Illness Scripts Flashcards
(92 cards)
Functional Constipation
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing condition:
Usually occurs around toilet training, related to a painful bowel movement
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common Cause:
Inciting event leads to stool retention, followed by rectal/colon dilation, then failure of the rectum to generate pressure to have a bowel movement or sense a bowel movement
- Clinical Manifestions:
Abdominal pain/distention, stool in rectal vault, fecal incontinence, stool on KUB ( not always needed for diagnosis)
- Dx: Usually diagnosed by history and exam but can use KUB
- Tx: Diet changes, consider stool softeners and laxitives. We typically use miralax
Henoch Schonlein Purpura
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing condition:
Peaks around 4-6 yrs of age
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common Cause:
Small vessel vascultis related to IgA deposition, neutrophils and monocytes
- Clinical Manifestions:
RASH: symmetric, appear in crops, usually on lower extremities and in pressure dependent areas,
range from erythematous macular wheels that coalesce and evolve into ecchymoses, can have petechia and purpura
ARTHRALGIAS: transient, migratory, large lower extremity joints, edematous but not erythematous
ABD PAIN: hematochezia, intussusception
RENAL DZ: hematuria, hypertension, proteinuria-renal disease is a late finding
Labs: CBC should be normal in the face of petechia/purpura
- Dx: Diagnosed by history and exam
- Tx: SUPPORTIVE care, sometimes steroids are needed for severe abdominal pain or renal involvement but this is controversial
Intussusception
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing condition:
- 3 mos to 6 yrs of age
- 75% are idiopathic
- Possibly caused by preceding viral illness such as adenovirus
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common Cause:
Periodic telescoping of the bowel due to a “lead point”
With telescoping, the messentary is also drawn in and obstructs vessels causing swelling and then bowel gets stuck, losing blood supply
Most common pathologic lead point is a MECKELS diverticulum
- Clinical Manifestations:
- Intermittent abdominal pain, occurring every 15-20 minutes
- Drawing up legs with episodes
- Vomiting, may be bilious
- Sausage shape mass in the RLQ
- Currant jelly stool
Ultrasound: target sign
KUB: distended loops with no colonic gas
- Dx: Diagnosed by ULTRASOUND
- Tx: air enema, if unable to reduce then proceed to surgical reduction
Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing condition:
Steroids, NSAIDS, Stress, H. Pylori
- Pathophysiologic insult/ Common Cause:
- Defect in gastric or duodenal mucosa
- NSAIDS inhibit cox 1 which decreases prostaglandins which protect stomach
- H. Pylori possibly increases stomach acid secretion
- Clinical Manifestations:
Epigastric pain, GERD, nausea, fullness, melena, hematochezia, endoscopy shows erosions
4 Dx: History and exam findings and SCOPE
- Tx: Dietary/life style changes, PPI, possibly carafate
Crohns Dz and Ulcerative Collitis
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing condition:
Late childhood and adolescence
- Pathophysiologic insult/ Common Cause:
* not understood* :) one less thing to memorize girl - Clinical Manifestations:
CROHNS:
- bx-TRANSMURAL inflammation with granulomas,
- colonoscopy = cobblestoning and SKIP lesions,
- inflammation is anywhere along digestive tract but focuses on ILEUM/ILEOCECAL, rectal sparing,
- can have perianal disease and fistulas
ULCERATIVE COLITIS:
- bx = MUCOSAL/SUBMUCOSA inflammation with CRYPT abscesses and crepitates
- colonoscopy = CONTINUOUS inflammation from COLON TO RECTUM, no skip lesions
- Toxic megacolon can be complication
Findings for BOTH: abdominal pain, weight loss, elevated crp/esr, rectal bleeding, diarrhea, poor growth
- Dx: Scope with bx
- Tx: Immune suppression
Pancreatitis
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing condition: Family hx, gall stones, preceding viral illness, medications, systemic diseases, metabolic disorders, abnormal anatomy of pancreas
- Pathophysiologic insult/ Common Cause:
- - idiopathic
- - galls stones obstruct common bile duct
- - if hereditary it can be autoimmune - Clinical Manifestations:
- - epigastric pain, may radiate to back or have diffuse abdominal pain
- - amylase and lipase are elevated
- - if gallstone is the etiology you may have elevated bilirubin and LFTs - Dx: Elevated, amylase and lipase, ULTRASOUND shows pancreatitis
- Tx: pain control, diet restriction as tolerated, remove inciting cause if able such as a gall stone
Appendicitis
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing condition:
More common in children >10 yoa and peaks in adolescence
- Pathophysiologic insult/ Common Cause:
Appendix gets obstructed, leading to bacterial overgrowth and infection
- Clinical Manifestations:
- Periumbilical pain progressing to RLQ pain
- Rovsings sign, Obturator sign and Iliopsoas Sign,
- rebound tenderness with guarding
- younger children may have non specific signs
- pts may have fever, elevated WBC and CRP
- Dx: CT of abdomen/pelvis or ultrasound
- Tx: Surgical
Cholecystitis
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing condition:
Hemoglobinopathies, Cystic Fibrosis
- Pathophysiologic insult/ Common Cause:
Cystic duct obstruction leads to inflammatory process
- Clinical Manifestations:
- RUQ pain, can radiate to shoulder, worse after fatty foods, + murphy’s sign
- ultrasound shows edematous gall bladder
- HIDA scan shows decreased function
- Dx: Hida scan, ULTRASOUND
- Tx: Surgical
Ovarian Torsion
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing condition:
Can occur at any age but most common after start of menstruation, Ovarian cyst or mass can be inciting factor
- Pathophysiologic insult/ Common Cause:
rotation of INFUNDIBULOPELVIC LIGAMENT which houses OVARIAN VESSELS; flow is obstructed when twisted
- Clinical Manifestation:
– Moderate to severe pelvic pain that radiates to the flank, back, groin and is described as sharp, stabbing, colicky, cramping,
– may have adenexal mass on manual exam,
– Pelvic/transvaginal u/s with doppler shows decreased or absent flow
- Dx: Pelvic ultrasound with doppler
- Tx: Surgical
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing condition:
Sexually active, hx of unprotected sex, multiple partners, hx of STI or STI in partner
- Pathophysiologic insult/ Common Cause:
Endocervical infection weakens the barrier and ascends up GU tract
- Clinical Manifestation:
bilateral pelvic and lower abdominal pain, less then 2 weeks in duration, abnormal discharge, friable cervix, cervical motion tenderness
- Dx: Culture or urine chlamydia and gonorrhea PCR
- Tx: Ceftriaxone for gonorrhea and azithromycin for chlamydia , tx varies
Malrotation/Volvulus
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing Condition:
Usually <1y.o.a. and associated with other GI anomalies
- Pathophysiologic insult/ Common Causes:
Arrest of normal rotation of the gut, narrow mesenteric base which leads to increased mobility, may have lads bands, volvulus is when the small bowel twists around the superior mesenteric artery
- Clinical Manifestations:
Vomiting +/- bilious, abdominal distension and tenderness, upper GI shows a misplaced duodenum with corkscrew appearance
- Dx: Upper GI
- Tx: Surgical
Incarcerated Hernia
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing Condition:
Typically right sided, girls> boys, usually <1y.o.a.
- Pathophysiologic insult/ Common Cause:
Processus vaginalis is patent, bowel goes through internal ring
- Clinical Manifestations:
Irritable, crying, may have firm/discrete inguinal mass extending into scrotum/labia, may be tender to palpation
- Dx: Ultrasound
- Tx: Surgical
Testicular Torsion
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing Condition:
Increased incidence in the neonatal period and after puberty
- Pathophysiologic insult/ Common Cause:
- Teste is not attached to the tunica vaginalis(bell clapper deformity)
- often bilateral, enables twisting of spermatic chord (contains blood supply)
- Clinical Manifestations:
Abrupt onset of scrotal/testicular pain radiating to the groin/abdomen, edematous and tender teste, pain increases with elevation, no cremasteric reflex, Ultrasound shows twisting of chord, decreased or no blood supply
- Dx: ULTRASOUND with DOPPLER
- Tx: Surgical
Urinary Tract Infection
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing Condition:
More frequent in boys <1y.o.a. and girls < 4 y.o.a., uncircumcised increases risk, urinary obstruction, neurogenic bladder, constipation, sexual activity, vesico-ureteral reflux
- Pathophysiologic insult/ Common Cause:
Ecoli is the most common cause, staph saprophyticus for sexually active
- Clinical Manifestations:
<2y.o.a.: temp>40c = 104f, suprapubic tenderness, poor feeding, fussy, maybe no other source of fever
> 2y.o.a.: fever, dysuria, increased frequency, incontinence, abdominal/flank pain, chills
Lab: urine culture: cath: >50,000 cfu,
clean catch: >100,000 cfu
- Dx: Urine CULTURE
- Tx: abx coverage for ecoli, adjust depending on scenario
Asthma
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing Condition:
Allergies ,Eczema, Family history (1 parent increases risk by 2x and 2 parents by 5x)
- Pathophysiological insult/ Common Cause:
Acute phase: Allergen attaches to IgE and causes mast cell to release histamines, prostaglandins and leukotrienes which causes contraction of the smooth muscle.
Late phase: inflammation caused by eosinophils, neutrophils, basophils and helper/memory t cells, this also causes smooth muscle contraction
**smooth muscle contraction causes bronchial constriction
- Clinical Manifestation:
- coughing (can occur night or day or both), wheezing
- prolonged expiratory phase, retractions, decreased air entry
- **air movement, wheezing and tightness improve with beta agonist therapy
- if old enough, decreased PFTS, (>5y.o.a.)
- Dx by history and exam, evaluating before and after albuterol, use PFTS.
Depending on frequency of symptoms you classify asthma as intermittent, mild persistent, moderate persistent and severe) - Tx:
Albuterol: smooth muscle relaxer, enables bronchiol dilation (do this first), Steroids(inhaled, IV or oral) decrease inflammation, depending on severity use epi, magnesium etc
Bronchiolitis
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing Condition:
Late fall, winter, Less than 2 years of age
- Pathophysiologic insult/ Common Cause:
- Caused by RSV, can be other viruses.
- Infect terminal bronchiolar epithelial cells, causing inflammation, edema and mucous
- Sloughed cells cause obstruction and atelectasis of small airways, cell necrosis, ciliary disruption and peribronchiolar lymphocytic infiltration occurs.
- Clinical Manifestation:
cough, congestion, wheeze, retractions, prolonged expiratory phase, rales (crackles) that change in location, apnea in premature infants or children less than 2 mos of age
- Dx:
Rapid antigen testing, viral PCR
- Tx:
Supportive care, suctioning, iv fluids, hypertonic saline, typically albuterol, steroids and abx are NOT warranted
Chlamydial Pneumonia
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing Condition:
infants 4-12 weeks of age, vaginal delivery
- Pathophysiological insult/ Common Cause:
chlamydia is contracted as the baby passes through the vaginal canal
- Clinical Manifestation:
- upper respiratory tract infection symptoms, cough and congestion
- stacatto cough may occur in paroxysms , rales, wheezing is uncommon
- wbc is usually normal, eosinophilia can be present
- Dx: Culture is the gold standard
- Tx: Azithromycin or Erythromycin
Community Acquired Pneumonia
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing Condition:
Viral URI
- Pathophysiological insult/ Common Causes:
- URI causes weakness in defenses
- staph aureus and strep pneumo are the most common and are droplet spread, they infect the nasopharynx and then the lower respiratory tract,
- wbc’s, fluid and cell debris accumulate in the lungs, decrease lung compliance and ventilation
- Clinical Manisfestations:
- no specific symptoms associated with pneumonia
- tachypnea has the highest association with pneumonia
- can also have fever, cough, increased work of breathing, egophony and bronchophony (99), dullness to precussion, splinting, crackles (rales) in one location
- Xray shows a lobar consolidation
- Dx: Exam and history, may dx with chest x-ray
- Tx: Amoxicillin for outpatient, Ampicillin for inpatient
* if a complicated pneumonia or atypical pneumonia the treatment varies
Cystic fibrosis
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing Condition:
CFTR gene mutation, Parents are carriers, Whites are at highest risk
- Pathophysiological insult/ Common Cause:
- Mutations in the CFTR gene (Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Protein)
- causes decreased transport of sodium, bicarbonate and chloride
- causing increased viscosity of secretions in the lungs, pancreas, liver, intestines and reproductive tract
- also causes increased NaCl secretion in sweat
- Clinical Manifestations:
RESPIRATORY: may have sinusitis and nasal polyps, persistent cough, hyperinflation of lungs on X-ray, decreased PFTS showing obstructive disease. Infants may show persistent cough, wheeze, difficulty breathing
GI: pancreatic insufficiency leading to fat malabsorption and failure to thrive and steatorrhea. Vitamins K,A,D,E are not absorbed well (fat soluble)
Newborns may have a MECONIUm ILEUS, 80-90% of patients with Mec. Ileus will have CF, FTT in young patients
ENDOCRINE: late diabetes
- Dx:
- - Gene testing for the CFTR mutation assay,
- - newborns can have the IRT Assay which is a test for immuno reactive trypsinogen which is high in the new born period.
- - Sweat Cholide test - Tx: Supportive
Croup
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing Condition:
- 6 - 36 monthss of age
- fall/early winter
- anatomic airway abnormalities, history of difficult intubation
- Pathophysiological insult/ Common Cause:
Parainfluenza infects the nasopharynx and spreads to the larynx and trachea, causing subglottic tracheal narrowing and mucosal edema
- Clinical Manifestations:
- Runny nose, cough, congestion, “barky cough”,
- inspiratory stridor at rest or with activity, (at rest is more concerning)
- increased work of breathing
- steeple sign on x-ray
- Dx: Exam
- Tx:
- Racemic epi to decrease stridor and respiratory distress
- Decadron (a steroid) to decrease inflammation, stays in system for 48hrs
GERD
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing Condition:
- Usually patients <1yoa
- Children with developmental or neuromuscular disorders
- Pathophysiological insult/ Common Cause:
Stomach contents travel retrograde into the esophagus due to a weakened LES
- Clinical Manifestation:
- Symptoms typically resolve by 1 year of age, Back arching, spitting up, fussiness
- SANDIFER syndrome(stiffen, arch back, turn head, confused with sz), FTT
- Rectal bleeding (due to food protein induced proctocolitis (inflammation of rectum and colon)…milk)
- Apnea….ALTE (apparent life-threatening event)
– (older patients: epigastric pain, regurgitation, nausea, cough)
- Dx: by history and exam, could use Upper Gi but not needed
- Tx: H2 blocker or PPI, thicken feeds, positioning of baby
**Only treat when symptomatic, tx using medication does not stop spitting up but makes it tolerable due to decreasing acidity
Laryngomalacia
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing Condition:
Some patients may be HYPOTONIC or have underlying NEUROMUSCULAR DZ, common in the neonatal period without other issues
- Pathophysiological insult/ Common Cause:
- - collapse of supraglottic structures during inspiration - Clinical Manifestation:
- - Low pitched inspiratory stridor, loudest at 4-8 months, worse in the supine position and improves in the prone position.
- - May increase in sound with eating, sleeping or when patient has a URI - Dx: History or flex larnygoscopy
- Tx: Usually no treatment, patient grows out of it, can do supraglottoplasty
Trachealmalacia
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
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- Predisposing Condition:
none - Pathophysiological insult/ Common Cause:
– collapse of trachea during expiration due to poor cartilage formation
- Clinical Manifestation:
recurrent harsh or barky croup like cough
- Dx: Bronchoscopy or Fluoroscopy
- Tx: Usually no treatment, patient grows out of it, can do surgery if severe
Pertussis
- Predisposing Condition
- Pathophysiologic Insult/ Common causes
- Clinical Manifestations
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not part of traditional illness script - Dx
- Tx
- Predisposing Condition:
- - <1 y.o.a
- - unimmunized patients - Pathophysiological insult/ Common Cause:
Acquired through droplet exposure, attach to respiratory cilia and inhibit the defense mechanisms, enables microaspiration which causes coughing
- Clinical Manifestation: 3 stages:
- - CATARRHAL stage 1-2 weeks: mild cough and coryza
– PAROXYMAL stage 2-8 weeks: Cough increases with paroxysms causing gagging and cyanosis, struggle for breath, episodes occur spontaneously, worse at night, Coughing is followed by a whoop sound which is a forced inspiratory effort
– CONVALASCENT Stage 2 weeks: symptoms begin to resolve
On labs: Leukocytosis/lymphocytosis
Can cause apnea in infants
- Dx: culture or PCR
- Tx: Azithromycin