Acute Paediatrics — Flashcards

Flashcard 111: Can chickenpox present on the palms & soles? _____

Answer: Typically spared

Flashcard 112: Patients with chickenpox should receive specialist advice if they are _____, pregnant, or immunocompromised

Answer: neonates

Flashcard 113: Febrile seizures usually occurs _____ in an infection as the temperature rapidly rises

Answer: early

Flashcard 114: What is the prophylaxis of contacts with meningitis in children? _____

Answer: Ciprofloxacin

Flashcard 115: Consider prescribing _____ medications in chickenpox for adults or adolescents (≥13 years) who present within 24 hours of onset of exanthem

Answer: antiviral

Flashcard 116: _____ are seizures triggered by a fever (>38ºc)affecting children aged 6 months to 5 years in the absence of CNS infection

Answer: Febrile convulsions

Flashcard 117: _____ lotion or antihistamines can help soothe pruritus in chickenpox

Answer: Calamine

Flashcard 118: Simple febrile seizures usually last < _____ minutes

Answer: 15

Extra: **Febrile Seizures Classification:** - **Simple:** Duration < 15 mins, generalized, does not recur within 24 hours. - **Complex:** Duration > 15 mins, focal features, or recurs within 24 hours.

Flashcard 119: Chickenpox is characterized by a pruritic rash & prodromal symptoms caused by _____

Answer: varicella-zoster virus

Flashcard 120: Chickenpox rarely presents with prodromal symptoms such as _____ 2-3 days prior to onset of rash

Answer: fever, myalgia, headache, & malaise