcards
Imaging modality of choice when evaluating a child for infantile hypertrophic pyloric
stenosis
ultrasonography
Typical age of intussusception in infants
3 months - 3 years
What are the two typical anamnestic features of acute appendicitis?
First epigastrial and
paraumbilical pain, later the pain is localized on the right lower abdominal quadrant.
Imaging study of the polytraumatized patient
acute CT
Most common cause of acute abdomen in children
appendicitis
What is the first test in case of bloody stool
digital rectal examination.
What is two-stage splenic rupture?
Splenic rupture occurs in two stages. Initial
subcapsular haematoma formation may have only mild symptoms, later second stage may occur after hours or days, and is usually characterised by the rapid development of shock, as the spleen and mesentery tend to bleed rapidly and copiously.
Which is the most common cause of strangulation ileus?
Incarcerated hernia.
The most common cause of transfusion-requiring hematochaezia, without abdominal pain and without diarrhea
Meckel’s diverticulum
You find a high GGT in a patient with ulcerative colitis, what should you think about?
Sclerosing colangitis.
What are the features of the perianal fissures in a patient with Crohn’s disease?
Not in the midline, deep, not painful.
What is the first therapeutic choice in Crohn’s disease?
Exclusive enteral nutrition.
What kind of gas is insufflated during laparoscopy?
CO2
. What is the official name of the spring-loaded insufflation needle used to create pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic surgery?
Veress-needle
In case of thoracic empyema after drainage or thoracoscopy, what kind of method is used in
order to dissolve the thick, highly viscous pleural fluid (pus)?
Fibrinolysis/urokinase/streprokinase
What are the two most frequent chest deformities?
Pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum.
What are typical signs of bacterial otitis externa?
Pain and/or sensitivity of the tragus.
What are the 4 most important indication of adenotomy?
Infection of the upper
respiratory tract, otitis media, inhibition of nasal breathing, obstructiv sleeping apnoe.
The most frequent pathogen of sinusitis and otitis media?
Str. pneumoniae
In which case of inflammatory disease of the middle ear can we suggest tympanostomy tubes (Grommet)?
Chronic serous otitis media and/or chronic dysfunction of the Eustachian tube.
What is the most frequent pathogen in urinary tract infections?
E. Coli.
What can we find in the urine, in the case of glomerulonephritis?
Red blood cells and red
blood cell cylinders. Proteinuria can also appear.
What is the most frequent cause of hypertension before the adolescent age?
Kidney disease.
Which is the most frequent glomerulonephritis type?
IgA nephropathy.
What kind of antihypertensiv drug would you recommend in hyperkinetic hypertension?
Beta-blocker.
What is the prognosis of West-syndrome or infantile spasm?
Usually poor.
What is the essential criterion of cerebral palsy?
Non-progressive, residual brain injury.
Which pathogen does cause most commonly typical pneumonia?
Str. pneumoniae.
What are the two main components of the home treatment of pseuodocroup?
Rectal steroid, inhalation of (fresh) cool air.
What is the most common cause of acute cough?
Viral infection.
What is the significance of Holzknecht sign?
Airway foreign body aspiration.
What is the most common cause of coughing, which has been presenting since birth and occuring always during feeding?
Tracheoesophageal fistula.
How much part of the mortality is caused by accidents in the children older than 1 year, in
Hungary?
36-40%, this is the main cause of death in children older than 1 year.
What is the prognosis of juvenile absence epilepsy?
Usually particularly favorable.
What is the indication of ACTH as an anticonvulsant drug?
West syndrome/infantile
spasm/BNS epilepsy.
What can prevent coronary artery disease (aneurysm) in Kawasaki syndrome?
IVIG
What is the most serious complication of neonatal lupus erythematosus?
Congenital heart
block - third-degree (complete) atrioventricular heart block.
What is the most serious complication of juvenile idiopathic arthritis?
Macrophag activation syndrome (MAS).
Which muscles are affected in juvenile polymyositis?
Proximal muscles of the limbs.
What is typical for the embrionic form of extrahepatic biliary atresia?
Usually other
malformations are associated (situs inversus polysplenia, etc).