Chronic Paediatric Conditions — Flashcards

_____ is a condition associated with ↑ risk of Hirschsprung disease

Hint: Congenital condition

Down's syndrome is associated with _____tonia

Down's syndrome is managed by a _____ whose care is normally coordinated by a community or neurodisability paediatrician

What is the ENT complication associated with Down's syndrome? _____

Down's syndrome is caused by aneuploidy "trisomy _____"

Down's syndrome presents with _____ to severe cognitive impairment

Down's syndrome ↑ the risk of _____

Hint: neuro

What would you suspect in a patient with upslanting palpebral fissures, epicanthic folds, Brushfield spots in iris, small low-set ears, flat occiput, single palmar crease? _____

What is the most common cardiac abnormality in Down's syndrome? _____

Around ~_____% of children with simple febrile seizures develop epilepsy