Infectious Disease — Flashcards

Flashcard 181: Upper airway condition that improves with racemic epinephrine? _____

Answer: Croup

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Flashcard 182: In an unimmunized infant, acute diarrhea is more likely due to _____

Answer: rotavirus

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Flashcard 183: What is the next step in management for an infant with suspected bacterial meningitis based on history and physical exam? _____

Answer: Lumbar puncture followed by IV antibiotics

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Flashcard 184: What is the most common primary agent causing bronchiolitis? _____

Answer: RSV

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Flashcard 185: What is the first-line treatment for acute otitis media? _____

Answer: Oral amoxicillin

Flashcard 186: Otitis media with effusion can be distinguished from acute otitis media by the lack of _____ signs

Answer: acute inflammatory

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Flashcard 187: The characteristic X-ray finding in _____ (caused by Parainfluenza virus) is the Steeple sign.

Answer: Croup

Extra: The steeple sign represents subglottic narrowing on an anteroposterior (AP) neck X-ray.

Flashcard 188: _____ is a GI disorder that presents with an ill-defined, "sausage shaped" mass in the RUQ

Answer: Intussusception

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Flashcard 189: Herpangina is found on the posterior pharynx and is caused by _____

Answer: Coxsackie A virus

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Flashcard 190: What is the next step for a child that presents with symptoms concerning for acute mastoiditis? _____

Answer: Empiric IV antibiotic therapy + drainage of purulent material

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