Pediatric respiratory infections — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What is another name for croup (parainfluenza infection)?_____

Answer: Laryngeotracheobronchitis

Flashcard 2: What is a classic respiratory buzzword for croup (laryngeotracheobronchitis, parainfluenza infection)?_____

Answer: Inspiratory stridor (with a seal bark cough)

Flashcard 3: In children, typical HUS symptoms are accompanied by _____ due to infection with E. coli

Answer: diarrhea

Flashcard 4: _____ is the most common cause of atypical pneumonia in infants

Answer: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Flashcard 5: Which stage of Bordetella pertussis infection is characterized by non-specific fever and conjunctival injection?_____

Answer: Catarrhal

Flashcard 6: What is used for prevention of RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) in premature infants?_____

Answer: Palivizumab

Flashcard 7: Acute epiglottitis is associated with risk of acute _____

Answer: airway obstruction

Flashcard 8: The measles rash starts on the _____ and moves _____-wards

Answer: face

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Flashcard 9: What is the likely diagnosis in a child that presents with fever and signs of heart failure ~1 week after an URI? _____

Answer: Viral myocarditis

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Flashcard 10: Narrowing of the _____ and _____ region produces the "steeple sign" on CXR of croup (parainfluenza virus)

Answer: trachea

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