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| Top 5 reasons peds go to doctor |
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1. child health visits
2. URI's
3. Pharyngitis
4. Asthma
5. Allergic Rhinitis |
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| From the forehead to the occiput – LARGEST DIAMETER |
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- Child health & Disability Program
Who is Eligible
Medi-Cal Eligible Children and Youth (B-21yrs)
Based on federal EPSDT Program
Non-Medi-Cal Eligible =<200% (B-19 yrs)
Enrolled in Head Start and or State Preschool |
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| Injury types of deaths by age |
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Definition
- <1 Suffocation, Motor vehicle traffic
- 1-4 Motor vehicle traffic, drowning, fires and burns
- 5-9 Motor vehicle traffic, fires and burns, drowning |
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- Eligibility: Pregnant or postpartum women, infants and children through 5 yrs.
- Must meet income requirements =<185 % of poverty guidelines
- Must be determined to be at nutritional risk
- Receive formula, cereal, Vit C juice or food |
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| for live vaccines, what do we assess for? |
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Definition
| - immunocompromised, steroids, pregnancy |
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Definition
| administer the same day or 4 weeks apart |
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Definition
| administer on same day or plan PPD 4 weeks later as false negative may result |
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| Permanent contraindications to vaccines |
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Definition
Severe allergy to a component or anaphylactic reaction to a previous dose
Pertussis—encephalopathy without a known cause within 7 days of administration |
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| Contraindications to vaccines |
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Definition
MODERATE TO SEVERE ILLNESS
ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK TO VACCINE CONSTITUENTS
Severe immunocompromised
HIV-SYMPTOMATIC (they have AIDS) -VARICELLA
ALLERGIES
PREGNANCY (MMR, VARICELLA) of Recipient |
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Definition
ORAL
- Rotavirus vaccination should not be initiated for infants aged >14 weeks, increases risk for intasusseption
- If they have had it but do not come back until after 8 months, don’t give
- Should not be administered after age 32 weeks. |
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Young and elderly
Sickle cell, HIV
AA, Alaska natives and Native Americans |
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Definition
Protects against Streptococcus Pneumoniae illnesses
Leading cause of bacterial meningitis
Leading community acquired pneumonia
Sinusitis
OM |
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Definition
| - Effective in older children and adults but NOT younger children |
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Definition
for TB in other countries
birth -2 months |
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Incubation is 2-10 weeks, then PPD is positive
Induration larger than 10mm in children younger than 4 years
Induration larger than 15 mm in children 4 years or older without any risk factors
Induration larger than 5 mm in children with risk factors (e.g. C x ray consistent with active TB or pt is in close contact with known “active TB”)
Chest x-ray then treat 10mg/kg prevention to max of 300mg daily |
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Definition
- most common cause
Behavioral disturbance (low motor activity, social interaction and attention to task)
Associated with low birth weight, under nutrition, poverty and abuse
Increased ability to absorb heavy metals including lead |
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Term
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- Check a + anemia by repeating HGB or HCT
- Treat presumptive IDA by prescribing 3-6 mg/kg/day in divided doses between meals
- Repeat HGB in 4 weeks. An incr. in HGB of greater than 1 g/dl confirms IDA
- Continue Fe tx for two or more months, reinforce dietary counseling and recheck HGB and recheck again in 6 months |
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Definition
- Fer-In-Sol drops 15mg/.6ml elemental iron
- Fer-In-Sol syrup 18 mg/5ml elemental iron
- Feosol elixir 44mg/5ml; 60mg/5ml; 25mg/ml |
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Term
| Physiologic anemia of infancy |
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Definition
| term infants from 6 weeks to 3 months of age and is due to a number of factors |
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