Endo, Immunology, Allergy Flashcards
Normal birth history and gestational weight
Normal linear growth velocity for age
Bone age consistent with chronological age
Familial short stature
Delayed growth in one parent but average final stature
Chronological age greater than bone age
Constitutional short stature
Xray of what part should be done to determine cause of short stature?
Xray of the left wrist
Cardinal features of diabetes insipidus
Polyuria and polydipsia
What tests should be done to distinguish central form nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Water deprivation test and ADH administration
Hormone that is the Principal regulator of tonicity
Vasopressin
Most common site of pheochromocytoma
Adrenal medulla
Pheochromocytoma is a catecholamine secreting tumor arising from what cells?
Chromaffin cells
Predominant catecholamine in children with pheochromocytoma
Norepinephrine
How much insulin should be given in children with diabetic ketoacidosis?
0.1 u/kg bolus followed by constant infusion of 0.1u/kg/hr
Block in development of B cell
Healthy infants until 6 months
Recurrent ear infection, bronchitis or pneumonia or dermatitis
Bruton X linked agammaglobulinemia
Profound system immunodeficiency
Selective defect in cell mediated immunity with susceptibility to chronic candida infection or the skin and mucous membranes
50% due to deficiency in adenosine deaminase
Succumb within first 2 years of life
Severe combined immunodeficiency disorder
Increased susceptibility to viral, fungal and protozoal infections
Absent or aberrant thymus at 12 weeks AOG
DiGeorge
Congenital thymic aplasia
CATCH 22 of DiGeorge
Cardiac defect (TOF) Abnormal facies Thymic aplasia Cleft palate Hypocalcemia 22q11.2 deletion
Immunodeficiency with thrombocytopenia and eczema
X linked recessive
Wiskott- Aldrich syndrome
