Pediatrics Core Clerkship Table of Conditions
Introduction
Table of Conditions
| Presenting symptom, finding, or laboratory value | Core pediatric level | Mastery level |
|---|---|---|
| Cough and/or wheeze | Asthma | Allergic rhinitis |
| Bronchiolitis | Chlamydia pneumonia | |
| Community acquired pneumonia | Cystic fibrosis | |
| Croup | Gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) | |
| Viral upper respiratory tract infection | Laryngomalacia and tracheomalacia | |
| Pertussis | ||
| Tuberculosis | ||
| Fever without a focus | Bacteremia/sepsis | JRA |
| Meningitis | malignancy | |
| Occult bacteremia | ||
| Urinary tract infection | ||
| Viral illnesses | ||
| Sore Throat | Group a streptococcal pharyngitis | Peritonsillar abscess |
| Mononucleosis | Retropharyngeal abscess | |
| Postnasal drip | ||
| Viral upper respiratory tract infection | ||
| Otalgia | Otitis media, Acute and Recurrent | Dental caries |
| Otitis media with effusion | Foreign body of the canal | |
| Otitis externa | Mastoiditis | |
| Pharyngitis | ||
| TMJ syndrome | ||
| Rhinorrhea | Allergic rhinitis | Nasal foreign body |
| Sinusitis | ||
| Viral URI. | ||
| Fever and rash | Group A streptococcal infection | drug reaction |
| Kawasaki disease | JRA | |
| meningococcemia | Lyme disease | |
| viral exanthem | Rickettsial disease | |
| Toxic shock syndrome | ||
| Abdominal pain | Appendicitis | Bowel obstruction |
| Constipation/encopresis | Cholecystitis | |
| Gastroenteritis | Dysmenorrhea | |
| HSP | Gastritis | |
| intussusception | Incarcerated hernia | |
| Pelvic inflammatory disease | Inflammatory bowel disease | |
| Urinary tract infection/pyelonephritis | Malignancy | |
| Malrotation and volvulus | ||
| Ovarian or testicular torsion | ||
| Pancreatitis | ||
| Peptic ulcer disease | ||
| pregnancy | ||
| Diarrhea | Gastroenteritis | Celiac Disease |
| Clostridium difficile infection | ||
| Encopresis | ||
| Inflammatory Bowel Disease | ||
| Malabsorption | ||
| Toddlers diarrhea | ||
| Vomiting | Gastroenteritis | Bowel obstruction |
| Gastroesophageal reflux | Congenital adrenal hyperplasia | |
| Pyloric stenosis | Diabetic Ketoacidosis | |
| UTI/pyelonephritis | Eating disorder | |
| Hepatitis | ||
| Inborn errors of metabolism | ||
| Inborn errors of metabolism | ||
| Intracranial process (increased intracranial pressure) | ||
| Meningitis | ||
| poisoning | ||
| Pregnancy | ||
| Volvulus/malrotation | ||
| Rash | Atopic dermatitis | drug reaction |
| Contact dermatitis | erythema toxicum | |
| cellulitis | molluscum contagiosum | |
| impetigo | warts | |
| lice | ||
| monilial infections | ||
| scabies | ||
| seborrhea | ||
| urticaria | ||
| viral enanthem | ||
| viral exanthem | ||
| Limp or extremity pain | developmental dysplasia of the hip | Acute rheumatic fever |
| fracture | Henoch Schönlein purpura | |
| Legg-Calve-Perthes disease | JRA | |
| Nursemaid elbow | Lyme disease | |
| Osgood Schlatter disease | malignancy | |
| Osteomyelitis | reactive arthritis | |
| Septic arthritis | sickle cell crisis | |
| Slipped capital femoral epiphysis | ||
| transient synovitis | ||
| Headache | meningitis | Brain tumor |
| tension headache | concussion | |
| hydrocephalus | ||
| increased intracranial pressure | ||
| metabolic disorders | ||
| Seizures | febrile seizures | idiopathic seizures |
| meningitis | ||
| post traumatic seizure | ||
| toxic ingestions | ||
| Bruising | trauma | coagulopathy |
| leukemia | ||
| Petechiae/purpura | ITP | leukemia |
| sepsis | coagulopathy | |
| trauma | rickettsial infection | |
| vasculitis | ||
| viral infections | ||
| Heart murmur | innocent murmur | anemia |
| CHF | ||
| myocarditis | ||
| PDA | ||
| valvular defects | ||
| Lymphadenopathy | Bacterial adenitis | Cat scratch disease |
| Streptococcal pharyngitis | HIV | |
| Viral illnesses (general or specific such as EBV) | Kawasaki disease | |
| Malignancy | ||
| Mycobacterial adenitis | ||
| Splenomegaly | Malignancy (e.g. leukemia) | Hemolytic anemia |
| Mononucleosis | Sickle cell anemia (infancy) | |
| Systemic infectious diseases | ||
| Hepatomegaly | hepatitis | congestive heart failure |
| inborn errors of metabolism | ||
| systemic infectious diseases | ||
| Abdominal mass | hydronephrosis | |
| malignancy | ||
| pregnancy | ||
| stool | ||
| White pupillary reflex | cataracts | |
| retinoblastoma | ||
| Red or wandering eye | conjunctivitis | allergy |
| strabismus | esotropia | |
| exotropia | ||
| foreign body | ||
| trauma | ||
| Anemia | iron deficiency anemia | anemia of chronic disease |
| sickle cell anemia | bone marrow failure | |
| thalassemia | hemolytic anemia | |
| hemolytic uremic syndrome | ||
| malignancy | ||
| Hematuria | glomerulonephritis | benign familial hematuria |
| trauma | hemolytic uremic syndrome | |
| UTI | hypercalciuria | |
| Proteinuria | nephrotic syndrome | transient proteinuria |
| orthostatic proteinuria | glomerulonephritis | |
| Positive Mantoux skin test | latent tuberculosis | non-tuberculosis mycobacterial infection |
| active tuberculosis |