Pediatrics/Growth and Development Flashcards
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Hep B schedule
#1 - Birth #2 - 1-2 months - at least one month after first dose #3 - Age 6 months - but at least 2 months after 2nd dose
Tdap for adolescents
Tdap booster Age 11-12
Hib vaccine - when do you no longer give?
after 5 years of age
When is it okay to give live vaccines?
after 1 year of age
When do you give the MCV4 booster
Age 16
What is appropriate spacing for vaccines?
4 days prior is okay, any earlier is invalid and must be repeated.
ADHD characterized by
Hyperactivity
Impulsivity
Inattention
What is a common assessment scale for ADHD
Connors’ - Long and short form
Asthma tx in 0-4 year olds
Use Nebulizer!
Inhaled corticosteroids (only one approved for young children is budesonide)
SABA - albuterol
leukotrine receprot agonist - montelukast
Asthma tx in 5-11 year olds
Can use inhaler as appropriate
Inhaled corticosteroids (fluticasone, budesonide)
SABA - albuterol
leukotrine receprot agonist - montelukast
What type of pneumonia is common in children under 5?
viral, treat empirically
What is the most sensitive sign of pneumonia in children?
Increased resp
Sx RSV
URI 1-3 days which progresses to lower resp tract infection Paroxysmal wheezing Increased RR 40-60 Fever Cough Thick purulent nasal secretions
What is the most common organism for croup?
Parainfluenza types 1,2,3
Adenovirus
Influenza virus
Westley Croup score
Mild disease (can keep with PCP) - barking cough, hoarse cry, no stridor at rest Moderate (ER) - Stridor at rest, mild retractions, sx resp distress Severe (ER) - Significant stridor at rest, retractions are severe.
Tx mild croup
Hydration, cool mist, antipyretics
Single dose of dexamethasone
Organism with epiglottitis
Hib
Cystic fibrosis
Mutation of chromosome 7
Enlarged nodes “rules”
10mm is enlarged unless…
Epitrochlear - >5mm
Inguinal - > 15mm
Cervical - > 20mm
Criteria for febrile seizures
Temp >38C Age < 6yo Absence of CNS infection No metabolic abnormality No hx of febrile seizures
Pyloric stenosis sx
3-6 week old male with projectile vomiting
Olive like mass better palpated after vomiting
GER
frequent regergitation in the absence of pathology
Resolves before 1 year of age
Place supine to sleep
Red flags with reflux in infants
GI bleeding Refusal to feed Forceful vomiting Constipation/Diarrhea Abd tenderness Fever
Intussusception
Vast majoity under 2 yo
Sausage like mass
Classing child crys and pulls legs up to chest