Pediatrics Flashcards
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Workup for constitutional growth delay
IGF1, thyroid, kidney, wrist XR
Laryngomalacia
Floppy larynx, presents with squeaking stridor
No need for treatment unless severe/resulting in breathing difficulty
Normal weight gain at two weeks
1 ounce per day, 25-30g per day
Three most common causes of ear infections/sinus infeections/PNA in children
Strep pneumoniae
H. Flu
Moraxella catarrhalis
First line treatment for ear infections
Amoxicillin (90mg/kg) or cephalexin
Pink, bubblegum flavor
-If using to treat strep throat, dose is 50mg/kg
First line treatment for bacterial sinus infection
Augment (amoxicillin + clavulonic acid) or ceftanir
-ceftanir is better tasting
Treatment for croup
Dexamethasone 0.6mg/kg for one dose, oral of injectable because has no flavor
-prednisolone if the above is not available
Symptoms of pediatric sinus infection
ALWAYS has cough
- Cold-like sxs that fail to get better after 10 days
- Cold-like sxs that get better for a day or two and then get way worse
- Typical adult sinusitis symptoms (HA, sinus tenderness, drainage)
What are characteristics of bad lymph nodes?
Firm, nonmobile, nontender, and subclavicular are the worst
Treatment of colds
NO COUGH MEDICINE UNDER THE AGE OF SIX! Only treat the fever if it’s bothersome
Failure to thrive
<2% and decreased velocity of weight gain, disproportionate to length
Familial short stature
Parent’s height is short and so is patient’s adult height but young growth pattern is normal
Constitutional growth delay
Parental height is normal, patient has delayed puberty and slow growth
Anorexia
Short stature from poor nutrition
Turner’s syndrome
- Mild growth retardation in utero
- Slow growth during infancy
- Delayed onset of childhood component of growth
- Slow growth during childhood
Cause of anemia in infants
Can be Vitamin A deficiency
Milestone categories
Communication
Gross motor
Fine motor
Other (object permanence, etc)
Appointment schedule
Newborn, 2 weeks, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 14 months, 16 months, 18 months, 2 yeras, 2.5 years, every year
Hip exam
Ortolani, Barlow & Galeazzi maneuvers
Encopresis
Severe constipation that causes stretching of the bowel wall and hardening of old stool - new stool gets liquefied and slides around stool - presents as leakage in the underwear
Red flags of HA
worst headache of life thunderclap headache woke from sleep LOC with an injury early morning onset with vomiting
Exam for headache
Full neuro, including:
- ophthalmoscope to look for papilledema
- cranial bruits on head and orbits
- visual fields
- rapid alternating hand movements
- back for scoliosis
Treatment for conjunctivitis
Fluoroquinolones, such as oflaxacin
Systematic approach for differential diagnoses
Vascular Infectious Neoplasm Drugs Inflammatory/idiopathic Congenital Autoimmune Trauma Endocrine/metabolic