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🖊 Laryngomalacia presents in infants with inspiratory stridor that worsens in the supine position and improves in the prone position

Laryngoscopy shows collapse of the supraglottic structures during inspiration. Concurrent gastroesophageal reflux should be treated. 

Laryngomalacia usually resolves spontaneously by age 18 months.
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🖊 Your immune system is a large network of organs, white blood cells, proteins (antibodies) and chemicals.

This system works together to protect you from foreign invaders (bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi) that cause infection, illness and disease.
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A 7-year-old child presents with excessive thirst and frequent urination. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Anonymous Quiz
8%
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
20%
Diabetes insipidus
3%
Urinary tract infection
68%
New-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus
1%
Cushing syndrome
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Which microorganism is the most common cause of urinary tract infection (UTI)?
Anonymous Quiz
7%
Staphylococcus aureus
4%
Klebsiella pneumoniae
3%
Proteus mirabilis
84%
Escherichia coli
3%
Enterococcus faecalis
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What is the most common renal malignancy in children aged 2–5 years?
Anonymous Quiz
18%
Neuroblastoma
8%
Renal cell carcinoma
6%
Mesoblastic nephroma
5%
Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney
63%
Wilms tumor
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A 3-year-old child is found to have a firm, smooth abdominal mass on routine examination. The mass is asymptomatic and does not cross the midline. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Anonymous Quiz
14%
Neuroblastoma
5%
Hepatoblastoma
72%
Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma)
4%
Burkitt lymphoma
5%
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Which congenital heart disease presents with severe cyanosis relieved by squatting?
Anonymous Quiz
11%
Transposition of great arteries
6%
TAPVR
8%
Tricuspid atresia
76%
Tetralogy of Fallot
A child presents with fever and signs of heart failure after several days of runny nose and nasal congestion. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Anonymous Quiz
35%
Acute rheumatic fever
11%
Bacterial endocarditis
5%
Congenital heart disease
9%
Kawasaki disease
39%
Viral myocarditis
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A bloody discharge from the nipple is consistent with which one of the following breast lesions?
Anonymous Quiz
9%
Fibroadenoma
58%
Intraductal papilloma
17%
Acute mastitis
11%
Phyllodes tumor
5%
Sclerosing adenosis
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A 3-year-old child is developing normally. Physical
examination reveals a low-pitched cardiac murmur. An echocardiogram shows the presence of an ostium secundum, with
1-cm defect. Which of the ff abnormalities is most likely to be found in this child?
Anonymous Quiz
12%
Pulmonary hypertension
9%
Pericardial effusion
7%
Cyanosis at rest
67%
Left-to-right shunt
5%
Mural thrombosis
2
A 3-month-old infant had watery diarrhea and fever for
10 days. Rotavirus or adenovirus types 40 and 41 are the suspected
agents. What type of specimen would be most appropriate for detection of adenovirus type 40 and 41 infection in this patient?
Anonymous Quiz
9%
blood
4%
urine
11%
conjuctival swap
54%
stool
20%
throat swab
2%
CSF
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A 2½-year-old child attending nursery school acquires a mild
respiratory infection. Other children in the nursery school have
similar illnesses. Which adenovirus types are the most likely causes of the illnesses?
Anonymous Quiz
36%
Types 40 and 41
17%
Types 8, 19, and 37
21%
Types 1, 2, 5, and 6
11%
Types 3, 4, and 7
15%
Types 21, 22, 34, and 35
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On physical examination, unlike kidney mass spleenomegaly is
Anonymous Quiz
49%
A.it has notch
18%
B.we can palpate above the mass
19%
C.it grows down and vertically
14%
D.overlying colonic resonance on percussion
A cephalosporin with the highest activity against gram positive cocci is
Anonymous Quiz
10%
Cefaclor
18%
Cefuroxime
33%
Cefotaxime
30%
Cefepime
10%
Cefadroxil
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All of the following blood schizonticides have the same MOAs except
Anonymous Quiz
11%
Chloroquine
8%
Quinine
13%
Quinidine
46%
Artemisinin
21%
Mefloquine
1
Which of the following does NOT occur in amphotericin B toxicity?
Anonymous Quiz
24%
Anemia
17%
Mg+ and K+ wasting
31%
Keratitis
12%
Renal toxicity
17%
Infusion related chills
1
Which of the following medications used to treat river blindness targets chloride channels and can cause a Mazzotti reaction?
Anonymous Quiz
50%
Ivermectin
24%
Praziquantel
19%
Pyrantel pamoate
6%
Albendazole
2
Which stage of Plasmodium falcifarum life cycle is least likely to be seen in peripheral blood smear?
Anonymous Quiz
47%
Schizont
32%
Gametocyte
21%
Ring trophozoite
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