A 12 years old female, mentally retarded, known to have hydrocephalus with VP shunt.
Clinical Presentation A 12 years old female, mentally retarded, known to have hydrocephalus with VP shunt. Radiological Finding...
Clinical Presentation A 12 years old female, mentally retarded, known to have hydrocephalus with VP shunt. Radiological Finding...
A full-term female newborn with multiple congenital anomalies. Transcranial ultrasound (median coronal "A" and right parasagit...
A newborn with multiple congenital anomalies. Brain ultrasound: The median sagittal section (B) shows complete absence of the corpus ...
A 4 months old child with mild increase of the head circumference. The neurological exam was normal. CT was done to rule out hydrocephalus. ...
distinguish from regurgitation (passive ejection of gastric contents secondary to reflux) Infectious GI causes: gast...
congenital anomalies are a frequent cause, e.g. atresia, HirshprungÃs Differential diagnosis: gastroenteritis gastroesophageal r...
Approach consider: infection, inflammation, mechanical obstruction, motility disorders, others (e.g. eating disorder) Non GI caus...
PRIMARY CARE PEDIATRICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regular Visits Nutrition Colic Child Injury Prevention Immunization D...
H ow R eady I s T his C hild? <--- (Apgar Score) Assess Apgar at 1, 5 minutes, if < 7 at 5 min then again 5 min ...
INFANT MORTALITY 9-10/1,000 births causes • congenital • prematurity (RDS, intracranial hemorrhage) • asphyxia •...
PNEUMONIA Clinical Features incidence is greatest in first year of life fever, cough, crackles tachypnea, tachycar...
STRIDOR Common Causes of Stridor lumen: foreign body, hypertrophic tonsils or adenoids respiratory wall: croup, epiglot...
Hypospadias 1:500 newborns urethral meatus opens on the ventral side of the penis,proximal to the glans may be associated w...
URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION Posterior Urethral Valves 1/50 000 most common obstructive urethral lesion in male infants muco...
HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME acquired renal insufficiency triad: nephropathy, thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemi...
HEMATURIA Asymptomatic Microscopic Hematuria 5% of school aged children on single test but < 1% on repeated testing ...
excessive accumulation of CSF associated with progressive ventricular dilatation pathophysiology/etiology increased produc...
o most common cause of seizure in children o 3-5% of all children, M > F Criteria age 6 months - 6 years thou...
Childhood Epileptic Syndromes Infantile spasms onset 4-8 months brief, repeated contractions of neck, trunk and extrem...
DOWN SYNDROME in humans, the most common abnormality of autosomal chromosomes trisomy 21 80-90% nondisjun...