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Pediatic Acquired Heart Disease and Pediatric Hypertension

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Most common cuase of acquired heart disease in children   Kawasaki  
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At what age is kawasaki more prevelant and does it occur in more boys or girls,   less than 5, more in boys  
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How long do you have to have a fever for it to be kawasaki   5 days  
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Erythema of oral membranes   kawasaki  
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Red where you should be pink   kawasaki  
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Do kawasaki patients prevent as sick or healthy appearing   very sick  
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What condition can develop from untreated kawaaki and at what prevelance   coronary artery anuerysm (15-25%)  
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ELEVATED: platelets, ESR, WBC, and liver transaminases   kawasaki  
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What day does all of the scary stuff with kawasaki start to occur   day 3  
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Tx for kawasaki   IV gamma globulin and aspirin  
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how is aspirin administered in kawasaki   start high and go low  
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how long do you keep someone on aspirin when they've had kawasaki   until labs normalize  
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Febrile child, no responding to antibiotics   kawasaki  
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Cervical adenopathy   kawasaki  
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dry/fissured lips   kawasaki  
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non-exudative conjunctivits   kawasaki  
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polymophus exanthem   kawasaki  
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Is cardiomegaly a sign of kawasaki   NO!  
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second most common acquired heart disease   rhuematic fever  
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can you get rhuematic fever from type A strep in your GI tract or skin   NO  
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Name three high risk factors for strep   age 6-15, high family occurance, and low socioeconomic status  
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#1 symtpom in the Jones criteria   arthirits (MIGRATES)  
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name the five jones critria   arthritis, chorea, carditis, erythema marginosum, and subcut. nodules  
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which vlave is most damaged with rhumeatic fever? Which is second   mitral, aortic  
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purposeless movements that may be aggrivated by stress   sydenhams chorea  
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Where does erythema marginitum NOT occur   face  
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Where can subcutaneous nodules from rhueamatic fever be found   extensor surfaces of joints  
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What would you use to treat normal rhuematic fever? Severe?   supprative care; prednisone  
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How will you treat a patient who has had rhuematic fever that cleared but still has a murmur   continue antibiotics  
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Which three professions required life long antibiotics after rhuematic fever   medical professionals, military, and teachers  
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Where is a murmur heard best in rhuematic heart disease   APEX  
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What is the most common cause of death from cardiovascular disease   athlerosclerosis  
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By what percent does the risk of athlerosclerosis increase if one parent is overweight or obese   40%  
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If your fat when your young, what are the chances you fat when your older   70%  
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Most important prevention for athlerosclerosis   healthy diet and excercise (nonfat dairy in children over 2)  
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What is the classification for children's BP based on   normative distribution in a healthy population  
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What is normative BP defined as in children   less than the 90TH percentile  
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What is hypertension defined by in pediatrics   SBP or DBP above the 95th percentile for geneder age and height over 3 seperate occasions  
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At what BP does JNC 7 define prehypertension and recommend lifestyle changes   120/80  
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at what age should children be having their BP taken during medical visits   3  
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Which method shoudl you use to take a pediatric BP   auscultation  
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Ideally, when do you want to take a childs BP   avoidance of stimulants or food, sitting quietly for 5 minutes, back supported and feet on floor, right arm supported at heart level  
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BP between the 90th and 95th percentile OR greater than 120/80   prehypertensive  
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When does SBP typically go above normal   age 12  
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when does DBP typically go above normal   16  
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When would you treat a pediatric patient who is prehypertensive with a pharmacolgical intervention   kidneys disease, DM, HF, or LVH  
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At which stage do you automatically place a patient on drugs   stage 2, stage 1 needs an indication  
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95-99 percentile plus 5mmHG   stage 1  
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greater than 99th pecentile plus 5mmHG   stage 2  
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What shoudl also be taken in the case of a hypertensive youth   sleep history  
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Children and adolescents who are hypertensive are also likely to be...   overweight  
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overweight and high BP are components of...   metabolic disorder  
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B.E.A.R.S. is a acronym for what   sleep disordersB - bedtime problemsE - excessive daytime drowsinessA - Awakening during the nightR - regularity and duration of sleepS - sleep disorder breathing  
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Is secondary hypertension more common in children or adults   Children  
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Checking BP in both arms and one leg looks for..   coarctation of the aorta  
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Name two major organs to look at in secondary hypertension   heart and kidneys  
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How do you inquire about drug use   directly  
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What are you looking at in a CBC for hypertension   anemia reflecting chronic disease such as vasculitis and chronic renal diseas  
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When shoudl you preforma plasma glucose on a prehypertensive child   obese, family history, or renal disease  
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what is the most prominant clinical sign/evidence of end organ damage in hypetension   LVH  
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primary therapy for weight related hypertension   thearputic lifestyle changes  
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