Peds - kap Flashcards
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Pt works with his hands and gets occasional cold sores. Presents with warts on his hand. Dx?
Herpetic whitlow
HSV 1 or 2
Tx - observation and analgesics
Usually self limiting
Child with multiple infections has low IgG, IgA and IgM. Dx?
Bruton’s agammaglobenemia
Mutation in Bruton tyrosine kinase
Low or absent b cells -> panhypogammaglobulinemia
Infections typically start at 6 months of age
Child presents with a painful red knee about a week after a sore throat. Dx and management?
Septic arthritis
Get an arthrocentesis STAT
Gram stain and sensitivity essential for successful treatment
high [PMN] suggests bacterial etiology
Infant presents with floppiness, constipation, weak cry, drooling. Dx?
Infant botulism
COD = respiratory failure
Equine serum botulism antitoxin in babies over 1 year
AV canal defect is associated with which genetic anomaly?
Trisomy 21
Kid with recent camping history, sudden HA, fever, vomiting, lacy red rash. Dx and Tx?
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Rickettsial dz
Doxycycline (allowed in a child despite age because this is a life threatening dz)
Chloramphenical second line
Child being treated for otitis media presents following a seizure. Dx and testing?
Cerebral abscess - life threatening complication of otits media/sinusitis (fever, neuro deficits, HA, seizures)
Order a CT or MRI of the brain
Which children should receive palivizumab?
RSV prophylaxis
RF’s - Bronchopulmonary Dz (BPD), premature birth, and hemodynamically signficant heart dz
Meningitis pt with GNR rods growing on chocolate agar?
H. flu b
Usually in a pt with questionable vax hx
Pt presents with well circumscribed erythematous rash with central clearing and hypopigmented patches. Dx and studies?
Tinea corporis (ringworm) Studies - KOH prep
During delivery, if time between membrane rupture to birth is >18 hours, what is the baby at risk for?
neonatal sepsis (GBS, E. coli, Listeria, HSV, enterovirus)
Newborn presents with bulging fontanel, grunting, tachypnea, cyanosis. Dx?
Neonatal sepsis
What serious complication can arise from Varicella infection in the immunocompromised?
Pneumonia
Give acyclovir IV in immunocompromised Varicella patients to prevent this
Rash iwth pink-red umbilicated papules. Spreads in linear streaks
Molluscum contagiosum (poxviridae) Linear streaks due to scratching
Tx of otitis media?
10 days of po amoxicillin
Re-evaluate in 48-72 hour
Child presents with FTT, developmental delay, frequent infections, oral thrush should be evaluated for?
HIV/AIDS
What is postviral synovitis?
<1wk of joint pain, inability to bear weight, following viral infection or vax
Child refuses to bear weight on his leg, localized tenderness, Xray - soft tissue inflammation. Dx?
Osteomyelitis
Most commonly Staph aureus
What two conditions can cause a patent PDA?
- Maternal Rubella infection - also screen for deafness, cataracts, and cardiac dz
- Prematurity
Child presents with rash that started on the head and spread down. Also has a red spot with central greying in the buccal mucosa. Dx?
Measles
Fever, cough, coryza, conjunctivits. Rash that spreads down.
Koplic spot - small red spot with bluish white center on the mucosal membrane. Usually 1-2 days before the rash
Most common causes of meningitis in a newborn
GBS
E. coli
Listeria
Maculopapular rash starting on the face and moving down the body. Incl rash within the mouth
Rubella
Can have interuterine transmission
Inheritable immunodeficiency with low T and B cells and no thymic shadow.
Adenosine deaminase deficiency, SCID
Accumulation of products in the purine salvage system deactivates DNA synthesis and the immune system is sensitive
Tx - BM transplant
Most common cause of meningitis in an infant under 3 months old
GBS (S. agalactiae)