pruritus capitis

stumped by most of the past year questions..

3 year old boy has ALL with WCC 100x109, what is he at risk of on starting therapy?
a) hyperphosphatemia
b) hypocal
c) hypokal
d) hypoglycaemia

Important feature of vitamin A deficiency.
a) Cockscrew hair
b) Hypopigmentation
c) Thinning of hairEcchymosis

Toxic megacolon not found in
a) Cholera
b) UC
c) Ischaemic bowel disease
d) C.jejuni
e) Pseudomembranous colitis

Leptospirosis
a) cannot be cultured in artificial medium
b) usually symptomatic and causes jaundice
c) benzylpenicillin used only when there is established renal and hepatic toxicity
d) arthropod-borne disease
e) doxyxycline shown to be of preventive use

The following features are found in typhoid fever EXCEPT :
A. Relative bradycardia
B. Leucopenia
C. Splenomegaly
D. Rose spots in the 2nd week of disease
E. Intestinal haemorrhage in 1st week of disease

shall do it the current cg25 way.. laugh it off.. haha hoho hurhur..

anw, found this good website on pulsus paradoxus:
http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2002;volume=48;issue=1;spage=46;epage=9;aulast=Khasnis

if like me, you forget what your peers presented during paeds elective = P