Aaron: Pediatrics Flashcards
(130 cards)
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Bacterial Conjunctivus is differentiated from viral conjunctivitis how?
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bacterial conjunctivus immediately reaccumulates after being wiped away
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Viral conjunctivus is no longer contagious when?
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the eye discharge stops
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Assuming a patient is positive for lyme disease, what is the next test to order?
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ELISA test, do not order bacterial cultures on the patient
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Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis can be cause by what?
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Macrolide abx exposure
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Early daycare exposure can cause what?
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Atopic dermatitis prevention
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A patient has recurrent abscesses, what type of organisms are they vulnerable to?
What disease is this?
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Catalase +
Chronic Granulomatous Disease
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If there is a pediatric emergency, and no parent, what should be done?
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Do the procedure
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If patient has intusception, and the patient has extreme pain after an enema, what is the next step?
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An Abdominal X-ray
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RSV is very dangerous for infants, what is the one symptom that is particularly scary?
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Apenic episodes
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Iron deficiency anemia in patients can cause what?
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Developmental Delay
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A pediatric patient has scoliosis, and the patient’s Cobb angle is less than 10. What is the next best step?
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Follow up only if the patient is symptomatic
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Bilious emesis, abdominal distention, delayed meconium passing and a family history of recurrent sinus infections, what is this disease?
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Cystic Fibrosis
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Meningicoccal Meningitis has what abx given for prophylatic treatment
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Rifampin
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When Syphilis is suspected what other tests should be ordered?
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Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and HIV
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Elder abuse, what are three things to order?
Patient has rib pain
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Chest Xray
Tylenol/Toradol
Social Work Consult, get them to the ER
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Does Minimal Change Disease have a night relapse risk?
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Yes
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What is a big risk factor for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome?
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Maternal Smoking
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Cranky toddler, pulling on his ear, purulent ear fluid cannot see the tympanic membrane, what could this disease be?
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Suppurative Otitis media
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Chlamydia Conjunctivus can cause what problems?
When is it seen?
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Bilateral Purulent Drainage
5-15 Days
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When Children have leg pain at night, what leg pain attribute is most concerning?
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Unilateral pain
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A patient has bow legs between ages 0-2. What is the next step in management?
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Observe and Reassure
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Hepatotoxicity and thrombocytopenia are side effects of what seizure medication?
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Valproic Acid
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What pediatric disease has an EEG with bilateral polyspike and slow wave discharges? Worse with alcohol and sleep deprivation
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Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
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Are patient’s that have a febrile seizure at risk of having another febrile seizure?
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Yes, can be caused 2/2 a viral illness. First day, must be observed.
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If a patient does not tolerate milk around 3 months. Milk is eliminated from the diet. Then what should happen?
The patient should not re-introduce milk into their diet until 1 year old.
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Strept throat, what lymph nodes are usually enlarged?
Anterior Lymph nodes
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What is another name for keratitis?
Cornea infection
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Hordeolum is a bacterial infection of what?
Sebaceous gland
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Uveitis is due to an infection of what?
What type of diseases are they usually associated with?
Choroid, Vitreous, iris, ciliary body
Autoimmune diseases
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Keratitis has what three symptoms?
What is the next best step?
Photophobia
Impaired Vision
Foreign Body Sensation
Referral to an ophthalmologist
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Egg allergy with influenza, what should be done?
Give vaccine but make sure it is inactivated IM influenza vaccine
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Non-classical adrenal hyperplasia has a 21 hydroxylase deficiency. What will they not have?
No testicular enlargement, early puberty and bone aging.
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What are concerning pediatric hematoma features?
Greater than 4 cm
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What is a big EBV/mono side effect?
Persistent fatigue for months
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Non-classical adrenal hyperplasia has a 21-hydroxylase deficiency. What will they not have?
No testicular enlargement, early puberty and bone aging.
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Pediatric patients that have iron deficiency supplementation should see what changes first?
Increase Reticulocyte Count
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For Kawaski disease, ibuprofen is the first treatment. What is the next treatment?
IV Immunoglobulin
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Fever for 5 days, rash (inguinal folds), nonexudative conjunctivitis, mucositis,, in a pediatric patinet?
Kawaski Disease
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What type of tumor is unilateral, painful, causes hypertension and hematuria?
Wilms Tumor
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What type of tumor has unilateral abdominal mass, flushing, sweating, and non-painful mass? There is catecholamine release.
Neuroblastoma
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If a patient has a seizure, low Ca, high phosphate, high PTH, what is going on?
Pseudohypoparathyroidism, the patient has end organ resistance to PTH
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What rash appears as a single patch, eventually causes an itchy, rash, spares palms and soles???? Viral symptoms
Pityriasis Rosea "Hearld patch"
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What can cause dental carries and problems with patient's teeth?
Feeding at Night
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If an infant is drinking soy milk and he starts to have blood stools, what is the next best step?
Switch to formula
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What are two things that d/c someone from an organ donation?
Under 18 or have uncontrolled psych history
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What infectious disease can cause oculoglandular swelling and enlarged lymph nodes?
Bartonella Hensala
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Are steroids recommended for viral meningitis?
No
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, what is the treatment of choice?
Doxycycline
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Puberty development: breasts, no pubic hair, no menstrual cycle at age 15 and no breast/no menarche at age 13 is what?
Androgen Insensitivty Syndrome
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Higher fever at presentation with bloody diarrhea does or does not hint a Shiga toxin E.coli?
High Fever points away Shiga toxin E. coli
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A teenager in concussion protocol has dizziness and nausea, what is the next step?
Rest 24 hours and start light activity again
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Septic Arthritis in a pediatric hip, what is the first treatment step and the respective abx?
Vancomycin and aspirate the hip
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If you receive ampicillin for GBS and give birth, do you need another round of ampicillin?
No you do not
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Pediatric Tinea Capitis, what is the treatment of choice?
Oral Griseofulvin or Oral Terbinafine
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If I have a low reticulocyte count and arrest of erythropoesis, after an infection, what is this disease?
Aplastic Crisis 2/2 parvovirus
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Delayed testicle enlargement by what age is concerning?
14 years old
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If a patient's testicle does not descend before what age, should the patient have surgery?
6 months, should have an orchiopexy
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What is the most common side effect of spina bifida?
Neurogenic bladder
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A pediatric patient has family that passed away from a heart attack at age 45, what screening test should be done early on?
Lipid panel
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NF-1 the patient has cafe au late spots and what else?
Optic Gliomas
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NF-2 patients typically have problems where?
Ears, deafness
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Lipid screening happens universally in children between what two age brackets?
Age 9-11
Age 17-21
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If a pediatric patient has being hinted at cystic fibrosis based on the PMHX, what is the abx tx of choice?
Cefepime and amikacin
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Balanitis is what?
infection of the glans penis
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Balanoposthitis is what?
infection of the glans penis and foreskin
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Assuming there is glans penis inflammation and potential fungal infection, what should be evaluated next?
Blood Glucose level
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Cough, Coryza, and Conjunctivitis are what?
What direction does the rash spread?
Measles, Vitamin A
Rash spreads from head to feet
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A patient (healthy) and sibling (post kidney transplant) need a Varicella vaccine, what are the next best steps?
What should be monitored
Patient should get, sister should not
Patient should be monitored for a rash, if he gets a rash, could hurt the sister (immunocompromised)
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A young girl has scoliosis, what would be concerning symptom regarding this?
Back Pain that awakens patients during the middle of the night, concerning for a spinal cord tumor
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What is a pediatric physiologic response that has 5-10 second breath pauses followed by rapid shallow breaths? Treatment?
Periodic breathing, watch and wait, should resolve around 6 months
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Apnea of prematurity, episodes last how long? When they should resolve by?
Greater than 20 seconds, 1st week of life
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In diaper rash ddx, what should be given for big red beefy plaques? Involves the skin folds
Clotrimazole, fungal infection
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Irritant contact dermatitis spare what areas, what is the treatment?
Spares skin Folds, irritant, use a topical barrier, zinc oxide
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Do cate bite puncture wounds require prophylactic abx, even if domestic animal?
Yes, i know
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How many fever days are needed to start to worry about kawaski disease?
5 days of fever
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How long should a patient take oral penicillin after a S. Pyogenes infection?
10 days, cannot prevent glomerulonephritis
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A young patient was sick a week ago, never sexually active. Arthritis, joint pain, and a slight facial, malar rash is seen. How does one differentiate between Lupus and Viral Arthritis?
Viral Arthritis is usually seen a week or so after the patient's illness. SLE is much more gradual and over time
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Knock Knee in patients, symmetric angulation inward, the patient should do what, age 3?
Do nothing, no walking/corrective shoes are needed, will resolve on its own
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Acne that does not respond to treatment, regardless of the type, what is usually the next medication step?
oral abx (macrolide or doxycycline)
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If a patient has a 7 minute seizure, and she has a 104F fever, and is not back to her neuo baseline in 10 minutes, why should she have an LP?
AMS, not back at baseline, concern for meningitis
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Mastoidites requires what?
Middle Ear Drainage and IV abxs
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An egg allergy only impacts what vaccination?
Yellow Fever
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What is the SPF number that is suggested for pediatric Sunscreen?
30 or higher
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What age should their be concern if a young female patient has not had her period yet?
15 years old
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Do oral steroids help in RSV?
Is a nasal swab necessary for an RSV diagnosis?
No
No
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If a baby has an RSV disease, what is something that could potentially cause/recurr?
Recurrent Wheezing
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Chronic Cough lasting for more than 4 weeks, what should be done?
Spirometry
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Croup, barking cough, what should the patient be given?
IM corticosteroids and nebulized epinephrine
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Croup has the steeple sign on chest xray, will that be needed to diagnostically treat the patient?
No
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True or False, Eczema will resolve by adulthood
True
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Spine Kyphosis or increased spine curvature between 20-40 degrees, what is the treatment?
None, continue to observe
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What is physiologic jaundice?
Will there be anemia?
Jaundice that appears after birth in most infants, due to increased RBC count with a shorter RBC life span, and decreased hepatic bilirubin clearance
No anemia
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When should pureed foods be introduced into the patient's diet?
6 months
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Can breast milk incidentally cause iron deficiency anemia?
Yes
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Mentzer index (MCV/RBC) can help differentiate what diseases?
What is the hemoglobin usually under?
Mentzer Index > 13, think iron deficiency anemia
Mentzer Index < 13, think about alpha and beta thalassemia
Hemoglobin less than 3
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When should cow's milk start to be introduced with babys?
One year old
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Platelet count under 30,000, ITP, what should the patient be given?
Immunoglobulins
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Cephalic swelling at birth that crosses the midline is called what? Treatment?
Caput Succedaneum, resolves within a few days
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Cephalohematoma and subperiosteal bleed is a concerning head finding. What will be seen on physical exam?
Swelling that does not cross the midline
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Lead levels between 0-44, what should be given?
Lead levels between 45-69, what should be given?
Lead levels above 70+, what should be given?
0-44: No medications
45-69: DMSA, succimer
70+: Dimercaprol and EDTA
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In order for lead poisoning to be treated with activated charcoal, when should be given?
Appear in an hour
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IgA nephropathy shows up with painless hematuria after a viral URI, what other disease symptoms are concerning with the patient after the hematuria has resolved?
HTN, elevated creatinine, and persistent proteinuria
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What is the magic number that if bilirubin is above it, the patient needs a blood transfusion/exchange?
Bilirubin 20-25 mg/dL
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Corticosteroid suppression over what length needs a taper?
3 weeks, otherwise, no taper
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What disease pathology occurs when a patient progresses from stable (able to bear weight) to unstable cannot bear weight? The patient is young, obese, no trauma, no fever
Slipped Capital femoral epiphysis
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If an infant is an IV drug user, what should they have done regarding hepatitis B treatment?
Hepatitis Vaccine and immunoglobulin within 12 hours of birth, should be given promptly
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New Type 1 DM, elevated A1c and Vaginal candidiasis, what is other test that should be ordered?
Thyroid function
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Scoliosis with a Cobb angle greater than 40 degrees needs what? Less than 40 degrees means what?
Ortho consult
Less than 40 degrees leave alone
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Hyperglycemic baby can have what heart problem?
Thickened IV septum, resolves without surgery
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Legg-Calve-Perthes disease is seen in what pediatric age group?
5-7 years old
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What empiric abx Sickle Cell Coverage should be given? Concerned for osteomyelitis?
Clindamycin and Ceftriaxone
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What type of cellulitis is worse with eye movement? Tx?
Orbital Cellulitis, IV abx plus or minus surgical debridement
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What type of cellulitis is not worse with eye movements?
Septal Cellulitis
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What type of cellulitis is worse with eye movement? Tx?
periobital Cellulitis, IV abx plus or minus surgical debridement
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Stressful situations can have a potential complications with elevated glucose and ketones with a sickness and illness is what?
Stress hyperglycemia
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TSC Patients have elevated chance of what? What test should be ordered?
Epilepsy and EEGs evaluate the problems
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Walking on the lateral part of the foot as an infant is what?
What is the treatment?
Clubfeet
Tx: Applying molding casts to the feet can improve the condition
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In babies, is ceftriaxone recommended in babies?
why or why not?
No ceftriaxone in the first month of life
Can displace bilirubin from albumin, can make kenicterius worse
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A baby has sepsis the first month of life, what are the best meds?
Ampicillin and Gentamicin
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S. Pharyngitis typically has what kind of lymphadenopathy?
Anterior Cervical Lymphadenopathy
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Sickle Cell patient has macrocytic anemia, what is the first thing to evaluate?
B9 deficiency
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Speech regression, loss of purposeful hand movements, gait disturbances, and seizures in a pediatric patient. What is this?
Rett Syndrome (MECP2 gene)
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Wilms tumor
Anirida
Genitoiurinary Syndrome
Mental Retardation
Where is the malignancy based?
Renal Mass
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If a patient presents with drinking a lot of water and is not in DKA, what is the first test?
Water Deprivation test, concern for polydypsia
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If patient has a penicillin allergy and needs pre-surgery abx, what is an alternative?
Vancomycin
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Recurrent headache, minutes to hours, 30 year old male, little past medical history, what is the most likely diagnosis?
Rupture AVM
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Focal Nodular Hyperplasia is characterized by what?
hyperdense lesion that has central, stellate scar
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A young child has stridor when laying supine, but resolves when prone. What is this?
laryngomalacia, should do flexible fiberoptic larygnscopy
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After having the flu, a patient takes an aspirin, this causes hepatomegaly with jaundice, cerebral edema, low glucose, and elevated liver enzymes, what is this?
Reye Syndrome
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Patient has a cold, runny nose one week, and the symptoms have resolved, the patient has a murmur and bilateral wheezing, what is this?
Viral Myocarditis
