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What is abdominal pain?
#1 complaint of kids
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What is coma?
Level of consciousness that exhibits no verbal or motor response
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What is epiphysis?
Where growth of long bones occur
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What is PKU?
Diagnosis for kids whose bodies accumulate an essential amino acid phenylalanine
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What is blast cell?
Part of the WBC differential that should never be present
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What is diaphragmatic hernia/
Protrusion of intestines and abdominal structures into the thoracic cavity
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What is meningocele?
Saclike protrusion containing meninges and cerebrospinal fluid
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What is stress fracture?
Adolescent have this risk especially if they limit caloric intake and calcium
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What is hypopituitarism?
Growth hormone deficiency
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What is leukemia?
Most common cancer in children
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What is reflux?
Symptoms include aspiration, pneumonia, color changes especially with feeding
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What is late sign of infant hydrocephalus?
"sunsetting sign"
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What is traction?
Allow ends of bones to heal/immobilize by placing fractured sites together
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What is pituitary disorders?
Causes precocious puberty
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What is a brain tumor?
Morning vomiting and headache may be symptoms
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What is NEC?
Caused by intestinal ischemia, bacterial/viral infection, immaturity of gut
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What is Reye syndrome?
Results from giving ASA to kids with viral infection
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What is dislocation?
Bone ends displaced from their normal position
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What is 15 minutes?
A child with DM should eat within _____ of insulin injection
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What is neuroblastoma?
Arises from nerve branches than run out of spinal cord
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What is malrotation/volvulus?
Most serious type of intestinal obstruction
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What is focal seizure?
Happens in one part of the brain, may or may not affect consciousness
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What is treatment for soft tissue injuries?
When R.I.C.E. would be used
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What are ketones?
Protein breakdown found in the urine of a child with DKA
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What is thrombocytopenia?
Causes bleeding in cancer kids
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