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A 5 month old boy, former 38 week preemie, is being evaluatedin your practice b/c of a concern about delayed motor
development. In formulating the differential diagnosis, you keep
in mind that spastic cerebral palsy is characterized by:
Increased deep tendon reflexes and sustained
clonus
A 4 year old child with a history of myelomeningocele and a
ventriculoperitoneal shunt presents to the clinic with a
headache, nausea, vomiting, and lethargy. The most probable
diagnosis is:
Shunt malfunction
An apparently healthy child, who is enrolled in Head Start, is
suspected of having developmental delays based on the Denver
II results at 2 separate clinic visits. The most appropriate next
step would be to:
Refer the child for a more definitive evaluation
What needs to be included when educating parents about febrile
seizures?
Children may experience repeated seizures
Which of the following signs is not characteristic of generalized
seizures?
Unilateral motor manifestations
, Upon physical examination of a 4 year old, you note seven cafe
au lait spots greater than 5 mm in diameter. This finding may be
indicative of:
Neurofibromatosis
Michael is a 15-year-old high school student who presents for a
school sports physical. He appears to be in good health but is
concerned about a bad headache he had a few weeks ago. He is
concerned because his mother's friend died from a brain tumor.
You tell Michael that the most common type of headache with
onset in adolescence is:
Tension headache
An 18 year old college freshman is seen in the student clinic with
a complaint of migraine headaches. In collecting a history, you
would expect him to say he experiences pain:
Restricted to one side of his head during an
episode
Which of the following history points would NOT alert the
practitioner to the possibility of a brain tumor?
Sleep apnea
Which of the following signs is NOT scored in the Glasgow
Coma Scale?
Fine motor response
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