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10/30/2012

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T/F Digital clubbing commonly occurs with severe asthma.
Definition
false; rare with asthma
Term
What is the definition of clubbing?
Definition
increase in angle between the nail and nail base of 180 degrees or greater and softening of the nail base to palpation
Term
What causes clubbing in children?
Definition
chronic pulmonary, cardiac, hepatic, or GI disease; rarely can be a familial condition
Term
What is the origin of the name cystic fibrosis?
Definition
describes characteristic pancreatitis findings
Term
What is the incidence of CF in whts, blks, and asians?
Definition
1/3300 whts; 1/16,300 AA; 1/32,100 asians
Term
Most pts with CF develop bronchiectasis by age...
Definition
18 months
Term
Children with CF are commonly misdiagnosed as having...
Definition
asthma; 50% have airway reactivity but response to bronchodilator is unpredictable and varies
Term
What causes bacterial pneumonia in CF patients?
Definition
initally S aureus; then Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Term
Most pts with advanced CF harbor what pathogen?
Definition
heavy, slime-producing mucoid variants of P aeuroginosa rarely found in other conditions
Term
Rapid clinical deterioration in a pt with CF may be associated with recent colonization with...
Definition
Burkholderia cepacia
Term
What are some pulmonary complications of advanced CF?
Definition
pneumothorax, hemoptysis, and cor pulmonale
Term
T/F CF causes both acute and chronic cases of sinusitis.
Definition
false; acute sinusitis is rare in CF
Term
What are the upper airway symptoms of CF?
Definition
nasal congestion, sinus opacification, nasal polyps with resultant nasal obstruction, headaches and mouth breathing
Term
What are the GI complications of CF?
Definition
maldigestion, abdominal distention, rectal prolapse, frequent passage of oily malodorous stools that predispose to obstruction, voluvulus, or intussusception, pancreatitis, deficiency of fat soluble vitamins (AEK esp)
Term
What are the liver complications of CF?
Definition
fatty liver infiltration or focal biliary cirrhosis occurs in many CF pts; hepatomegally, esophagealvarices, and hypersplenism caused by portal HTN develop in small number of teens; neonates may have prolonged jaundice
Term
What other gland besides the pancreas can cause clinical problems in CF pts?
Definition
they can have enlarged submaxillary glands
Term
What extremity problems occur in CF?
Definition
osteoarthropathy
Term
What are some GU problems associated with CF?
Definition
azoospermia
Term
How do you diagnose CF?
Definition
positive sweat test in conjunction with one of the following: typical chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, documented exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and/or a positive family history
Term
What conditions are associated with false positive sweat chloride test?
Definition
anorexia nervosa, hypothyroidism, and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Term
What can cause a false negative sweat chloride test?
Definition
if they have edema and hypoproteinemia
Term
When is genetic testing for CFindicated?
Definition
when CF is suspected but the results of sweat testing are negative or equivocal
Term
CF is caused by a mutation where?
Definition
7q
Term
What is the most common CF mutation?
Definition
single phenylalanine deletion at aa delta 508
Term
Available genetic tests can detect what percent of CF mutations?
Definition
>90%
Term
How does the NBS for CF work?
Definition
detects the pancreatic enzyme immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT)
Term
What is the next step if a NBS detects high levels of IRT?
Definition
second teir testing relies on a second IRT test or DNA testing; infants with positive results on NBS undergo sweat chloride testing for definitive ocnfirmation
Term
What is the mean CF survival?
Definition
greater than 35
Term
What factors indicate a better CF prognosis?
Definition
males live slightly longer than females; children from socioeconomically disadvantaged homes have a poorer prognosis
Term
What electrolyte abnormality is c/w CF?
Definition
hyponatremic, hypochloremic alkalosis
Term
What's another term for Hirschsprungs?
Definition
congenital aganglionic megacolon
Term
Describe radiograph findings c/w meconium ileus?
Definition
distended bowel loops and a bubbly pattern in a portion of intestine; the colon is narrow
Term
Is meconium ileus treater urgently or emergently?
Definition
it is a surgical emergency
Term
ciliary dyskinesia + visceral situs inversus=
Definition
kartageners
Term
Symptoms of SCID=
Definition
severe pulmonary infections, chronic diarrhea, and wasting
Term
Meconium ileus is nearly pathognomonic for...
Definition
cystic fibrosis
Term
What do youcall a reduction in total circulating leukocytes?
Definition
granulocytopenia
Term
What is pancytopenia?
Definition
a reduction in circulating erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets
Term
What is the most common childhood malignancy? by what percent?
Definition
leukemia (approx 40% of all pediatric cancers)
Term
What are the two most common types of leukemia in children?
Definition
75% of leukemia is ALL; and AML 20%
Term
What cell lines are affected by AML?
Definition
myeloid cell line (granulocytes, monocytes and can affect erythrocytes or megakaryocytes) and comprises approximately 20% of childhood leukemia
Term
What is the difference in clinical manifestation between ALL and AML?
Definition
there is none
Term
What is the peak age of ALL?
Definition
4
Term
ALL is more common in which gender?
Definition
boys
Term
What are the symptoms of ALL?
Definition
anorexia, irritability, lethargy, pallor, bleeding petechiae, leg and joint pain and fever
Term
What are the PE findings of ALL?
Definition
bleeding, bruising, petechiae, pallor, pain upon palpating bones or joints and HSM
Term
What is included in a ddx if you suspect leukemia?
Definition
ITP, aplastic anemia, mononucleosis, JIA, and leukemoid reaction
Term
What's the difference btween ITP and leukemia?
Definition
anemia, leukocyte disturbances and HSM are absent in ITP
Term
What's the difference between ALL and aplastic anemia?
Definition
aplastic anemia will not usually have LAD, arthralgias, bone pain, and HSM
Term
How do you differentiate between ALL and infectious mono?
Definition
mono is characterized by atypical lymphocytes
Term
What test will definitively differentiate ALL from all other diagnoses?
Definition
bone marrow biopsy
Term
Besides leukemia, kids' bone marrow can be infiltrated by other malignant cells like...
Definition
neuroblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, retinoblastoma
Term
T/F ALL is characterized by leukocytosis in nearly all pts.
Definition
false; almost half of the children with newly diagnosed leukemia have total leukocyte counts less than 10,000 /mm3
Term
A normal bone marrow contains what percent of blasts?
Definition
less than 5%
Term
What finding on bone marrow bopsy confirms the diagnosis of ALL?
Definition
at least 25% blasts
Term
What percent of pts with ALL have karyotype or structural gene abnormalities of their leukemic cells?
Definition
2/3 (66%)
Term
What gender, race and age is associated with better or worse prognosis?
Definition
girls have a better prognosis, AA and hispanic populations have lower remission and higher recurrence rates; children with ALL younger than 1 yoa and those older than 10 yoa have a worse prognosis
Term
What leukocyte count is associated with a poor ALL outcome?
Definition
greater than 50,000
Term
What type of cancer cells are associated with a worse or better prognosis in ALL?
Definition
mature B cell or T cell immunophenotypes atpically have a worse outcome compared to those with B precursor ALL
Term
Why it is it important to get karyotypes of leukemic cells of ALL?
Definition
the aryotype has diagnostic prognostic and therapeutic significance
Term
What karyotype abnormalities are associated with better or worse prognosis in ALL?
Definition
hyperdiploidy is more favorable; hypodiploidy and pseudodiploidy do less well; translocations with a poor outcome include t(9;22) and in pts with pre-b all
Term
What genetic abnormality is associated with a poor prognosis in pts with AML?
Definition
t(4;11)
Term
Besides bone marrow biopsy, what else is involved in the workup for leukemia?
Definition
LP toexamine the CNS for early leukemic involvement, chest radiograph to detect a mediastinal mass; bone radiographs may show altered medullary trabeculation, cortical defects or transverse radiolucent lines
Term
What is the significance of altered appearance of bone on radiographs of pts with ALL?
Definition
there is no prognostic or diagnostic significance
Term
What are the steps of ALL chemo?
Definition
induction, consolidation, prophylactic CNS therapy, an dmaintenence
Term
What is induction therapy for ALL?
Definition
prednisone, vincristine and asparaginase
Term
How long does induction tehrapy for ALL take and how well does it work?
Definition
4 weeks; 98% go into remission
Term
What is consolidation treatment for ALL?
Definition
mutliple chemotherapies in a relatively short period of time
Term
What does prophylactic CNS tx for ALL involve?
Definition
intrathecal cytarabine and/or methotrexate; +/- craniospinal irradiation
Term
Why is it important to prophylactically treat CNS for ALL?
Definition
reduces recurrence rate in CNS from 50% to 3-6%
Term
What drugs are mainentance therapy for ALL?
Definition
methotrexate and 6-MP, vincristine and prednisone X2-3 years
Term
WHen can you dc ALL maintenance treatment?
Definition
when children are in remission for 2 to 3 years
Term
What is the 5 yr survival rate of ALL?
Definition
greater than 80%
Term
What are hte late effects of tx for ALL?
Definition
neuropsychological deficits, seizures, and endocrine disturbances (i.e. GH def), spermatogenesis dysfunction related to cyclophosphamide; delayed sexual maturation in boys who recieved irradiation of the gonadal tissue due to leukemic invasion of the testes; leukoencephalopathy and neurodevelopmental problems (esp in post CNS radiaiton pts) and secondary malignancies
Term
What inheritable disease are associated with a higher risk of leukemia?
Definition
klinefelter, bloom syndrome, fanconi syndrome, ataxia telangiectasia, and neurofibromatosis; Down's syndrome
Term
How much higher is the risk of developing ALL if you have Down's?
Definition
10-15x
Term
What is the increased risk in siblings of pts with ALL?
Definition
2-4x
Term
What should you do for vaccine schedule in pts with ALL?
Definition
live viruses arecontraindicated for pts with ALL and all members of the household during chemo and for at least 6 months after treatment; immuniziation with inactivated ivrus is relatively contraindicated because immunosuppression of chemo often inhibits antibiody response
Term
What is the best inital screening test to differentiate between JRA and leukemia?
Definition
CBC with diff and platelets (leukocyte and plateles are normal to increased in JIA)
Term
Thrombocytopenia + recent viral illness=
Definition
ITP
Term
What is the tx for ITP?
Definition
observation; IVIG, anti-RhD, immunosuppresives/steroids
Term
In a pts presenting with low platelets its important to ask about...
Definition
recent MMR vaccination, drug ingestion, and HIV status
Term
What neonatal blood glucose level requires immediate PO glucose? IV glucose?
Definition
PO if level is 25 to 40; IV if it is less than 25
Term
What findings on CMP/CBC are c/w IDM?
Definition
polycythemia, hypocalcemia, and hyperbilirubinemia
Term
What is the definition of gestational diabetes?
Definition
persistent hyperglycemia during pregnancy with unterated serum glucose levels greater than 100 mg/dL in the fasting state or greater than 130 mg/dL otherwise
Term
What is the definition of hypoglycemia?
Definition
traditionally a blood glucose less than 40 but other definitions exist
Term
What is the definition of macrosomnia?
Definition
exceeding the 90th percentile for gestational age
Term
What level of polycythemia is significant in a newborn and treated with partial exchange transfusion?
Definition
65%
Term
What is caudal regression syndrome?
Definition
rare malformations found almost exclusively in IDMs, characterized by hypoplasia of the sacrum and lower extremities
Term
What percent of pregnancies are complicated by diabetes?
Definition
3%
Term
When are women screened for gestational diabetes?
Definition
between 24 and 28 weeks
Term
How is gestational diabetes classified?
Definition
the White classification which stages it according to what stage of the pregnancy it was diagnosed, the duration of symptoms, and the presence of vasculopathy
Term
T/F Women who require insulin therapy are at higher risk for a poor perinatal outcome than those whose carbohydrate intolerance can be managed by diet alone.
Definition
true
Term
When does the fetal pancreas begin producing insulin?
Definition
during the fourth months of gestation
Term
When does the insulin producing ability of the pancreas become functionally significant?
Definition
after week 26
Term
When can macrosomnia first be noted in IDM?
Definition
after week 26 when the secretion of fetal insulin becomes significant
Term
What causes increased weight and length of IDM?
Definition
hyperinsulinemia causes increased adipose tissue deposition and increased grwoth is due to the growth hormone effects of insulin
Term
Where is the excess glycogen stored in IDM?
Definition
liver, kidney, skeletal muscle and heart
Term
Does IDM cause a larger head circumference?
Definition
head circumference is less significantly affected because insulin does not affect brain grwoth; thus the weight of a IDMis typically in its shoulders and abdomen
Term
What predisposes IDMs to perinatal asphyxia?
Definition
macrosomnia,increased oxygen requirements, an dplacental insufficiency
Term
IDM leads to polycythemia which can lead to what complications?
Definition
elevated bilirubin levelsand renal vein thrombosis
Term
Hypocalcemia associated with IDM can lead to what complications?
Definition
irritibility or decreased myocardial contractility
Term
IDMs are at increased risk for congenital malformations such as...
Definition
congenital heart disease, neural tube defects and caudal regression syndrome
Term
T/F IDM are always larger infants.
Definition
false; they can be smaller if there is a significant amount of placental insufficiency
Term
What is class D pregestational diabetes?
Definition
insulin-dependent, with vascular disease
Term
What is class A pregestational diabetes?
Definition
(noninsulin requiring)
Term
What is class B pregestational diabetes?
Definition
insulin-requiring but without vascular disease
Term
What is class Cpregestational diabetes?
Definition
insulin dependent but without vascular diseae
Term
What kind of heart abnormalities are found in IDM?
Definition
cardiomyopathy, septal hypertrophy, and subaortic stenosis
Term
IDM + abdominal mass =
Definition
renal vein thrombosis with hydronephrosis 2ndary to polycythemia; if meconium hasn't passed may be small left colon syndrome
Term
What are the symptoms of renal vein thrombosis in a newborn?
Definition
abdomenal mass, gross hematuria, microscopic hematuria, hypertension
Term
What are some risk factors for neonatal physiologic jaundice?
Definition
male gender, cephalohematoma, asian origin, and breast feeding are the main ones; also= maternal diabetes, prematurity, polycythemia, trisomy 21, cutaneous bruising, delayed bowel movements, upper gastrointestinal obstruction, hypothyroidism, swallowed maternal blood and a sibling with physiologic jaundice
Term
T/F Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia is not neurotoxic.
Definition
true
Term
Name some hereditary defects in bilirubin conjugation.
Definition
Crigler-Najjar syndrome; gilbert disease
Term
T/F Postasphyxia can cause jaundice?
Definition
true
Term
Conjugated bilirubin is bilirubin attached to...
Definition
glucuronide
Term
Kernicterus isdue to unconjugated bilirubin depositing in the...
Definition
basal ganglia, globus pallidus, putamen and caudatenuclei
Term
What are the symptoms of kernicterus?
Definition
lethargy, poor feeding, and loss of a Moro reflex
Term
What percent of babies get physiologic jaundice?
Definition
60% of full term and 80% of preterm
Term
Full term newborns usually have peak bilirubin concentrations of ___ mg/dL and age ___>
Definition
5 to 6; 2nd to 4th day of life
Term
What findings are suggestive of nonphysiologic jaundice?
Definition
appearance in the first 24 to 36 hours of life; bilirubin rate of rise greater than 5 mg/dL/24 hrs, bilirubin greater than 12 mg/dL in a ful lterm infant without other physiologic jaundice risk factors listed; and jaundice that persists after 10 to 14days of life
Term
What are some causes of nonphysiologic neonatal jaundice?
Definition
septicemia,biliary atresia, hepatitis, galactosemia, hypothyroidism, cystic fibrosis, congenital hemolytic anemia, drug induced hemolytic anemia
Term
What are causes of jaundice presenting within the first 24 horusof life?
Definition
erythroblastosis fetalis, hemorrhage, sepsis, cytomegalic inclusion disease, rubella, and congenital toxoplasmosis
Term
ddx of a infant in the first few days of life with lethargy and poor feeding followed by a gravely ill appearance with respiratory distress and diminished tendon reflexes=
Definition
kernicterus, sepsis, asphyxia, hypoglycemia and ICH
Term
What percent of breast fed full term infants develop significant unconjugated bilirubin elevations (breast milk jaundice)?
Definition
2%
Term
When does breast milk jaundice peak and at what bili level?
Definition
peaks after the seventh day of life and concentrationsare up to 30 mg/dL
Term
What can be done to decrease bili levels in breast milk jaundice?
Definition
formula substitution for breast milk for 12 to 24 hours results in a rapid bilirubin level decrease; breast-feeding can be resumed wihtout return of hyperbilirubinemia
Term
What is the workup for significant hyperbilirubinemia?
Definition
indirect and direct bilirubin concentrations, hemoglobin level, reticulocyte count, bloodtype, Coombs test
Term
What does Coomb's test measure?
Definition
indirect measuresantibiodies to RBCs in the blood; direct coombs identifies antibodies o the surface of the infants RBCs
Term
When giving an infant phototherapy, what else should you automatically do?
Definition
make sure the eyes are sheilded and hydration is maintained
Term
At what bilirubin level do you start phototherapy in full term infants?
Definition
if 24 to 72 hours=16-18 mg/dL; if over 72 hours=20 mg/dL
Term
What are teh risks of exchange transfusion?
Definition
air embolus, volume imbalance, arrhythmias, acidosis, resipratory distress, electrolyte imbalance, anemia or polycythemia, blood pressure flucuation, infection and necrotizing colitis
Term
What conditions increase the risk of neurologic damage from jaundice by increasing the blood-brain barrier permeability to bilirubin?
Definition
septicemia and acidosis
Term
What condition reduces the infants ability to transport unconjugated bilirubin to the liver?
Definition
hypoalbuminemia
Term
What is the deficiency in Crigler-Najjar type 1 and 2?
Definition
deficiency in uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase; type 1 is a severe deficiency; type 2 isa milderdeficiency in which bilirubin levels rarely exceed 20 mg/dL
Term
What is initial management of an asthma attack?
Definition
O2, inhaled beta agonist, systemic dose of prednisone; if in a lot of distress you can give IVfluids and meds; a stat blood gass determination and monitoring O2 sats will aid further management
Term
What are some signs of asthma attack with impending respiratory failure?
Definition
paucity of wheezes and drowsiness
Term
What arethe criteria for asthma?
Definition
episodic symptoms of airflow obstruction are present; airflow obstruction is at least partially reversible; alternativ ediagnoses are excluded
Term
Asthma exacerbations are characterized by a triad of...
Definition
bronchoconstriction, airway inflammation, and mucus plugging
Term
What is pulses paradoxus?
Definition
a blood pressure that varies greater than 10mmHg between inspiration and expiration which suggests obstructive airway diseaes, pericardial tamponade or constrictive pericarditis
Term
What is the median age ofonset for asthma?
Definition
4 yoa
Term
What percent of children with asthma develop symptoms in the first year of life?
Definition
20%
Term
What are risk factors for development of asthma?
Definition
atopy and a family history of asthma are strong risk factors for its development as is respiraotry infections early in life
Term
What percent of children with RSV develop asthma later in life?
Definition
40-50%
Term
What percent of patients with asthma have symptom resolution by young adulthood?
Definition
more than half
Term
What makes resolution of asthma by young adulthood less likely?
Definition
heavy exposure to pollution, allergens or cigarrette smoke
Term
How fast does the immediate response of asthma take?
Definition
15 to 30 minutes
Term
What are common triggersfor asthma?
Definition
dust mites, animal dander, cigarrette smoke, pollution, weather changes, upper respiratory infections, certain drugs (beta blockers, NSAIDS) and excercise
Term
How long doesit take for the late phase reaction to begin?
Definition
2 to 4hours after the acute response
Term
Late phase reaction (LPR) is characterized by...
Definition
infiltration of inflammatory cells into the airway parenchyma
Term
T/F Airway responsiveness can persis forweeks after the LPR.
Definition
true
Term
What is pharmacotherapy for asthma?
Definition
beta adrenergic agonists, anticholinergics, antiinflammatory agents, leukotriene modifiers
Term
T/F Bronchodilators can be used prior to exercise or exposure to allergens to minimize the acute asthmatic resonse.
Definition
true
Term
What is the toxicity of beta agonists?
Definition
tachycardia and muscle tremor
Term
T/F Over-reliance on short acting inhalers can be associated with death in severe asthma attacks.
Definition
true
Term
Do anticholinergics work well for treating asthma?
Definition
they are useful for acute management of asthma exacerbation but are of little value in chronic therapy; they work by inhibiting the vagal reflex at smooth muscles
Term
How do cromolyn and nedocromil work?
Definition
anti-inflammatory drugs that act by reducing the immune response to allergen exposure
Term
How long does it take for cromolyn and nedocromil to becom effective?
Definition
2 to 4 weeks
Term
What percent of patients are nedocromil and cromolyn effective in?
Definition
75%
Term
T/F THe prevalence of asthma has been increasing steadily in western countries.
Definition
true
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