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A 4-year-
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old boy presents to your office with his mother to discuss concerning sy
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mptoms of shortness of breath, facial swelling, cough,
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and development of urticaria after eating peanut butter for the first ti
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me. The patient is referred to an allergy specialist and both skin prick
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and immunoglobulin E antibody testing results are positive forpeanut
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allergy. Which of the following is the first priority in caring for this pa
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tient?
A. Access to injectable epinephrine p p p
B. Avoid all nuts, seeds, and legumes
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C. Oral desensitization to peanuts
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D. Physician-supervised oral food challenge p p p
Access to injectable epinephrine
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A 15-year-
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old boy presents to the clinic with fever, posterior cervicallymphaden
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opathy, sore throat, and splenomegaly. Which of the following is the b
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est test to confirm the most likely diagnosis?
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A. Epstein-Barr virus-specific antibodies p p
B. Heterophile antibody test p p
C. Rapid antigen detection test p p p
D. Throat culture p
Heterophile antibody test p p
,A 7-year-
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old girl presents to her pediatrician with a malar rash withcircumoral
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pallor. Her mother states that the rash was preceded byfever and rhin
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orrhea. Which of the following is the most likely
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causative pathogen? p
A. Human herpesvirus 6 p p
B. Parvovirus B19 p
C. Rubella
D. Rubeola
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A 6-year-
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old boy is brought to the clinic for evaluation of headache,generalized
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malaise, and myalgia that began three days after his
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return from camping. Laboratory studies confirm the suspected dia
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gnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Which of the followingis the
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appropriate treatment? p
A. Amoxicillin
B. Clarithromycin
C. Doxycycline
D. Penicillin G p
Doxycycline
A 12-year-
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old girl is referred to you for treatment of scoliosis which was discover
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ed on a recent physical examination. She is in good health, has no back
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pain, and her neurologic examination is normal.
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X-
rays show a right thoracic curve with a Cobb angle of 32° and aleft lu
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mbar curve with a Cobb angle of 26°. Which of the followingpieces of i
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nformation will be most helpful in deciding whether bracing is approp
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riate for this patient?
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,A. Genetic testing
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C. Measurement of the patient’s and parents’ height p p p p p p
D. X-ray of the pelvis p p p
X-ray of the pelvis
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An 8-year-
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old boy presents for his annual physical with complaintsof night-
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time cough and intermittent wheezing. Which of the following diagno
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stic studies would confirm a diagnosis of asthma?
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A. Arterial blood gas p p
B. Bronchoscopy
C. Chest radiograph p
D. Spirometry
Spirometry
A 10-month-
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old boy presents to the emergency department with a widespread mac
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ulopapular rash. His mother states he had a fever for three days that s
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uddenly resolved prior to the development of therash. Which of the fol
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lowing infectious exanthems is the most likely cause?
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A. Erythema infectiosum p
B. Roseola infantum p
C. Rubella
D. Rubeola
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A 13-year-old obese boy presents to the clinic with insidious left-
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sided hip pain and altered gait for the past three months. The hip pain
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is worse with activity. He reports no history of trauma. Based
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