bs-pds-oo Flashcards
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Retropharyngeal abscess (clinical sx/sign and test to order and organisms involved)
fever, dysphagia, inability to extend neck, muffled voice, lateral x-ray with widened prevertebral space; get a CT w/ contrast; polymicrobial (s. pyogenes, s. aureus, anaerobes); most commonly children 6 months to 6 years
Epiglottitis
high fever, drooling, “thumb” sign (swollen epiglotis)
Henoch-Schonlein purpura (a/w with what complication)
immune-mediated leukocytoclastic vasculitis a/w IgA deposition; purpura, arthritis, abd pain, renal dz, scrotal swelling/pain; normal platelets/coags, hematuria, inc. Cr; Tx = NSAIDs, supportive, steroids; INTUSSUSCEPTION (ileo-ileal or small bowel, look for “target sign” on ultrasound since these do not show up on contrast enema)
DDx of hyperandrogenemia and oligo-ovulation
PCOS (most common but need to rule out others), ovarian/adrenal tumors, late-onset CAH, hyper-prolactinemia, acromegaly, Cushing’s Dz
Partial deficiecny of 21-hydroxylase in female patients
adolescence/adulthood presentation w/ hirsuitism, virilism, elevated 17-hydroxyprogesterone, varying degrees of salt wasting (depending on degree of enzyme deficiency)
PCOS
oligo-ovulation, hyperandrogenemia, polycystic ovries on imaging (2 out of 3 of these); High LH:FSH ratio is nonspecific; 17-hydroxyprog is usually NORMAL
Acute otitis media (presentation, causative organisms, complications, treatment)
6-36 months, fever, fussiness, irritability, ear complaints; Strep pneumo (40%), H. influenza (30%), viral (RSV and rhino - 30%), Moraxella catarrhalis (10%), hearing loss, mastoiditis, labrynthitis, TX = amoxicillin 10 days, or IM ceftriaxone
pyloric stenosis
boys, projectile nonbilious vomiting, palpable olive-shaped mass in RUQ, hypochloremic, hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis; Dx = abdominal ultrasound; Tx = pyloromyotomy (after hydration and stabilization of e-lytes)
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
most common GI emergency in NICU; prematurity and low birth weight are RFs; air in bowel wall (“train-track”, pneumatosis intestinalis on xray and portal venous air (look at liver); can cause perforation and pneumoperitoneum); labs: leukocytosis and metabolic acidosis from inflammation and intestinal ischemia; Tx = supportive and also BREASTMILK is best!
Hemophilia A & B
Factor VIII, IX deficiences; X-linked recessive; males, hemarthroses, intramuscular hematomas, mucosal bleeding, GI/GU bleeding, intracranial hemorrhage; late complications = hemophilic arthropathy, blood-borne infection, inhibitory Abs; tests: Coags (PT, INR, PTT); Tx = Factor VIII/IX
Vitamin A deficiency
age 2 or 3, dry conjunctiva, dry cornea, scaly skin, impaired adaptation to darkness, keratomalacia (wrinkled, cloudy cornea), Bitot spots (dry, silver-gray plaques on bulbar conjunctiva), follicular hyperkeratosis
Thiamine defiency
a/w infantile/adult beriberi and Wernicke-Korsakoff; infantile beriberi = cardiomegaly, tachycardia, cyanosis, dyspnea, vomiting; adult beriberi = dry/wet, dry = symmetrical peripheral neuropathy w/ sensory and motor impairments (distal extremities), wet = neuropathy + cardiac (CHF, cardiomegaly, edema))
Riboflavin deficiency
sore throat, edematous oropharyngeal mucous membranes, cheilitis, stomatitis, normocytic normochromic anemia, seborrheic dermatitis, photophobia
Scurvy
Ascorbic acid defiency: impaired collagen synthesis; ecchymoses, petechiae, bleeding gums, hyperkeratosis, Sjogren’s syndrome, arthralgias, impaired wound healing; weakness, malaise, coiled hair, depression, neuropathy, dry skin, dry eyes
Hypervitaminosis A
excessive Vitamin A = anorexia, pruritis, hepatomeagly, alopecia, irritability, increased ICP, seborrheic cutaneous lesions
Jervell-Lange-Nielson syndrome
congenital long QT syndrome: congenital deafness, syncopal episode WITHOUT following disorientation (so Torsades or other arrhythmia is likely), normal physical exam, and history of sudden cardiac death; TX = propranolol
acute bacterial rhinosinusitis
cough, nasal discharge, swollen turbinates; Sx >10 days or severe Sx, fever > 39C, face pain for > 3 days; or worsening Sx >5 days after initial improvement; Tx = amoxicillin + clavulanic acid; most common causes; s. pneumo and h. influ
erythema multiforme
acute, self limited reaction, commonly from herpes simplex; targetoid papule/plaque; arcofacial distribution
Nikolsky sign
gentle lateral pressure on the skin surface adjacent to blister causes slipping and detachment of superficial layer of skin)
Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
exfoliative toxin producing strains of S. aureus. targets desmoglein-1 (keratinocyte adhesion in superficial epidermis; prodrome of fever, irritiability, skin tenderness; erythema starts on face –> generalizes over 24-48 hours; Nikolsky sign positive; Scaling and desquamation for 5 days, resolves w/in 2 weeks;
impetigo
localized epidermal infection causes by S. aureus or group A beta hemolytic strep; more common in kids than adults; bullous = flaccid, honey-colored crust
scarlet fever
toxin-related process; (group A beta-hemolytic strep; children; usually after tonsilitis, pharyngitis; prodrome of fever, headache, vomiting, sore throat; rough-sandpaper-like texture of eruption
erysipelas
bacterial infection of dermis; well demarcated indurated warm tender plaque; fever, chills, malaise, group A strep; face and lower extremities
foreign body aspiration
cough, focal monophasic wheezing, inspiratory stridor; most common 6 months to 4 years; acute onset