PEDIATRICS VIVA QUESTION
Define PEM.
What are the causes of pallor?
What are the causes of Dehydration?
Causes of Cyanosis.
Different classifications of malnutrition like Waterlow's , Gomez, IAP, Welcome Trust , WHO.
The Gomez classification given in Meharban singh is Wrong ....please refer IAP textbook or Parks community medicine.
What is a pre requisite to look for icterus?
(adequate light, so when u are asked, take the patient near to window and then see )
Define Edema.
Causes of generalised edema
-hypoproteinemia due to :inadequate intake <kwashiorker>, maldigestion<panreatitis>, mal absorption<celiac disease, crohn's disease>,decreased synthesis <liver failure>, excess loss <nephrotic syndrome>
- volume overload : congestive heart failure ,renal failure
How do u differentiate edema due to fluid overload and that due to hypoproteinemia .
-in former jvp is raised but unaltered in the later
What are the ten points for successful breast feeding?