Pediatrics MOST COMMON Flashcards
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The most commonly used standards of Skeletal Maturation
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Gruelich and Pyle
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The most common skin disorder of infancy
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Diaper Dermatitis
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Psychosomatic illness – The most common conversion symptom.
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Pseudoseizures
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Most common cause of daytime enuresis in the preschool child
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Waiting until the last minute to void urine (micturation deferral)
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Anxiety Disorders – Obsessive-compulsive disorder:
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Handwashing, continual checking of locks, and touching.
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The most common compulsions are suicide and attempted suicide
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Among preadolescents, jumping from heights is the most common method, followed by self-poisoning, hanging, stabbing and running into traffic.
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The most common and most comprehensively studied of the learning disabilities
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Dyslexia
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The most common cause of underweight in infancy and may account for > ½ of the cases of FTT.
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Nutritional neglect
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The most common manifestation of child abuse and may be found on any body surface.
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Bruises
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The most common cause of death from physical abuse is
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Head Trauma
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The most common error in administering parenteral fluid during and after surgery
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Excessive administration , particularly of dextrose in water, rather than use of isotonic solutions
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The most common disorder of parathyroid function is transient physiologic hypoparathyroidism of the newborn infant, sometimes referred to as neonatal hypocalcemia.
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Tetany
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The most common cause of death during childhood beyond the first few months of life and represent one of the most important
causes of preventable pediatric morbidity and mortality
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Injuries
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This is the most common form of generalized albinism
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OCA2 (Tyrosinase-Positive Albinism)
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This is the most common inborn error of methionine metabolism
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Homocytinuria due to cystathionine synthase deficiency (Homocystinuria Type I, Classic Homocystinuria)
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This is the most common form of Nonketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH)
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Nonketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH) : Neonatal NKH
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This is probably the most common of all urea cycle disorders.
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Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency
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The most common presentation is an acute attack of life-threatening coma and hypoglycemia induced by a period of fasting
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Disorders of Mitochondrial Fatty Acid oxidation
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The most common of the fatty acid oxidation disorders.
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Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCAD)
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The most common inherited form of low HDL
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Primary or familial hypoalphalipoproteinemia
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Glycogen Storage Diseases: is the most common in adults
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Myophosphorylase deficiency (type V, McArdle disease)
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The most common genetic porphyria
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Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP)
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The most common cause of persistent hypoglycemia
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Hyperinsulinism
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This is the most common form of childhood hypoglycemia
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Ketotic Hypoglycemia
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The most common symptoms of Intracranial-Intraventricular hemorrhage
Diminished or absent Moro reflex, poor muscle tone, lethargy, and somnolence.
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The most common and important emergency related to newborn infants in the delivery room
Failure to initiate and maintain respirations
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The most common elective surgical procedure performed on newborn boys in the United States
Circumscision
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The most common bacterial causes of neonatal meningitis are
Grp B Beta hemolytic strep, E. Coli and L. monocytogenes
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Injectible progestin (Depo-Provera, DMPA): The most common side effect of DMPA is
Menstrual disturbance, either amenorrhea or abnormal vaginal bleeding
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Emergency Contraception: The most commonly used form in the United States
Yuzpe method
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Yuzpe Method
Consisting of combination pills totaling 200ug of "Ethinylestradiol" and 2.0 mg of "Norgestrel" or 1.0 mg "Levonorgestrel"
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The most common side effect of Yuzpe Method
nausea (50%) and vomiting
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The most common B-cell defect
Selective IgA deficiency
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The most common form of Severe Combined Immuno Deficiency (SCID) in the United States
X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (XSCID)
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The most common malignancy of childhood, and approximately 70% of cases cured by conventional chemotherapy
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
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The most common extracranial solid tumor in children
Neuroblastoma
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It is the most common cause of non-thrombocytopenic purpura in children
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)
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Anaphylactoid Purpura
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)
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It is a vasculitis of small vessels
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)
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The most common (commonest) cause of traveler’s diarrhea
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
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The most common bacterial cause of nosocomial diarrhea
Clostridium difficile
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The most common cause of death among children with sickle cell anemia
Infection
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Viral Meningoencephalitis:
| The most common arbovirus responsible for CNS infection in the United States are
St. Louis and California enceph virus
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Eosinophilic Meningitis:
| The most common cause of worldwide eosinophilic pleocytosis is
CNS infection with helminthic parasites
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The most common cause is human infection with the rat lungworm
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
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The most common cause of viral pneumonia, especially during infancy
RSV
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The most common parasitic cause of diarrhea in the United States
Giardia lamblia
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The most common hepatotropic virus that infects neonates, usually results in an asymptomatic infection.
HBV
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In Osteomyelitis, is the most common infecting organism in all age groups, including newborns
Staphylococcus aureus
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The most commonly acquired disorder resulting from a predominanatly T-lymphocyte defect
AIDS
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Infections with primary phagocyte-neutrophil defects:
In Chédiak-Higashi syndrome, recurrent infection of the respiratory tract and skin are the most common sites of involvement. What is the most frequent cause of these infections.
Staphylococcus aureus
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The most common cause of pyogenic infection of the skin
Staphylococcus aureus
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The most common form of rat-bite fever in the United States is caused by
Streptobacillus moniliformis
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The most common pathogen associated with CSF shunt meningitis
Staphylococcus epidermidis
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The most common pathogen producing peritonitis in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Staphylococcus epidermidis
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The most frequent bacterial cause of bacteremia, pneumonia, and otitis media and the secondmost common cause of meningitis in infants and children
Streptococcus pneumoniae
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The most common cause of meningitis in adults
Streptococcus pneumoniae
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The most common form of skin infection due to group A β-hemolytic streptococci is
Superficial pyoderma (impetigo)
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The most common eye infection in childhood
Conjunctivitis
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The most common serotype causing Salmonella bacteremia in the United States
Salmonella typhimurium
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Enteric Fever:
| The most common mode of transmission
Ingestion of foods or water contaminated with human feces
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The most common form of epidemic dysentery
Shigella
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The most common shigatoxin-producing E.coli(STEC) serotypes are
E.coli 0157:H7
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Disease is usually manifested in younger children as an acute enteritis
Yersinia enterocolitica
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The most common presentation of Bartonellainfection is Cat-Scratch Disease (CSD), a subacute, regional lymphadenitis caused by
Bartonella hensale
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The most common atypical presentation, noted in 2-17% of patients, is
Parinaud’s occuloglandular syndrome
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Clinical presentation:
- unilateral
- conjunctivitis
- preauricular lymphadenopathy
Parinaud’s occuloglandular syndrome
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A postanginal sepsis, is a suppurative infection of the lateral pharyngeal space and septic thrombophlebitis of the jugular vein leading to septic embolization to the lungs and CNS.
Lemierre’s syndrome
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The most commonly involved organism
Fusobacterium necrophorum
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The most common infection in children is infection associated with appendicitis
Bacteroides fragilis
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The most common form of cardiac tuberculosis
Pericarditis
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This form of disease is most common in infants and malnourished or immunosuppressed patients
Miliary tuberculosis
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The most common signs and symptoms of TB of the Middle Ear
Painless unilateral otorrhea, tinnitus, decreased hearing, facial paralyis
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The most common of the nonvenerealspirochetal diseases.
Yaws (caused by Treponema pertenue)
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The most common vector-borne disease in the United States.
Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease)
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Most common etiologic agent worldwide and is the predominant pathogenic fungal infection among individuals infected with HIV.
Cryptococcus neoformans
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The most common form of cryptococcosis
Pneumonia
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The most common predisposing factor for disseminated cryptococcosis
HIV Infection
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The most common clinical manifestation of disseminated cryptococcosis
Subacute or chronic meningitis
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The most common manifestation of Congenital Rubella
Intrauterine Growth Retardation
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It has been most frequently implicated in pericarditis and myocarditis
Group B Coxsackie viruses
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The most common causative agent Coxsackieviruses B5
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The most common manifestation of parvovirus B19 is
Erythema infectiosum
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Fifth disease
Erythema infectiosum
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3 malignancies occurring primarily in adults with AIDS are associated with HHV8:
Kaposi Sarcoma (KS), multicentric Castleman disease and primary effusion lymphoma.
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The most common neoplasm associated with AIDS (adults)
Kaposi sarcoma
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The most common cause of the “common cold” in adults
Rhinovirus
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The most common opportunistic infection
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
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The most common manifestation of renal disease, with edema, hypoalbuminemia, proteinuria, and azotemia with normal blood pressure.
Nephrotic syndrome
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The most common parasitic cause of CNS disease, known as neurocysticercosis
Cysticercosis
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The most common site for obstruction and symptoms
4th Ventricle
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The most common occlusal discrepancy with approximately 45% of the population exhibiting some degree of this condition
Malocclusion: Class II occlusion (receding chin/ retrognathia)
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The most commonly ingested object, especially in children younger than 5 yr
Coins
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The most common cause of non-bilous vomiting
Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
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Most common with obstruction occurring distal to the ampulla of Vater in the majority of patients
Membranous form of (duodenal) atresia
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The most common type of malrotation involves
Failure of the cecum to move into the right lower quadrant
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The most frequent congenital GI anomaly, occurring in 2-3% of all infants
Meckel diverticulum
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The most common cause of lower intestinal obstruction in neonates
Hirschsprung Disease
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Congenital Aganglionic Megacolon
Hirschsprung Disease
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The most common cause of intestinal obstruction between 3 mos. and 6 yr. of age
Intussusception
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The most common condition requiring emergency abdominal operation in childhood.
Acute Appendicitis
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The most common malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract in children
Lymphoma
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The most common inguinal hernia in children is
Indirect inguinal hernia
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The most common pancreatic disorder in children
Acute pancreatitis
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The most common syndrome incorporating intrahepatic bile duct paucity.
Neonatal Cholestasis: Alagille syndrome (arteriohepatic dysplasia)
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Neonatal Cholestasis: (arteriohepatic dysplasia)
Alagille syndrome
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This is the most common congenital anomaly of the nose
Choanal atresia
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The most common location for bleeding/epistaxis is in the area of
Kiesselbach’s plexus
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In children, the most common anatomic factor associated with obstruction is
Adenotonsillar hypertrophy
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The most common congenital laryngeal anomaly.
Laryngomalacia
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The most common form of acute upper airway obstruction, is caused primarily by viruses
Croup
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The most common cause is neonatal endotracheal intubation
Chronic Subglottic Stenosis
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Most common obstruction occurring distal to the ampulla of Vater in the majority of patients
Membranous form of (duodenal) atresia
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The most common type of malrotation involves
Failure of the cecum to move into the right lower quadrant
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The most frequent congenital GI anomaly, occurring in 2-3% of all infants
Meckel diverticulum
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The most common cause of lower intestinal obstruction in neonates
Hirschsprung Disease
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Congenital Aganglionic Megacolon
Hirschsprung Disease
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The most common cause of intestinal obstruction between 3 mos. and 6 yr. of age
Intussusception
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The most common condition requiring emergency abdominal operation in childhood
Acute Appendicitis
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The most common malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract in children
Lymphoma
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The most common inguinal hernia in children is
Indirect Inguinal Hernia
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The most common pancreatic disorder in children
Acute Pancreatitis
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In children, the most common anatomic factor associated with obstruction is
Adenotonsillar hypertrophy
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The most common tumor of the larynx in childhood; it rarely becomes malignant and often disappear after puberty
Papilloma
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The most common form of ASD and is associated with structurally normal atrioventricular (AV) valves
Ostium Secundum Defect
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The most common cardiac malformation, accounting for 25% of congenital heart disease
Ventricular Septal Defect
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The most common benign cardiac tumors in children are
Myxomas
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The most common hematologic disease of infancy and childhood
Iron deficiency Anemia
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The most common cause of aplastic crises
Parvovirus B19
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The most common familial and congenital abnormality of the red blood cell (RBC) membrane
Hereditary Spherocytosis
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The most common glycolytic enzyme defect as a cause of hemolytic anemia
Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency
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The most common acquired cause of a bleeding diathesis in children
Thrombocytopenia
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The most common hereditary bleeding disorder
Von Willebrand disease
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The most common genetic cause of osteoporosis, is a generalized disorder of connective tissue caused by defects in type I collagen
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)
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Brittle bone disease
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)
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The most common cause of postneonatal infant mortality in developed countries
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
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The most common cause of chronic lateral knee pain
Iliotibial band tendinitis
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The most common elbow dislocation is
Posterior dislocation
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The most common adolescent hip disorder
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
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Avulsion fractures: The most common areas affected
Knee (Osgood-Schlatter and Sindig-Larsen-Johannsen disease)
Ankle (Sever disease),
Medial epicondyle (Little league elbow).
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The most commonly recognized cutaneous marker of tuberous sclerosis.
Adenoma sebaceum
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Otitis Externa: External otitis (swimmer’s ear) is most commonly caused by
Pseudomonas aueroginosa
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The most common primary malignant intraocular tumor of childhood
Retinoblastoma
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The most common disorder of the lacrimal system
Dacryostenosis: Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction
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The most common genetically determined neuropathy
Peroneal Muscular Atrophy (Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease; HMSN Type I)
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The most common hereditary neuromuscular disease affecting all races and ethnic group
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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The most common type of neuronal ceroidlipofuscinoses
late infantile type (Jansky-Bielschowsky)
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The most common acquired chorea of childhood and is the sole neurologic manifestation of rheumatic fever
Sydenham chorea
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The most common cause of acquired hypothyroidism is
Lymphocytic thyroiditis
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The most common foreign body identified in the vagina
Wadded toilet paper
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The most common cause of testicular pain in boys 12 yr
Testicular (spermatic cord) Torsion
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The most common pediatric soft tissue sarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma
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The most common solid tumor of children outside of the CNS
Neuroblastoma (NB)
