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You are evaluating a 10 year old patient who had a bone marrow transplant 2 months ago. The patient is presenting with low-grade fever, a maculopapular rash on the nape of the neck, shoulders, palms, and soles as well as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The patient owns a cat but is not involved in caring for it and does not have it sleep with him. 

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You are seeing a 3 year old whose parent noticed a lump in the neck while bathing her. You palpate posterior cervical node(s). 

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You are caring for a 6yo oncology patient presenting in septic shock. Although he is oxygenating and ventilating well at this time, you plan to intubate him to reduce his metabolic work. The most important pre- treatment before rapid sequence intubation (RSI) is: (Click the link to comment and to vote - voting not working through email, sorry!) [yop_poll id="13"]
A 12yo boy with ALL, recent induction chemotherapy 2 weeks ago, presents to the ED with fever, RLQ abdominal pain, 2 episodes of watery diarrhea with streaks of blood, nausea but no vomiting. Denies ill contacts. On exam, temperature 38.4, HR 110, RR 24, BP 95/60. Alert, no nuchal rigidity, lungs clear to auscultation, heart RRR, abdomen mildly distended, RLQ tenderness, no rebound, decreased bowel sounds. Labs show an absolute neutrophil count of 100. KUB findings are similar to as shown here: pneumatosis The most appropriate next step would be: A. Consult surgeon for appendectomy B. Admit for IV antibiotics directed at treating infectious diarrhea C. Admit for empiric IV antibiotics to cover for fever and neutropenia D. Admit for broad spectrum antibiotics, make NPO, consult with surgeon, consider GCSF, for neutropenic enterocolitis E. Consult gastroenterologist for endoscopy to confirm pseudomembranous colitis
A 12yo boy with very high risk ALL, recent chemotherapy 4 days prior, presents to the ED with fever and lethargy. Temperature is 39C, HR 180, RR 24, BP 80/50.  The patient is lethargic, has no nuchal rigidity, lungs are clear to auscultation, heart is tachycardic but regular rate and rhythm, abdominal exam is benign, and there is no rash. Pulses are bounding, there is flash capillary refill, skin is warm and dry. After adequate fluid resuscitation, cultures, and empiric antibiotics, the patient remains hypotensive. The next best treatment is: A. Dopamine IV at 5 mcg/kg/min B. Epinephrine IV at 0.1 mcg/kg/min C. Norepinephrine IV at 0.1 mcg/kg/min D. Dobutamine IV at 5 mcg/kg/min E. Hydrocortisone 1 mg/kg IV

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