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HEEADSSS - for psychosocial history taking in adolescents

Home environment, Education and employment, Eating, peer-related Activities, Drugs,
history taking in adolescents ... and Safety from injury ... violence #Diagnosis ... #Screening #Peds ... #HEADSSS #Mnemonic
Pyloric Stenosis - peminfographics.com
#Diagnosis #PatientInfo #Peds #Pediatrics #PyloricStenosis #Symptoms #Overview #Mnemonic
peminfographics.com #Diagnosis ... #PatientInfo #Peds ... PyloricStenosis #Symptoms ... #Overview #Mnemonic
Pediatric Concussions

Concussion is 
common after 
minor head 
Injuries 

Only 10% will 
report a loss of 
consciousness
traumatic brain iniury ... children and adolescents ... six weeks of iniury ... Concussion #Pediatric #Peds ... #PatientInfo #Diagnosis
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Symptoms are non-specific:
 - Headache 90%
 - Nausea/vomiting 50%
 - Vertigo 50%
 - Altered
Monoxide Poisoning Symptoms ... affected (inc pets ... Outdoors improves symptoms ... Monoxide #Poisoning #Toxicology ... #diagnosis #management
Osteosarcoma 
Most common primary malignant bone tumor in children 
Most Common Sites of Involvement:
1. Distal femur
frequently begins after injury ... • Systemic symptoms ... #Osteosarcoma #Diagnosis ... Features #Oncology #Peds
Borderline Personality Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Behavioral Traits:
 • Unstable Relationships - Alternating extremes of idealization
experienced BPD Mnemonic ... the above with symptoms ... noted since adolescence ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis ... #Mnemonic #AMSUICIDE
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
- Differential Diagnosis ... Structural: • Head Injury ... Childhood and Adolescents ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
anaerobic metabolism Diagnosis ... and acute kidney injury ... also includes symptoms ... LacticAcidosis #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Management
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
 -
caustic mucosal injury ... post-ingestion) - Symptom ... caustic bowel injury ... Poisoning #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Salter Harris Fractures - Pediatric Fractures of the Physis 
SALTR Mnemonic 

Salter Harris I 
Straight through
Physis SALTR Mnemonic ... Crush (Rammed) injury ... Fractures #SALTR #Mnemonic ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Orthopedics #Diagnosis