Foreign body ingestion Rx?
Murmurs in:
Gasoline poisoning Rx?
CVS + Resp support
No antidote
Gasoline poorly absorbed by gut = no need for lavage or charcoal.
If Sx present = CXR 2hr post ingestion + observed in ER for 6 hrs.
Abnormal CXR = admit for blood gas + re-CXR + resp support.
Normal CXR + no Sx = discharge.
Organism of erythema infectiosum / 5th Dz?
Parvovirus B19
How to determine if wheeze in child is foreign body?
CXR:
Focal infiltration or atelectasis
+
Radio-opacities
Dx of Hirschsprung?
Rectal Bx
CPR in children Compression-to-Ventilation ratio.
What drug can be used in croup but not bronchiolitis
Oral steroid.
NB: neb epi is beneficial in both.
Apnea in infant? Rx
2. If sever, life-threatening = admit for observation.
Facts about club foot:
Neonate hours after birth develops tachypnea + cyanosis?
Dx?
TTN
Supplement O2
CXR
What’s herpangina?
Ferbrile disease by Coxasackie virus.
Sx = oropharyngeal vesicles + ulcers
Sx of herpangina
Rx?
Sudden fever
Neck pain
Then 2 days later grey plaques => vesicles
Mostly on tonsillar pillars
Rx: symptomatic
When is the age for bladder and fecal control?
Bladder: 5
Fecal: 4
1ry vs 2ry enuresis
1ry: no dry period
2ry: dry period > 6months
Investigation in 2ry enuresis?
UA
R/o: DM, DI, over active bladder, cystitis, psychological, seizures.
Child safety seat:
Stage 4:
At 36 Kg and 145 cm
Seatbelt
Henoch-Schonlein purpura triad?
Purpuric rash
Abdominal pain/renal failure
Joint pain
Type of purpura in HSP?
Non-thrombocytopenic purpura
Causes of neonatal jaundice by time? <24 1 - 3 days 3 - 4 days > 1 week
2. 1-3: Physiological Breast feeding Hemolysis Sepsis
4. > week: Hypothyroid Hepatitis Gilbert's : Crigler-Nijjar Biliary obstruction Metabolic error
Rx of viral URTI in neonates?
Nasal rubber suction bulbs
NS nasal drops
Cool-mist humidifiers
MCC of anemia in children?
Iron deficiency
Average birth weight? What happens in first few days then 1-2 wks?
3.5 kg
Baby drops 10% (loss of excess fluid)
In 1-2 weeks baby regain weight
What must be supplemented in breast fed infants?
Vit D
Risk of rickets