Fractures & Tractions
Neurovascular emergency caused by increased pressure within a closed tissue space, causing severe pain unrelieved by pain medication.
What is compartment syndrome?
Dynamic abduction harness worn continuously by infants under 6 month sto treat Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH).
What is a pavlik harness?
Infectious process within the bone tissue, most commonly caused by staph aureus.
What is osteomyelitis?
Chronic childhood autoimmune disease causing joint inflammation, stiffness, and potential growth distrubances.
What is juvenile idiopathic arthritis?
Autosomal dominant genetic connective tissue disorder characterised by fragile bones, joint hypermobility, and blue sclera.
What is osteogenesis imperfecta?
The 6 "P"s evaluated during a pediatric neurovascular assessment of an injured extemity.
What are pain, pulse, pallor, paresthesia, paralysis, and poikilothermie (or pressure)?
Classic physical sign of DDH observed in an infant during a physical examination.
What are asymmetrical gluteal/thigh skin folds (or a piositive Ortolani/Barlow sign)?
Essential initial treatment step for acute bacterial osteomyelitis following blood cultures?
What is high dose intravenous antibiotic therapy?
Classic daily symptom experienced by children with JIA that parents can help relieve using warm baths or moist heat.
What is morning joint stiffness?
Critical safety technique when changing a diaper or repositioning an infant with osteogenesis imperfecta?
What is lifting from under the buttocks/back rather than pulling or lifting by the ankles/legs?
Type of incomplete fracture common in young children where one side of the bond breaks whil the other side bends.
What is a greenstick fracture:
Complex congenital ankle and foot deformity involving forefoot adduction, midfoot caus, heel varus, and ankle equinus.
What is club foot (talipes equinovarus)?
What is immobilization or splinting?
First line drug class prescribed to erreduce joint pain and inflammation in children with JIA.
What is NSAIDs (nonsteriodal anti-inflammatory drugs)?
Most common primary malignant bone tumor in children, typically originating in the metaphyseal region of long bones.
What is osteosarcoma?
Curcial rule regarding weights on bryant, buck, or skeletal traction set ups.
What is keeping weights hanging freely without thouching the floor or bed frame?
Gold standard consercative treatment method for congenital club food involving weekly serial casting?
What is the Ponseti method?
Infection of a joint space requiring emergent surgical drainage to prvent permanent cartilage destruction.
What is spetic arthritis?
Serious ocular complication of JIA requiring regular opthalmology examinations with a slit-lamp to prevent blindness.
What is uveitis (or iridocyclitis)?
Raiodgraphic feature characteristic of Ewing Sarcoma seen on bone x-rays.
What is an "onion skin" appearance?
Specific region of a growing child's bone where a fracture can lead to future growth impairment or limb length discrepancy?
What is the epiphyseal plate (growth plate/physis)?
Physical screening test for scoliosis where the child bends forward at the waist with knees straight and arms dangling.
What is the Adams Forward Bend Test?
Two blood laboratory inflammatory markers routinely monitored to evaluate response to treatment in bone and joint infections.
What is erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-Reactive Protein (CRP)?
Recommended physical exercise for children with JIA to maintain muscle strength and joint range of motion without joint impact.
What is swimming?
Surgical limb-salvage alternative for lower extremity bone tumors where the ankle joint is rotated 180 degrees to serve as a knee joint.
What is rotationplasty?