QUICK NOTES

Suddenly remember this:
1.When taking a social history in paediatrics, don't forget to ask

• living condition - people in the house,type of house,environment e.g. farm
• parental smoking and drinking
• pets
• vaccination status --> very important!!!
• travel
• parental job,if related 

2. For pre eclampsia, talk about:

• symptoms of headache,visual disturbance
• proteinuria, hypertension, oedema
• eclampsia - knee hyperreflexia,clonus

 3.Vaccination schedule from July 2008 in Ireland:

at birth - BCG

2 months - 6 in 1,PCV

4 months - 6 in 1, Men C

6 months - 6 in 1, PCV,Men C

12 months - MMR, PCV

13 months - Men C, Hib

4-5 years - 4 in 1, MMR

6 in 1 = diphteria,tetanus,pertussis,polio, Hib,Hep B

4 in 1 = diphteria,tetanus,pertussis,polio

4.Risk factors for endometrial carcinoma:

- obesity

-late menopause

-nulliparity

-smoking