Week 10: GU and gyne Flashcards
what is the expected ages to achieve voluntary/intentional urination in kids?
girls: 5
boys: 6
what is the difference between primary and secondary enuresis?
primary: never achieved continence
secondary: incontinence after 3-6 months of dryness
polysymptomatic enuresis (urgency, frequency, dribbling) is associated with ________
constipation
what are risk factors for enuresis?
- low SES
- large family
- single parent
- low birth weight
- OSA
- short height
- poor speech coordination
- FAMILY HX
- ADHD
organic causes of secondary enuresis?
- UTI
- DM
- diabetes insipidus
- nocturnal seizures
- sickle cell anemia
- medication
- emotional stress
strategies to help with enuresis?
- reward chart for dry nights in conjunction with other strategies
- conditioning with alarms
- dry bed training (parents wake them every hour, then stretch out the intervals)
- bladder retention training (load with fluids, ask to hold for 5-10 min)
what is the difference between retentive and non-retentive encopresis?
retentive: fecal incontinence from functional constipation (liquid stool seeps around hard retained feces aka overflow)
non-retentive: no constipation/retention of stool
risk factors for encopresis?
- males
- family history
- enuresis
- ADHD
- autism
what are some benefits associated with oral contraceptives?
○ prevention of pregnancy
○ protection against ovarian and endometrial cancers
○ decreased risk of functional ovarian cysts and benign breast conditions
○ improvement of acne
decreased menstrual blood loss and menstrual symptoms, such as dysmenorrhea
What are the two distinct time periods where it is normal to have physiologic vaginal discharge in pre-pubescent girls?
- after birth (secondary to effects of maternal estrogen)
- 6 months 1 year before onset of menarche (around tanner stage 4)
history questions to ask with vaginitis in pre-pubescent girls?
- colour, consistency, amount
- duration
- odour
- itching
- changes in bladder/bowel
- urinary symptoms, abdo pain
- changes in behaviour (nightmares, anxiety)
- change in soap/detergents
- bubble baths
- recent illness
- recent abx use
- hygiene practices (wiping self, front to back etc)
DDX for vaginitis in pre-pubescent girls
- irritant from soaps and detergents
- irritant from tight fighting clothes
- poor hygiene
- pinworms
- candida
- STI
- congenital abnormality
- vulvar skin disease (lichen sclerosis, contact deramtitis, psoriasis, zinc)
if casts are present in hematuria, consider ______ origin of hematuria
casts = glomerular
common causes of hematuria without casts?
• UTI • Trauma • Bleeding diathesis (hemophilia, ITP) • Renal tumors • Obstruction of the urinary tract • Renal stones • Hypercalciuria • Hemolytic uremic syndrome Schistosomiasis (in endemic areas)
History for gross hematuria
trauma to trunk, abdo, or perineum
- recent skin infection or pharyngitis
- dysuria, abdo or flank pain
- Presence at onset or end of voiding is urethral or bladder trigone
- does child look puffy/edema?
FmHx: hematuria, kidney disease, hearing loss, SLE, bleeding diathesis, hemolytic anemia, or inborn error of muscle metabolism
workup if suspicion of glomerulonephritis (eg casts in urine micro)?
-ASO titre
-ANA
-C3
-CBC
-Bun, cr
-Alb
-
random urine for creatinine-protein ratio
how is microscopic hematuria defined?
3 or more UA with >6 RBC
Causes of microscopic hematuria?
- infection
- structural
- trauma
-interstitial nephritis from….
infection: UTI, adenovirus, vaginitis, prostatitis
structure: renal vessel thrombosis, polycystic kidney, urinary obstruction, tumour
- hypercalciuria
- trauma
- interstitial nephritis from drugs
microalbuminuria in urine can be predictive of ________
glomerular nephritis
urine micro is best done when?
first morning sample
repeat 3 x
glomerulonephritis
most common causes?
- acute post-strep
- HSP
- IgA nephropathy
- SLE
- hemolytic urea syndrome
what are some signs and symptoms associated with
- post-strep glomerulonephritis?
- HSP
- HUS
post-strep:
- gross hematuria
- edema
- HTN
HSP:
- rash to lower extremities
- abdo pain
- proteinuria
HUS
- bloody diarrhea
- abdo pain
- pallor
- severe HTN
- decreased urine output
UTI
causative organism for first infections?
other organisms?
E coli (80-90% first infections)
remainder are gram neg enteric bacilli (proteus, klebsiella, enterobacter)
gram positive cocci (enterococci, staph saprophyticus)
define difference between:
- recurrent UTI
- persistent UTI
- relapse UTI
recurrent: reinfection with new organism (same or different species)
persistence: from med non-compliance or wrong abx
- when repeat urine cx remains positive after 14 days
relapse: symptoms recur within 2 months after initial episode even after negative cx was obtained at 14 days after abx completed (ie infection latent and flared)
how would you differentiate between cystitis and acute pyelo?
pyelo: urinary symptoms PLUS high fever, chills, flank pain, vomiting
AAP (2016) recommends that children younger than 2 years old should have ________ after first UTI
renal and bladder ultrasound
method of collecting urine specimen from:
- young infant
- older kiddo
infant: catheter (bag not reliable)
older kids: midstream
first line treatment of cystitis?
alternate?
-nitrofurantoin x 5 days
OR cefixime x 5 days
alternate:
Septra or amox-clav
first line treatment of pyelo?
cefixime x 7-10 days
OR
Septra for 7-10 days
OR Amox-Clav x 7-10 days