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13 Serious illnesses

Objectives

When you have completed this unit you should be able to:

  • Diagnose and manage acute rheumatic fever.
  • Diagnose and manage acute glomerulonephritis.
  • Diagnose and manage septicemia and meningitis.
  • Diagnose and manage pyleonephritis.
  • Diagnose and refer children with diabetes or epilepsy.
  • List the warning signs of childhood cancer.
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13-1 What serious bacterial infections are seen in children?
13-2 What is acute rheumatic fever?
13-3 What are the clinical features of acute rheumatic fever?
13-4 What are the signs of carditis?
13-5 How is the clinical diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever made?
13-6 How is acute rheumatic fever treated?
13-7 How can the first attack of acute rheumatic fever be prevented?
13-8 How can repeated attacks of acute rheumatic fever be prevented?
13-9 What are the possible outcomes of acute rheumatic fever?
13-10 What are the features of chronic rheumatic heart disease?
13-11 What are the clinical symptoms and signs of heart failure?
13-12 What is acute glomerulonephritis?
13-13 What are the presenting signs of acute glomerulonephritis?
13-14 What is the clinical course of acute glomerulonephritis?
13-15 What are the complications of acute glomerulonephritis?
13-16 What is the management of a child with acute glomerulonephritis?
13-17 How can acute glomerulonephritis be prevented?
13-18 What is septicaemia?
13-19 What are the clinical features of septicaemia?
13-20 What is shock?
13-21 How is the capillary filling time measured?
13-22 How is the clinical diagnosis of septicaemia confirmed?
13-23 What is the management of septicaemia?
13-24 What is the treatment of shock?
13-25 What is meningococcal septicaemia?
13-26 What is the typical presentation of meningococcal septicaemia?
13-27 How is meningococcal septicaemia managed?
13-28 How is meningococcal infection prevented?
13-29 What is meningitis?
13-30 What are the symptoms and signs of meningitis?
13-31 How is the clinical diagnosis of meningitis confirmed?
13-32 Is it easy to tell clinically whether meningitis is due to a bacterial or viral infection?
13-33 What is the correct management of bacterial meningitis?
13-34 Can meningitis be prevented?
13-35 What are the complications of meningitis?
13-36 What is pyelonephritis?
13-37 What are the clinical features of a urinary tract infection?
13-38 How is the clinical diagnosis of a urinary tract infection confirmed?
13-39 How should a urinary tract infection be managed?
13-40 What serious bacterial infections are less common?
13-41 What is diabetes?
13-42 What are the presenting symptoms and signs of diabetes?
13-43 What are convulsions?
13-44 How are convulsions stopped?
13-45 What are febrile convulsions?
13-46 What is epilepsy?
13-47 Are malignancies common in children?
13-48 What malignancies occur in children?
13-49 What are the warning signs of malignancy in children?
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