Acute Paediatrics — Flashcards

A child presents with joint pain, limp, fever and lethargy. What should you rule out? _____

What criteria is used to diagnose septic arthritis? _____

What investigation would you do in septic arthritis? _____

Septic arthritis is more common in _____

Hint: Sex

Paediatric septic arthritis most commonly affects the _____, knee, & ankle joints

In septic arthritis the joint appears _____ and erythematous & warm

Rule out septic arthritis to prevent the risk of _____

What is the mangement of a child's first febrile seizure, complex febrile seizure, or suspected CNS infection? _____

Duodenal atresia is associated with _____ in up to a third of cases

Hint: congenital abnormality

When a febrile seizure lasts > _____ it is termed febrile status epilepticus