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Describe Chickenpox
Highly contagious illness cause by primary infection with Varicella Zoster Virus.
Starts with vesicular rash on the head and body rather than periphery.
Becomes itchy, raw pockmarks which mostly heal without scarring
What are the 3 main factors to determine progress of delivery?
3 “P”s
Pusher: is the mother’s ability to bear down hampered.
Power: is there suitable contractile strength?
Passenger: Is there foetal distress? Is there any presentation? Are there signs of macrosomia?
Describe Eczema
Eczema (to boil over) is a form of dermatitis or inflammation of the epidermis
What is Henoch-Schonlein purpura?
HSP also know as anaphylactoid purpura and purpura rheumatica is a disease of the skin and other organs that normally effect children.
Causes palpablepurpura(small haemorrhages oftin with joint and abdo pain.
May cause blood and protein in the urine. May proceed to chronic kidney disease(rare). May be proceeded by pharyngitis.
What is Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura?
ITP is the condition of having an abnormally low platelet count(Thrombocytopenic) of unknown cause).
Related to the production of antibodies against platelets.
Can lead to increased risk of bleeding and purpura.
What is Impetigo?
Highly contagious bacterial skin infection most common among pre-school children.
Also known as school sores.
People who play close contact sports are susceptible.
Describe measles
Also known as morbilli is an infection of the respiratory system caused by morbillivirus.
Negative sense RNA virus.
Symptoms: fever, cough, runny nose, red eye.
Maculopapular erythematous rash.
What is Radial to Redial delay a sign of?
Aortic Disection or
Stenosis
What is xanthomata?
A yellowish lipid filled nodule often on the eyelid or over a joint.
It is a sign of hypercholesterolaemia.
What are osler’s nodes?
Painful red raised lesions found on te hands and feet.
They are a sign of endocarditis.
What is Caput Medusa?
Veins around the bellybutton(umbilicus) suggestive of chronic liver disease
What is iatrogenic pneumothorax?
Pneuemothorax caused by the Practitioner
What is Compartment Syndrome?
Limb injury with increased pressure around the site of injury or distal to that injury
Describe PreLoad
Basically, preload is stretch. The amount of volume being returned to the right side of the heart from systemic circulation. Afterload is squeeze. The amount of resistance the left side of the heart has to overcome in order to eject blood.
What is Cushings Triad?
Occurs with increased ICP(Head Injury)
Hypertension(widening pulse pressure)
Bradycardia
Irregular Resps
What is Becks Triad?
Associated with Cardiac Tamponade
Muffled Heart Sounds
Jugular Vein Distension
Hypotension(narrowing pulse pressure)
What factors effect Preload
CV MATTE Complience of the ventricals and pericardium. Venous Return Myocardial wall thickness Atrial Contraction Total blood volume Total peripheral resistance End diastolic filling pressure
What factors effect Afterload
POSH Pulse pressure Output impedance Stroke Volume Hypertrophy
What is the Mean Arterial Pressure(MAP) for Kidneys to work
65
MAP = (Systolic - Diastolic)/3 +Diastolic
What are the 6 Hs & Ts of Cardiac arrest
Hydogen Ion acidosis Hypokolaemia Hyperkolaemia Hypovolaemia Hypoxia Hypothermia Thrombus Pulmonary Thrombus Coronary Tension Pneumothorax Tamponade(Cardiac) Toxins Trauma
What are the characters in the chain of infection?
Infectious Agent Resevoir Portal of Exit Mode of Transmission Portal of Entry Suseptible Host