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1
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Symptoms of Pyloric Stenosis

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PROJECTILE (non-bile stained) vomit

Typically occurs after each meal

Constant hunger

Weight loss

2
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Risk factors of Pyloric Stenosis

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Boys

First borns

Family history

3
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Pyloric Stenosis Ix

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Pyloric mass or ‘olive’ palpable in RUQ

Ultrasound

Barium meal

4
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Pyloric Mx

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IV fluid for resuscitation and to correct electrolytes

Pyloromyotomy (muscle, but not mucosa of pylorus is cut)

5
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Gastroenteritis symptoms

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-Infective diarrhoea and vomit

6
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Causes of Gastroenteritis in kids?

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Rotavirus

Adenovirus

7
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Causes of bloody diarrhoea?

A

Bacterial

Campylobacter

Shigella

Intussusception

IBD

8
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Toddler diarrhoea classic presentation?

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‘Pea and carrots syndrome’ (presence of undigested veg in the stools)

9
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Underlying cause of toddler diarrhoea?

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Delay in intestinal motility

10
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Malabsorption symptoms

A

Anaemia

Abnormal stools (difficult to flush and very smelly)

Diarrhoea

Abdominal protrusion

11
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Coeliac disease symptoms

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Dermatitis herpetiformis

Abnormal stools

Abdominal distension

Buttock wasting

Irritable

<2 years

12
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Pathology behind coeliac

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Villus atrophy –> Flat mucosa

13
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Coeliac diagnosis

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Jejunal biopsy (will confirm villus atrophy)

Screen for autoantibodies:

IgA, Anti-reticulum, Anti endomysium

14
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Coeliac Mx

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Gluten free diet

15
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Common protein intolerances

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Cow’s milk

Soya

Wheat

Fish

Chicken eggs

16
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Describe Hirschsprung’s Disease

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A condition that affects the large intestine (colon) and causes problems with passing stool.

The condition is present at birth (congenital) as a result of missing nerve cells (parasympathetics) in the muscles of the baby’s colon

17
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Symptoms of Hirschspring’s Disease

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Failure to pass stool in first 48 hours of life

Abdominal distension

Bile stained vomit

18
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Hirschsprung’s Disease Ix

Findings of Ix

A

PR exam

On withdrawal of finger, a gush of liquid stools and flatus

19
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How do you treat Hirschsprung’s Disease?

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Surgery

20
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Presentation of tracheo-oesophageal fistula?

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Chronic cough since birth

Nasal regurgitation

Recurrent aspiration pneumonia

Cough and cyanosis when feeding

21
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Child has a history of becoming unwell (i.e with chest infection) and getting mild jaundice which resolves once the infection clears.

What is the most likely diagnosis?

A

Gilbert’s syndrome

22
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Intussception symptoms

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Recurrent jelly like stools

Palpable sausage shaped mass

Vomiting (could be bilious)

Episodic colicky abdo pain

23
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Is intussception most likely to affect boys or girls

A

boys

24
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Physiology of Intussception

A

Part of the bowel (usually the ileoceacal valve) has invaded into the next part of the bowel further on

25
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Where is the most common site for duodenal atesia to present?

A

Second part of the duodenum

26
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Characteristic appearance of a duodenal atresia on X-ray

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Double bubble and no gas in bowel distally

27
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How do you treat duodenal atresia?

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NG tube

IV fluids

28
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What is biliary atresia?

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Failure of biliary tract to develop

Conjugated bilirubin accumulates in blood (it has been produced but it has no way of entering the gut)

Causes jaundice & pale stools

29
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Ix Biliary atresia

A

Abdo USS

Liver biopsy

30
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When would necrotising enterocolitis usually present?

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Babies in their first week of life

31
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Symptoms of necrotising enetrocolitis

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Pass blood

Pass mucous

Distended abdomen

Perforation

32
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Ix Necrotising Enterocolitis

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Stool cultures

Abdominal X-ray

33
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Treatment of Necrotising Entercolitis

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Stop feeding orally

Broad spec antibiotics

Parenteral nutrition

Surgery

34
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Long term complications of necrotising entercolitis?

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Malabsoprtion

Strictures