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PIG's Puzzles: August 2009
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Pediatrics Interest Group at Quillen COM. View my complete profile. Thursday, August 27, 2009. A mother brings her 12-month-old child for a well-child visit. The infant appears to be small for her age. Her weight is below the 5 th. Percentile on standardized growth curves (5 oth. Percentile of an 8-month-old), her length is at the 25 th. Percentile, and her head circumference is at the 50 th. Percentile. Her vital signs and her examination are otherwise normal. What is the most likely diagnosis? Thursday...
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PIG's Puzzles: Answer to Case File #1
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Pediatrics Interest Group at Quillen COM. View my complete profile. Thursday, August 27, 2009. Answer to Case File #1. The infant presents with classic characteristics of Down Syndrome. The next step in evaluation: Infant chromosomal evaluation to confirm diagnosis, evaluation for other features of the syndrome, counseling, and family support. Advanced maternal age: The incidence of Down Syndrome increases each year beyond the age of 35. At 35 years, the incidence is 1 in 378 live born.
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PIG's Puzzles: Answer to Case File #2
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Pediatrics Interest Group at Quillen COM. View my complete profile. Thursday, September 3, 2009. Answer to Case File #2. The patient has Failure to Thrive. Most likely of " nonorganic. Next Step: Gather more information, including birth, past medical, family, social, and developmental histories. A dietary. History is especially important. Failure to Thrive( FTT. A physical sign, not a final diagnosis. It is suspected when growth is below. Poor growth without a medical etiology. Nonorganic. Answer to Case...
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PIG's Puzzles: Case File #4
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Pediatrics Interest Group at Quillen COM. View my complete profile. Thursday, September 10, 2009. A 5-year-old girl comes to your clinic for the first time with complaints of fever, malaise, and a cough for 2 days. She has a history of asthma for which she uses a steroid inhaler daily and an albuterol. Ill-appearing child whose height and weight are at the fifth percentile for age. Her temperature is 101 degrees F and respiratory rate 32 breath/min. She has scant purulent rhinorrhea.
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PIG's Puzzles: September 2009
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Pediatrics Interest Group at Quillen COM. View my complete profile. Saturday, September 19, 2009. Answer to Case File #4. The patient has Cystic Fibrosis. Next Step in Evaluation: Obtain a chest radiograph. And perform a sweat chloride test. Clubbing: Increase in the angle between the nail and nail base of 180 degrees. Cystic Fibrosis: The major cause of chronic debilitating pulmonary disease and pancreatic. Characteristics pancreatic changes give the disease its name. Thursday, September 10, 2009. Inhal...
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PIG's Puzzles: Case File #3
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Pediatrics Interest Group at Quillen COM. View my complete profile. Thursday, September 3, 2009. He is Tanner stage 1 with small gonads. What is the most likely diagnosis? Email answers to zjgb14@goldmail.etsu.edu. Keep your ears open for news about the first PIG movie night! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Answer to Case File #4. Answer to Case File #3. Answer to Case File #2.
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PIG's Puzzles: Answer to Case File #4
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Pediatrics Interest Group at Quillen COM. View my complete profile. Saturday, September 19, 2009. Answer to Case File #4. The patient has Cystic Fibrosis. Next Step in Evaluation: Obtain a chest radiograph. And perform a sweat chloride test. Clubbing: Increase in the angle between the nail and nail base of 180 degrees. Cystic Fibrosis: The major cause of chronic debilitating pulmonary disease and pancreatic. Characteristics pancreatic changes give the disease its name. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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PIG's Puzzles: Answer to Case File #3
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Pediatrics Interest Group at Quillen COM. View my complete profile. Thursday, September 10, 2009. Answer to Case File #3. The patient has Klinefelter. Syndrome, a trisomy. Syndrome often due to paternal rather than maternal nondisjunction. Affecting 1 in 600 to 800 male infants. Best Diagnostic test: Chromosomal analysis. Syndrome: A specific syndrome associated with behavioral problems(immaturity, insecurity), developmental delay (speech, language, lower IQ), and physical findings ( gynecomastia.
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PIG's Puzzles: Case File #2
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Pediatrics Interest Group at Quillen COM. View my complete profile. Thursday, August 27, 2009. A mother brings her 12-month-old child for a well-child visit. The infant appears to be small for her age. Her weight is below the 5 th. Percentile on standardized growth curves (5 oth. Percentile of an 8-month-old), her length is at the 25 th. Percentile, and her head circumference is at the 50 th. Percentile. Her vital signs and her examination are otherwise normal. What is the most likely diagnosis?
