Growth/Development — Flashcards

Flashcard 301: Children should use a booster seat until they are _____ years old (or until the seat belt fits properly)

Answer: 8

Flashcard 302: Does breast milk contain adequate amounts of Vitamin K?

Answer: No

Flashcard 303: Patients with neuroblastomas can have orbital metastases resulting in proptosis and / or _____

Answer: periorbital ecchymosis

Flashcard 304: Canakinumab can be used to treat patients with Systemic _____ Arthritis

Answer: Juvenile Idiopathic

Flashcard 305: What is the most important modifiable risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)?

Answer: Prone sleep position

Extra: Tobacco smoke exposure (maternal smoking during pregnancy and second-hand smoke) is also a major modifiable risk factor. Other risk factors include: - Soft sleeping surfaces (e.g., bedding, pillows, plush toys) - Overheating - Bed-sharing (co-sleeping) - Prematurity / Low birth weight - Young maternal age (<20)

Flashcard 306: In Tanner stage _____, the pubic hair coarsens, the penis size increases, and the breast enlarges

Answer: III

Flashcard 307: Which pediatric hip condition is self-limited and typically lasts ~2-3 years?

Answer: Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease

Flashcard 308: Prader-Willi syndrome is characterized by _____ levels of ghrelin

Answer: increased

Flashcard 309: Osgood-Schlatter Disease is commonly seen in patients during their _____

Answer: pubertal growth spurt

Flashcard 310: What is the leading cause of intellectual disability in the US? _____

Answer: Fetal alcohol syndrome