paediatrics Flashcards
For a child born in the United Kingdom, at what age would their hearing first be formally assessed?
newborn - otoacoustic emission
pyloric stenosis presentation
3-6 wks
projectile, non-bilious vomiting
hunger between episodes
olive mass
ix pyloric stenosis
USS = thickened pylorus
what would gas show in pyloric stenosis
hypochoraemic hypokalaemic metabolic alkalosis
tx pyloric stenosis
Rhamsteds op - laproscopic pyloromyotomy
what is hirchsprungs
lack of nerve fibres in part of the gut (aganglionic myeteric plexus)
presentation of hirchsprungs
just born
failure to pass meconium
ix hirchsprungs
full thickness rectal biopsy
tx hirchsprungs
anorectal pull through procedure = SWENSON
(after rectal washouts)
what is meckel’s diverticulum
an outpouching or bulge in the lower part of the small intestine
The bulge is congenital and is a leftover of the umbilical cord.
presentation meckel’s diverticulum
1-2 yrs
bright red GI bleeding
ix meckel’s diverticulum
technetium scan
tx meckel’s diverticulum
wedge excision surgery if sx
mesenteric adenitis presentation
central abdo pain + URTI
mesenteric adenitis tx
conservative
what is mesenteric adenitis
swollen lymph glands in abdo
presentation cystic fibrosis
meconium ileus
bilious vomiting
abdo distension
presentation intussusception
6-9 months
sausage shaped mass (RUQ?)
red current jelly stool (late sign)
vomiting (bilious if obstruction)
knees up to chest - colicky pain
ix intussusception
USS abdo - doughnut/target sign
tx intussusception
rectal air enema / insufflation
duodenal atresia presentation
congenital
Downs
polyhydramnios
bilious vomiting
ix duodenal atresia
abdo XR = double bubble
tx duodenal atresia
duodenoduodenostomy surgery
presentation biliary atresia
jaundice >14 days
pale stools, dark urine
in neonates