Paediatrics Flashcards
Is bronchiolitis an upper or lower RTI?
Lower
Most common viral cause of bronchiolitis
RSV
Age group affected by bronchiolitis
Age 1-9 months
RF for bronchiolitis
- Brest fed <2 months
- Smoke exposure
- Siblings
- Chronic lung disease due to prematurity
Bronchiolitis pathophysiology
- Proliferation of goblet cells –> excess mucus production
- Inflammation, bronchiolar constriction
- Lymphicytes –> submucosal oedema
- Mucus, oedema and increased cells in bronchioles –> hyperinflation, increased airway resistance, atelectasis and VP mismatch
S+S of bronchiolitis
- Coryzal Sx precede cough and breathlessness
- Dry wheezy cough
- Cyanosis
- Tachypnoe and tachycardia
- Recession
- Hyperinflation
Ix bronchiolitis
- Swabs
- Urine and blood if pyrexic
- Examination
When to admit with bronchiolitis
- Apnoea
- <92%
- <70% normal drinking volume
- Severe resp distress
Bronchiolitis Mx
- Supportive
- Oxygen
- Fluids if dehydrated
- CPAP if struggling to breathe
Croup
Common viral childhood illness
Age of croup
6 months to 6 years
Most common croup organism
Parainfluenza virus
S+S croup
- Few days onset
- Coryza preceding
- Severe barking cough
- Harsh rasping stridor
- Worse at night
- Temperature
Ix croup
CLinical diagnosis
Mx croup
- All children with mild, moderate or severe - single dose or oral dexamethasome
- Can be managed at home if mild
- Severe upper airway obstruction = nebulised epinephrine with oxygen facemask
mild croup
occasional barking cough
no audible stridor at rest
no recession
moderate croup
Frequent barking cough
Audible stridor at rest
- Retraction at rest
Severe croup
Frequent cough
Priminent inspiratory stridor at rest
Sternal wall retractions
agitated child
Neonates pneumonia organisms
GBS
E coli
Klebsiella
S aureus
Infants pneumonia organisms
S pneumoniae
Chlamydia
School age oneumonia causes
S pneumoniae
S aureus
GAS
M pneumoniae
Intussusception definition
Invagination of proximal bowel into distal segment
S+S intussusception
- Paroxysmal severe colicky pain with pallor
- Pale around mouth, draw up legs
- Recovery but increased lethargy between episodes
- Vomit may be bile stained
- Sausage shaped palpable mass
- Redcurrant jelly = blood stained mucus
Mx intussucpetion
Fluid resus
Air insufflation
Surgery