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-The most common cause of hematuria in children is UTI.

#Pediatrics
Maternal risk factors of Birth asphyxia:

1-Hypertension
2-Eclampsia and preeclampsia
3-Diabetes Mellitus
4-Nephritis
5-Hypotension
6-Infection
7-Uterine tetany due to excessive oxytocin.
8-Maternal hypoxia
9-Elderly or young mothers
10-Antepartum and intrapartum anemia.


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RDS is the commonest cause of neonatal death.

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Maternal causes of IUGR:

1-Chronic illness like essential hypertension, pregnancy induced hypertension, chronic renal failure, DM and heart disease.
2-Young maternal age <18 years.
3-Poor maternal weight gain during pregnancy.
4-Fundal lag less 4 cm for gestional age.
5-Short stature.
6-Anemia.
7-Pre-pregnancy weight <50 kg.
8-Prior history of IUGR in a baby.
9-Multiple pregnancy.
10-Poor socioeconomic status.
11-Malnutrition of mother.
12-Smoking in mother.
13-Drugs "like phenytoin, valoprate).


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Complications of hypothermia:

1-Hypglycemia, metabolic acidosis and hypoxia.
2-Clotting disorders: DIC and pulmonary haemorrhage.
3-Shock, decreased perfusion.
4-Intraventricular haemorrhage.
5-Apnea, severe sinus bradycardia and increased neonatal mortality.


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Criteria of Physiologic Jaundice:

It is a diagnosis of exclusion, having the following criteria:

1-It occurs in apparently healthy infants. "No pallor, organomegaly nor risk of kernicterus".

2-Clinical Jaundice appears after 24 hours of age, 2-3rd day in full term while 3-4th day in preterm.

3-Total bilirubin rises by less than 5mg/dl/day.

4-Peak bilirubin occurs at the 4th day"3-5 days" of age in term while in preterm its peak at 6th -8th day with a total bilirubin of no more than 12.9 mg/dl in term and more than 15mg/dl in preterm infant.

5-Clinical jaundice is resolved by 1 week in the term while 2 weeks in the preterm infant.

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Criteria of Pathological Jaundice:

Jaundice is pathologic if:

1-It is evident in the first day of life, also at any time.

2-Bilirubin increases more than 0.5mg/dl/hr or 5mg/dl/day.

3-Peak bilirubin is greater than 13mg/dl in trerm or 15mg/dl in preterm infant.

4-Direct bilirubin fraction is greater than 1.5-2 mg/dl.

5-Associated problems (e.g. anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, signs of sepsis, kernicterus).

6-Clinical jaundice persisting for more than 1week in a full term infant or 2 weeks in a preterm infant.

#Pediatrics
Some equations to ease calculation:

Child’s weight at 3–12 months = (age in months + 8)/2

Child’s weight at 1–6 years = 2(age in years) + 8

In children aged 2–12 years, height can also be estimated by using the following formula:
-Child’s height in centimeters = 6.5(age in years) + 75

#Infections
Complications of exchange transfusion:
1- Apnea and bradycardia, thrombocytopenia, hypervolemia due to overload may lead to cardiac failure.
2-Hypothermia due to exposure especially during winter months.
3-Incompatible blood transfusion reactions.
4-Vomiting and aspiration if stomach isn't empty.
5-Cardiac arrhythmias or arrest.
6-Hypocalcemia.
7-Infections,e.g. sepsis, hepatitis, etc.
8-Air embolism.
9-Hypoglycemia.
10-Metabolic acidosis,vascular spasm.


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Clinical manifestations of Sickle cell anemia:

1-It is common in negros.

2-Starting after the 6th month of age. Because in this asymptomatic period high levels of HbF protect the patient.

3-Features of anemia"Non- specific":
-Fatigue, Headache, Poor feeding, Lethargy, Dizziness, Dyspnea, irritability, Arthralgias, abdominal pain.
Also signs such pallor, Jaundice, tachycardia and postural Hypotension.

4-Features of chronic hemolysis such as hepatospleenomegaly, GB stones, skeletal manifestations.

5-Renal disorders (CRF, NS, Proteinuria.).

6-Crisises such as splenic sequestration crisis, aplastic crisis, vaso-occlusive episodes such as stroke, pulmonary infarction hepatopathy or hematuria, acute chest syndrome.
May be the presenting features.
PP of crisis: hypoxia, dehydration, infection, stress, trauma..etc.

7-Increase susceptibility to overwhelming infection especially S.pneumoniae.

8-Late manifestations:
1-Long term consequences of chronic hemolytic anemia.
2-Tissue hemosiderosis.
3-Gallstones.
4-Leg ulcers.
5-Renal disease.


#Pediatrics
Why do newborns develop
physiological jaundice?


1-Decreased RBC life span.
2-Decreased Y protein and Ligandin in liver.
3-Decreased activity of UDP glucronyl transferase.
4-Increased enterohepatic circulation.


#Pediatrics
Reflexes appearance and disappearance time.

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-Minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) is most commonly seen in 85% of all cases of nephrotic syndrome in children.

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Nephritic syndrome vs Nephrotic syndrome.

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Marasmus vs Kwashiorkor.

#Pediatrics
Note

•Adult remnants of fetal circulation includes:

1- Umbilical vein = Ligamentum teres
2- Ductus venosus = Ligamentum venosus
3- Foramen Ovale = Fossa cialis
4- Umbilical arteries = Proximal part contribute to the internal iliac arteries and superior vesical arteries whereas the distal parts collapse and become fibrotic forming the medial umbilical ligaments.
5- Ductus arteriosus= Ligamentum arteriosum or Harvey's ligament.

#Surgery
Remember:

-The term malnutrition is used to denote undernutrition, overnutrition and selective nutritional deficiencies.

However, the terms malnutrition, PEM and undernutrition are often used interchangeably.

-Undernutrition occurs due to inadequate intake, poor absorption or excessive loss of nutrients.

-Overnutrition occurs due to excessive intake of nutrients.

#Pediatrics
Obesity is a condition with exceas amount of body fat.
-There is an increase in the number and size of adipocytes.

-A child whose weight for age is between 110% and 120% of the standard weight is known as overweight.

-While that more than 120% of the
standard weight is obese.

#Pediatrics
Remember:

-PDD "Postdiarrheal abdominal distension"
It occurs as a complication after diarrhea due to hypokalemia, paralytic ilius.


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