UWorld Tidbits Flashcards
6 yo, not previously varicella vaccinated, boy: visited cousin w/ chicken pox 1 week ago
Next best step?
Tell parents to look out for rash w/in next 2 weeks
- varicella vaccine only beneficial if administered w/in 3-5 days post-exposure
- VZIG (prophylactic immunoglobulin) only helps w/in 72 (max 96 hrs) (3-4 days)
9 yo w/ sudden onset writing and jerky movements
- mild sore and fever last week
- pericardial friction rub and subcutaneous nodules over the hands
(a) Diagnosis
(b) Etiology
(c) Tx
(a) Acute rheumatic fever five major criteria
1. polyarthritis
2. carditis
3. chorea
4. subcutaneous nodules
5. erythema marginatum
then often have: fever and arthralgia
(b) Strep A pharyngitis
(c) Tx = PenG
Scrotal swelling, hematuria, abdominal pain
-what to watch out for next
HSP: palpable purpura + scrotal swelling + hematuria + abdominal pain
-Children w/ HSP are susceptible to intussusception
12 yo M w/ back pain for several months, bed wetting, and decreased sensation to perianal area
-palpable ‘step-off’ at the lumbosacral area
Spondylolisthesis = forward slip of a vertebrae (most commonly L5 on S1) that causes chronic back pain and when severe neurologic deficits and palpable step off
16 yo Sick cell pt presents w/ DOE, fatigue, generalized weakness
Folic acid deficiency
-such high turnover => need more folate
Symptoms of niacin deficiency
Niacin (vit B3) deficiency => pellagra
-diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, glossitis
-dermatitis in sun exposed areas (resembles sunburn) is bilateral and symmetric
Newborn that sounds like a cat when he cries
- moon facies
- microcephaly
- high arched palate
Cri-du-Chat syndrome = deletion of 5p
What vitamin shot do babies receive at birth and why?
Vitamin K
B/c human’s only get vit K from food (not a lot of vit K in breast milk) and gut flora (not yet developed in children)
Workup for leukocoria
Leukocoria (white pupillary reflex) is retinoblastoma until proven otherwise!!!!
=> refer to opthalmologist
Presentation of IgA deficiency
(a) Risk of transfusion in ppl w/ IgA deficiency
IgA deficiency is most often asymptomatic, but may present w/ recurrent sinopulmonary (strep and hemophilus) and GI (giardia) infxns as a consequence of IgA’s role in mucosal barrier protection
(a) Pts may form antibodies to IgA- predisposing them to anaphylactic transfusion rxns
How does midgut volvulus present?
Midgut volvulus associated w/ malrotation of the gut, can be complicated by perforation and peritonitis
-usually presents in child
Describe anemia of prematurity
Most common anemia in premature and low birth weight infants
- diminished RBC production, shortened RBC lifespan, blood loss
- see normocytic normochromic anemia, low retic count
- normal WBC, platelets, and bilirubin
Differentiate traction apophysitis and patellar tendonitis
Traction apophysitis- more common in peds population (since can be due to growth patterns)
-pain reproduced by knee extending against resistance
Paterllar tendonitis- common as you get older b/c it’s from overuse
-pts have point tenderness at inferior pole of the patella
7 day old neonate w/ 2 days of jaundice and poor feeding
Next step
Blood cultures and LP = work up for meningitis
-jaundice in first 3-7 days can indicate bacterial sepsis or UTI in neonates
14 yo AA boy w/ limp and r. hip pain
-HCT 22%
Osteonecrosis = avascular necrosis
-present in up to 50% of pts homozygous for sickle cell gene
Risk factor for hip subluxation
LGA
13 yo w/ progressive muscle weakness for 2 mo
- temporal wasting, thin cheeks, emaciated extremities, thenar and hypothenar atrophy, upper lip in shape of inverted V
- delayed relaxation
(a) Diagnosis
(b) Delayed relaxation?
(c) Mode of inheritance
(a) Myotonic muscular dystrophy
(b) Myotonia = delayed relaxation
- classic example = can’t release hand after handshake
(c) Autosomal dominant
Describe cyclic vomiting
(a) Associated finding
Cyclic vomiting = recurrent episodes of self-limited nausea and vomiting w/ no other factors indicating something else
(a) Often associated w/ history of migraines
Gait disturbance, pes cavus, ataxia, absent ankle jerks
Friederich’s ataxia
Most common type of strabismus
(a) First step of tx
50% of cross eye cases are esodeviation = medial deviation of the eye
(a) Cover the normal eye to force the affected eye to correct itself => allows proper visual maturation
9 mo old AA boy w/ swelling of hands and feet for 2 days
Mechanism?
Hand-food syndrome = dactylitis = earliest manifestation of vaso-occlusion in SC
Why are sickle cell pts often on prophylactic abx?
Due to splenic infarction they’re essentially asplenic by 2-3 yoa => very susceptible to infection by capsulated organisms (strep pneumo and H. influenza) => prophylactic abx
Tongue fibrilliations w/ hypotonia and normal social/language skills
Infantile SMA (spinal muscular atrophy) = Werdnig-Hoffman’s
1 yo boy w/ bruising and blood in stool
- multiple otitis medias + 2 pneumonias
- dry, scaly patches on cheeks and lower extremities
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome: X linked hereditary d/o
Presents in boys during early childhood w/ a tendency to bleed due to thrombocytopenia; recurrent bacterial viral and fungal infections due to immune deficiency, and eczema