Infectious Disease — Flashcards

What is the likely diagnosis in a child that presents with 2 months of daily fever, pink macular rash, and knee/hip pain that is worse in the morning? _____

For pediatric simple febrile seizures, _____ is indicated with clinical features of meningitis or children ages 6-12 months without immunization

Bronchodilators, epinephrine, and corticosteroids are part of the treatment for bronchiolitis _____

Hint: T/F

What is the likely diagnosis in a child that presents with ear pain with a bulging, erythematous tympanic membrane on otoscopic exam? _____

High fever and diffuse macular rash several days later = _____

Hint: infection

Child <2 years old with recent viral URI and wheezing/dyspnea in the winter months is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Shigellosis can cause a high fever, which can lead to _____

Hint: neurological complication

Child 3 mo - 3 yr, relief with knee-chest position and currant-jelly/bloody bowel movements is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

What is the likely diagnosis in a young child that presents with fever and a petechial rash on the lower extremities with a positive Brudziński's sign? _____

What is the next step in management for a child with suspected immune thrombocytopenia that presents with mucosal bleeding (prolonged epistaxis, bleeding from the GI tract, or intracranial hemorrhage)? _____