What vaccine is CI to give after 15 weeks?
Rotavirus
What is the super important patient education when prescribing a pt Prozac?
Thoughts of suicide
How would you describe lichen straie?
What is a factor of a superficial burn?
Stays in the epidermis
What pathogen causes white dots on the nails?
Trichophyton rubrum
(Dermatophyte)
What is the Latin name for pinworms?
Enterobius vermicularis
Pt has nasal polyps, what cell type would be the most prominent in their nasal secretions?
Eosinophils
Presentation of acute mastoiditis, what imaging?
CT scan
What is the peripheral blood smear going to show in lead poisoning?
Basophilic stippling
Drooling, anxiety, fever and stridor in a pt sitting in a tripod position is indicative of what dx?
acute epiglottitis
Congenital dermal melanocytosis is most commonly seen over what 2 areas?
sacrum and shoulders
Ocular erythromycin is given to infants to cover for what pathogen?
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
What is the triad of infantile spasms? What is the MC age range?
-clusters of myoclonic seizures on awakening
-hypsarrhythmia pattern on electroencephalogram
-developmental delay
4-8 months old
What will the lumbar puncture show in a pt with Guillain-Barré syndrome?
-elevated protein level, typically twice the upper limit of normal.
-WBC count in the CSF is within normal limits.
-glucose level falls within the normal range
This dissociation between high CSF protein and normal cell counts (albuminocytologic dissociation) is diagnostic for Guillain-Barré syndrome.
What is kerion? What is the treatment?
kerion is an abscess caused by a fungal infection, most commonly on the scalp, but may also present on the upper limbs and the face. It appears as a boggy, pus-filled lesion with significant inflammation. The overlying skin often has an eczematous, itchy rash as well as hair loss.
oral griseofulvin
What is the tx for whooping cough?
macrolide
What test differentiates fetal from maternal blood?
apt test
What is the underlying cause of epiglottis in unvaccinated children (think kiddos from abroad)?
HIB
What is the underlying cause of Meckel’s diverticulum? What age range?
usually presents with painless rectal bleeding and is due to incomplete obliteration of the vitelline duct
Congenital anomaly due to incomplete obliteration of the omphalomesenteric duct
What is the xray finding associated with slipped capital femoral epiphysis?
widened and irregular femoral physis
crescent-shaped radiolucency surrounding a subchondral bony fragment at the medial femoral condyle is associated with what condition?
osteochondritis dissecans (OCD)
What is the xray finding associated with croup?
steeple sign
symmetric narrowing of the subglottic trachea
What virus causes croup?
parainfluenza virus
What are the signs and symptoms of increased intracranial pressure?
HTN, widened pulse pressure, bradycardia, irregular respirations, unilateral pupillary dilation, extensor posturing