CURRENT ESSENTIALS PEDIATRICS - part 1 pps

[...]... critical to recovery from this tragedy • ■ Pearl Histories in infants dying of SIDS rarely reveal a previous history of apparent life-threatening events (ALTEs) Childhood immunizations have not been linked to SIDS 1 12 Current Essentials: Pediatrics 1 Pneumothorax ■ Essentials of Diagnosis Air leak from lung into pleural space can occur spontaneously but more often occurs after birth trauma, positive... ultimate outcome usually good Pearl Consider the possibility of a radiolucent foreign body in a previously healthy child with a lung abscess Bronchoscopy may be indicated 1 10 Current Essentials: Pediatrics 1 Pulmonary Embolism ■ Essentials of Diagnosis • • • • • ■ Differential Diagnosis • • • • ■ Occurs in sickle cell anemia, rheumatic fever, bacterial endocarditis, schistosomiasis, bone fracture,... Instructor, Department of Pediatrics Section of Pediatric Cardiology University of Colorado School of Medicine The Children’s Hospital Denver, Colorado Paul G Moe, MD Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology Division of Child Neurology University of Colorado School of Medicine The Children’s Hospital Denver, Colorado Joseph G Morelli, MD Professor, Departments Dermatology and Pediatrics University... Denver, Colorado John W Ogle, MD Professor, Department of Pediatrics Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases University of Colorado School of Medicine The Children’s Hospital Director, Department of Pediatrics Denver Health Medical Center Denver, Colorado Christopher C Porter, MD Fellow, Section of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant Department of Pediatrics University of Colorado School of Medicine... Stevens-Simon, MD Professor, Department of Pediatrics Section of Adolescent Medicine University of Colorado School of Medicine The Children’s Hospital Denver, Colorado Lora J Stewart, MD Fellow, Department of Pediatrics Section of Allergy & Clinical Immunology National Jewish Medical & Research Center University of Colorado School of Medicine Denver, Colorado Elizabeth Thilo, MD Associate Professor, Department... of the trachea, the higher the chance that swelling of the airway caused by viral infection may produce respiratory obstruction Monitor the young child with croup carefully! 1 4 Current Essentials: Pediatrics 1 Bronchiolitis ■ Essentials of Diagnosis • • • • • ■ Differential Diagnosis • • • • • ■ Reactive airways disease Acute bacterial or viral pneumonitis Atelectasis Heart failure with pulmonary... bronchodilators may be useful • Surgical removal of severely affected pulmonary segment • • ■ Pearl Hemoptysis is less common in children with bronchiectasis than it is in adults 1 6 Current Essentials: Pediatrics 1 Cystic Fibrosis (CF) ■ Essentials of Diagnosis • • • • • • • ■ Autosomal recessive defect in cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene which regulates chloride ion movements... depends upon clinical severity, underlying medical condition, and need for isolation Pearl Pneumococcal vaccines prevent or reduce the severity of disease in 90% of patients 1 8 Current Essentials: Pediatrics 1 Viral Pneumonia ■ Essentials of Diagnosis • • • • • • ■ Differential Diagnosis • • • • ■ Bacterial pneumonia Asthma Foreign body aspiration Acute bacterial or viral tracheitis Treatment • • •... Professor, Department of Psychiatry University of Colorado School of Medicine Co-Director, Eating Disorders Treatment Program The Children’s Hospital Denver, Colorado Taru Hays, MD Professor, Department of Pediatrics Section of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant University of Colorado School of Medicine The Children’s Hospital Denver, Colorado Francis Hoe, MD Instructor, Department of Pediatrics. .. D Krugman, MD Professor, Department of Pediatrics Dean, University of Colorado School of Medicine Denver, Colorado Myron J Levin, MD Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases University of Colorado School of Medicine The Children’s Hospital Denver, Colorado Contributors xv Andrew H Liu, MD Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Section of Allergy . prior written permission of the publisher. 0-0 7 -1 510 8 2-6 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: 0-0 7 -1 412 5 6-5 . All trademarks are trademarks of their respective. . . . . . . 15 9 10 . Endocrine Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1 11 . Inborn Errors of Metabolism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 01 12. Genetics.