Acute Paediatrics — Flashcards

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

What rare neurological complication can result from chickenpox? _____

What is the most common complication of chickenpox? _____

_____ lotion or antihistamines can help soothe pruritus in chickenpox

Refer if a child cannot sit unsupported at _____

Chickenpox is contagious until the _____ around ~5 days from the onset of exanthem

Chickenpox is highly contagious, with up to _____% of susceptible close contacts contracting the disease

Shingles is the reactivation of the dormant _____ virus

Lumbar puncture for meningitis in children is contraindicated with _____ septicaemia

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

Hint: time