TIM Ausink PEDS Flashcards
LCP Legg Calve Perthes
Causes avascular necrosis of the femoral head
Boys>girls ages 4-8 yr
PE: Limited Abduction
XR: AP+ Frog
Tender berg sign
Positive when patient leans out to opposite side
Appears with short leg and odd gait
Hip Dysplasia
Usually in infants 1st 4 months of life
Do Barlow ortolani and gallezati
Place in pavlick harness
May have medial knee pain
Osteogenesis imperfecta typ1
Most subtle collagen disorder in children
Triad: blue sclera, angular kelitis
Brittle bone dz
Neck tortoicollis
Mostly scm stressed
Can be rare vertebral abnml think this after pt does not work
Blount Dz
One portion of proximal Tina stops growing and other portion keeps growing
Order XR
Obese early walkers and African American children
Type infantile and adolescent
WHY ARE CHILDREN MORE PRONE TO INFECTION IN BONE
D/T high vascular ergo more room for infarction, bleeding, osteomyelitis risk increases.
Clinodactyl
Finger bend out (pinky)
Cyndactly
Club foot
Diagnostic tool for Hip dysplasia is what?
US
What other location may hip injuries present as ?
Medial knee pain
Club foot components
Pathological with rigid foot
Tendon abnmlaity
Order serial casting and bracing
Check all other joints
Three levels of Torsion include
1 femoral
2 tibial
3 metatarsal
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis - SCIFY
Typically Boys 12-15 and Gorls 10-13 Obese children Limp and Hip pain with out trauma STOP WEIGHT BEARING REFER QUICKLY XR: will show “ice cream slip off the cone” TX: Surgical pinning
Idiopathic scoliosis and characteristics
No pain
Send to spine surgeon
Cobb angle greater than 50
XR: AP and lateral view
Scheurmann Kyphosis
Thoraci kyphosis typically in teens
Refer to surgery
Valgus signs
L shaped legs like riding horse
Varus signs
Like an R out legs
Children approach to FX
If it looks broken acts broken but the XR is nml Then treat it as its broken
Recheck XR in 10-14 days
How do you care for a newborn clavicle fx?
Leave it be
Document both arms moving
Risk for brachial plexus injury
What is most common fx in children
Spiral tibia fx
Child will not weight bear and be irritable