Pediatric gastrointestinal infections — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What is a complication of rotavirus diarrhea?_____

Answer: Dehydration

Flashcard 2: What is the most common cause of severe diarrhea in children?_____

Answer: Rotavirus

Flashcard 3: What is the most common symptom of rotavirus?_____

Answer: Watery diarrhea

Flashcard 4: When treating febrile seizures, is supportive care or active cooling primarily indicated?_____

Answer: Supportive care

Flashcard 5: Which childhood exanthem is known as second disease?_____

Answer: Scarlet fever (Step pyogenes - GAS)

Flashcard 6: The measles rash starts on the _____ and moves _____-wards

Answer: face

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Flashcard 7: What is the likely diagnosis in a child that presents with fever and signs of heart failure ~1 week after an URI? _____

Answer: Viral myocarditis

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Flashcard 8: Narrowing of the _____ and _____ region produces the "steeple sign" on CXR of croup (parainfluenza virus)

Answer: trachea

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Flashcard 9: Which demographic is commonly associated with Yersinia enterocolitica? _____

Answer: Toddlers

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Flashcard 10: Roseola is a DNA virus that presents with a rash that starts on the _____ and moves _____-wards

Answer: neck/trunk

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