Acute Paediatrics — Flashcards

Flashcard 51: What are the most common vertically-transmitted infections that cause congenital disorders? _____

Answer: TORCH • Toxoplasmosis • Other (VZV, parovirus B19, HIV) • Rubella • Cytomegalovirus (CMV) • Herpes simplex virus (HSV)

Flashcard 52: Measles is spread via _____ transmission.

Answer: airborne

Extra: Isolation precautions: Airborne precautions (Negative pressure room + N95 mask).

Flashcard 53: _____-risk close contacts of individuals with measles should be given HNIG (human normal immunoglobulin) within 72 hours

Answer: high

Flashcard 54: The rash caused by Rubella is generally preceded by a _____

Answer: flu-like prodrome

Extra: Note: In Rubella, the prodrome is often mild or absent in children but more prominent in adults. A key clinical feature is **tender post-auricular, suboccipital, and posterior cervical lymphadenopathy**, which usually precedes the rash by 5–10 days.

Flashcard 55: A 20 year old male with a confirmed mumps diagnosis returns with a epigastric pain, nausea & vomiting. What complication of mumps is most likely to have occured? _____

Answer: Pancreatitis

Flashcard 56: _____ is a viral infection that characteristically causes parotitis

Answer: Mumps

Flashcard 57: The onset of parotid swelling in mumps is usually _____

Answer: rapid

Flashcard 58: A 20 year old male with a confirmed mumps diagnosis returns with a warm, inflamed, painful testicle & vomiting. What complication of mumps is most likely to have occured? _____

Answer: Mumps orchitis

Flashcard 59: The diagnosis of mumps is usually _____ and is confirmed by presence of IgM in saliva

Answer: clinical

Flashcard 60: A 20 year old female with a confirmed mumps diagnosis returns with a abdo pain, fever & vomiting. What complication of mumps is most likely to have occured? _____

Answer: Mumps Oophoritis