Pediatrics

  HY lecture notes: Tx of community-acquired sepsis –> if USMLE asks you for one drug, the answer = third-generation cephalosporin –> ceftriaxone is almost always the answer; if the …

  HY lecture notes: Rubella (German measles; three-day measles) Presentation1 Classically pediatric viral illness, with peak incidence age 5-9. Three-day prodrome of fever, malaise, and anorexia. As the fever abates, …

  HY lecture notes: Phakomatoses is that obscure term that pretty much causes every convo with a student to go like this: “Wait, what… what did you just say.” “Phakomatoses.” …

  HY lecture notes: Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC) –> one of the highest-yield conditions for both 2CK and the peds shelf. They’ll say theres a 17-year-old girl who has a …

  HY lecture notes: Recurrent varicella infections; what is the immunologic defect? –> answer = T cell dysfunction (defect in cell-mediated immunity). T cell deficiency –> Q may mention absent …

  HY lecture notes: Craniopharyngioma –> answer for pituitary tumor in peds –> can calcify –> can have cholesterol deposits + “motor oil” appearance on biopsy –> contains squamous epithelium …

  HY lecture notes: ToRCHeS: Toxo –> triad of hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications, chorioretinitis Other –> Parvo B19 (aplastic anemia; hydrops), Varicella (zigzag skin lesions, limb defects, micro-ophthalmia) Rubella –> patent …

  HY Lecture notes: Hemophilia A and B are XR. If you get a difficult vignette where you’re not sure of the Dx, just remember you’ll never see these in …