Kaplan MN580 Primary Care of Children and Adolescents Health Unit 4 Discussion

Cardiac and Pulmonic Pediatric Conditions

This week, cardiac and pulmonic conditions will be assigned to you by your instructor. You are expected to present your initial topic including, but not limited to, the following items:

Pathophysiology

Epidemiology

Physical exam findings

Differential diagnoses and rationale

Management plan to include diagnostic testing, medications if applicable, follow-up plans and referrals if needed

In addition, you are required to follow the Discussion Board grading rubric and respond to at least three of your classmates. Topics may include:

Murmurs (innocent and pathologic)

Congestive heart disease in children

Left to right shunting: ASD, VSD

Left to right shunting: Atrioventricular septal defect, PDA

Right to left shunting: Transposition of the great arteries (TGA), tetralogy of fallot, hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Hypertension in children

Kawasaki Disease, acute rheumatic fever

Infective endocarditis, pericarditis

Myocarditis, cardiomyopathy

Syncope

Cardiac dysrhythmias

Upper respiratory disorders: The common cold, rhinosinusitis

Pharyngitis, tonsillitis

Diphtheria, pertussis

Recurrent epistaxis, nasal foreign body

Croup, epiglottitis

Foreign body aspiration (laryngeal, tracheal, bronchial)

Nonbacterial and bacterial pneumonia

Cystic fibrosis

Pectus deformity