UW Peds Flashcards
(151 cards)
Management of septic arthritis in kid
- arthrocentesis
- blood & synovial fluid cx
- empiric abx
top three bugs in septic arthritis in kids > 3mos
- Staph aureus
- Group A strep
- S pneumo
Abx for septic arthritis in kids > 3mos
Nafcillin OR clindamycin OR cefazolin OR vanc
Top 3 bugs in septic arthritis in babies < 3 mos
- Staph aureus
- Group B strep
- Gram neg bacilli
Abx for septic arthritis in babies < 3 mos
Nafcillin OR vanc
PLUS
gent OR cefotaxime
Abx of choice for pertussis tx and post-exposure ppx
macrolides (azithro)
all close contacts of a kid with pertussis should get [WHAT?]
azithromycin
what pertussis tx/ppx should you give to babies < 1 mo?
azithro bc erythro is associated with pyloric stenosis and no avail safety date of clarithro
w/u of cyanotic breath holding spell
CBC looking for iron deficiency anemia
Tx uncomplicated acute bacterial rhinosinusitis?
oral amox-clavulanic acid (augmentin)
give augmentin for sinusitis if persistent sx > or = [how many days?] without improvement
10 days
give augmentin for sinusitis if severe sx, fever > 102, purulent nasal d/c, or face pain > or = [how many days?]
3 days
give augmentin for sinusitis if worsening sx > or = [how many days?] after initially improving viral URI
5 days
give augmentin for sinusitis in the following three situations
- 10 days pers. sx
- 3 days severe sx
- sx 5 days s/p viral URI
confirm Lyme arthritis dx w/
serum ELISA or Western blot testing
Tx Lyme arthritis
oral doxy or amox
what dz causing limp and insidious hip pain classically occurs in obese adolescents? (avg age is 12 in girls and 13.5 in boys)
SCFE (slipped capital femoral epiphysis)
First step in management of newborn with respiratory compromise and susp congenital diaphragmatic hernia?
Endotracheal intubation!
Then gastric tube.
Bag-and-mask ventilation can exacerbate resp decline!
fancy name for chorlide sweat test
quantitative pilocarpine iontophoresis
Triad of HUS
anemia, thrombocytopenia, renal failure
Kid with LE purpura, arthritis, and hematuria
HSP
renal biopsy of HSP shows
IgA deposition in the mesangium
AD expansion of a CTG repeat in DMPK on 19q13.3 causing muscle wasting/weakness, cataracts, testicular atrophy, baldness
Myotonic muscular dystrophy
X-linked disorder characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia, and hypogammaglobulinemia
Wiskcott-Aldrich