Hematology
This is the most common nutritional deficiency in children, frequently occuring between ages 12=26 months due to excessive cow's milk consumption.
What is iron deficiency anemia?
Type of immunity acquired through the administration of vaccines or exposure to an infectious disease?
What is active immunity?
The most common form of childhood cancer, characterized y the uncontrolled proliferation of immature white blood cells.
What is Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)?
Highly contagious superficial bacterial skin infection characterized by honey-colored crusts around the mouth or nose.
What is impetigo?
This genetic disorder causes red blood cells to assume an elongated, rigid shape during times of stress, infection, or dehydration, leading to vaso-occlusvie crises.
What is sickle cell anemia?
A severe, life-threatening allergic reaction requiring immediate administration of interamuscular epinephrine.
What is anaphylaxis?
The critical nursing intervention that must never be performed on a child diagnosed with or suspected of having Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma).
What is palpating the abdomen?
A chronic, pruitic inflammatory skin condition associated with a family history of asthma or allergi rhinitis, characterized by dry, itchy lesions.
What is atopic dermatitis (eczema)?
An X-linked recessive disorder caused by a deficiency in Factor VIII, leading to bleeding into joint spaces.
What is hemophilia A?
The key precaution for a child with severe neutropenia to prevent exposure to opportunistic infections?
What are neutropenic precaustions or reverse isolation?
A metabolic emergency caused by rapid destruction of malignant cells during initial chemotherapy, leading to hypercalemia, hyperuricemia, and hyperphosphatemia.
What is tumor lysis syndrome?
A parasitic skin infection caused by sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense nocturnal itching and burrows between fingers and skin folds.
What is scabies?
This acquired hemorrhagic disorder is characterized by autoimmune destruction of blood platelets, often following a viral illness.
What is immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)?
An autoimmune condition leading to chronic inflammation of the synovium in joints, often presenting with morning stiffness in children under 16.
What is juvenile idiopathic arthritis?
An adrenal glad or sympathetic nervous sytem tumor common in infants that often crosses the abdominal midline.
What is a neuroblastoma?
Fluid resuscitation formula often used in pediatric burn management to prevent hypovolemic shock.
What is the Parkland formula?
The primary goal during a sickle cell vaso-occlusive crisis that takes priority alongside pain management and oxygenation.
What is hydration (IV fluid administration)?
The pediatric condition involves acute systemic vasculitis affecting coronary arteries and treated with high-dose IVIG and aspirin.
What is Kawasaki disease?
The primary malignant bone tumor typically occurs in the metaphysis of long bones (such as the femur) during growth spurts in adolescence.
What is osteosarcoma?
A severe potential life-threatening hypersensitivity skin reaction characterized by epidermal necrolysis, often triggered by medications like anticonvulsants or antibiotics.
What is Stevens-Johnson Syndrem or Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis?