Peds Exam 2

Question 1

what is Reye’s Syndrome

Answer 1

acute encephalopathy

Question 2

what may cause Reye’s syndrome

Answer 2

aspirin during a virus

Question 3

manifestations of Reye’s syndrome

Answer 3

effortless vomiting
ALOC and behavior change
recent viral infection

Question 4

what is meningitis

Answer 4

inflammation of the meninges

Question 5

bacterial infection cause of meningitis

Answer 5

HIB

Question 6

most common cause of meningitis

Answer 6

bacterial

Question 7

headache 
vomiting 
drowsiness
seizures
nystagmus 
strabismus 
ataxia
behavioral changes
cerebral enlargement 

are all indicators of what

Answer 7

ICP

Question 8

cause of intracranial seizures

Answer 8

disorders, injury, epilepsy

Question 9

cause of extracranial seizures

Answer 9

metabolic, nutrition and fever

Question 10

cause of toxic seizures

Answer 10

anesthetics, drugs, poisons

Question 11

what will febrile seizures lead to

Answer 11

nothing –> they do not lead to epilepsy

Question 12

what are the three types of spina bifida

Answer 12

myelodysplasia
spina bifida occulta
spina bifida cystica

Question 13

what is myelodyplasia

Answer 13

any malformation of the spinal cord

Question 14

what is spina bifida occulta

Answer 14

defect that is not visibly external

Question 15

what is spina bifida cystica

Answer 15

visible sac like protrusion

Question 16

management of spina bifida

Answer 16

surgery
bladder and bowel incontinence
cast and surgery

Question 17

types of cerebral palsy

Answer 17

spastic
athetoid
ataxic
mixed

Question 18

what is spastic cerebral palsy

Answer 18

spasms occur during movements

Question 19

what is athetoid cerebral palsy

Answer 19

continuous involuntary movements

Question 20

what is ataxia cerebral palsy

Answer 20

uncoordinated movements

Question 21

what is mixed cerebral palsy

Answer 21

mix between athetoid and spastic cerebral palsy