Quick Facts Flashcards
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What type of seizures are characterized by brief, frequent, ‘jackknifing’ movements in infants, especially in the morning?
Infantile spasms
What does sixth cranial nerve palsy indicate?
Elevated ICP, if normal imaging think pseudotumor cerebri
infant with poor feeding and constipation?
Think botulism
erratic behavior progressing to altered mental status with CSF pleocytosis?
Anti-NMDA encephalitis (teen girls think ovarian teratoma)
newborn with bounding pulses, widened pulse pressure, and pulsatile fontanelle?
Arteriovenous malformation
What is the most accurate imaging study for stroke?
MRI with DWI (if can be done ASAP)
Pt w progressive weakness who had a diarrheal illness a month ago
Guillain-Barré syndrome (triggered by Campylobacter jejuni infection)
Evidence of a CNS infection and focal neurological findings. What imaging study is needed
Head CT with contrast (brain abscess)
What is a warm, tender neck mass in the anterior triangle indicative of?
Infected branchial cleft cyst
febrile child with a hot-potato voice and inability to extend the neck?
Suggestive of retropharyngeal abscess
cyanosis that improves with crying?
Choanal atresia
What is commonly associated with nasal polyps?
Cystic fibrosis
What is the management for nasal septal hematoma?
Needs urgent drainage to prevent ischemia of the septal cartilage
What does nontender unilateral lymphadenopathy with violaceous overlying skin suggest?
Possible nontuberculous mycobacterial infection
What is the most common cause of parotitis in an unvaccinated patient?
Mumps
neonate with fever and swollen parotid gland?
Acute suppurative parotitis due to Staphylococcus aureus
What is the most common source of orbital cellulitis?
Ethmoid sinusitis
tearing, pain, and foreign body sensation in the eye?
Corneal abrasion
What is concerning for delayed passage of a newborn’s first meconium?
CF
stridor in a neonate that resolves after intubation
Laryngeal web
What should be considered for a 2-year-old with sudden-onset wheeze that doesn’t respond to albuterol?
Possible foreign body aspiration
How should rising CO2 levels be managed in a mechanically ventilated patient?
Increase the respiratory rate or tidal volume
high fevers, drooling, and respiratory distress in an unvaccinated child? Management?
epiglottitis
Intubate in the OR ASAP and don’t upset the child
What is the most common etiology and timing of stridor?
Extrathoracic obstruction and inspiratory