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Most Common in Pediatrics

- The most common cause of motor impairment in children is CP ( 2/1000)

- The most common clinical type of CP is spastic ( 70% )

- The most common cause of febrile child is self limiting viral infection

- The most common cause of septic shock in childhood is meningiococcal infection with or without
meningitis

- The most common cause of bacteremia is pneumococcal infection

- The most common cause of neonatal septicemia is group B streptococci or gram negative organisms
from the birth canal

- The most common cause of death in children aged 1 month - 1year is SIDS = Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome

- The most common autosomal trisomy is Down's Syndrome

- The most common genetic cause of severe learning difficulties is Down's syndrome

- The most common mode of Mendelian inheritance is autosomal dominant

- The most common congenital infection is CMV ( 3-4 / 1000 )

- The most common cause of neonatal jaundice is physiological jaundice

- The most common form convulsions in premature infant is tonic convulsions

- The most common cause of prolonged unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia is breast milk jaundice

- The most common cause of respiratory distress in term infant is transient tachypnea of the newborn

- The most common surgical cause of acute abdominal pain is acute appendicitis

- The most common form of intussuception is ilieum passing into the cecum and colon through
ileocecal valve

- The most common cause of intestinal obstruction in infants after the neonatal period is intussuception

- The most common cause of gastroenteritis in the developed countries is Rota virus
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- The most common cause of gastroenteritis in the developing countries is Campylobacter jejuni
infection

- The most helpful and reliable signs of dehydration are respiration, capillary refilling time and tissue
turgor

- The most common cause of transient dietary protein intolerance is cow's milk protein

- The most common cause of persistent loose stool in preschool children is toddler diarrhea

- The most common sites of crohn's disease is distal ileum and proximal colon

- The most common presenting features of crohn's disease are abdominal pain, diarrhea, growth failure
with pubertal delay

- The most common presenting features of ulcerative colitis is rectal bleeding, diarrhea, colicky pain
and weight loss

- The most common site of Hirschsprung's disease is rectosigmoid ( 75%)

- The commonest infection of childhood is Coryza ( common cold).

- Otitis media with effusion is the most common cause of conductive hearing loss in children.

- Parainfluenza viruses are the commonest cause of Croup.

- Bronchiolitis is the commonest serious respiratory infection of infancy.

- Asthma is the commonest cause of recurrent cough in childhood.

- The most common presentation of parvovirus infection is erythema infectiousum

- The most common serious consequence of parvovirus infection is aplastic crisis

- The most common presentation of enteroviruses infection is asymptomatic or non-specific febrile

illness

- The mostly common used and most effective bronchodilator in the treatment of asthma is inhaled
beta-2 agonist

- The most effective inhaled prophylactic therapy in asthma is inhaled steroids

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- The most common group of structural malformations in children is congenital heart disease

- The most common presentation of congenital heart disease is with heart murmur

- The most common cause of heart disease world-wide is rheumatic fever

- The most effective prophylaxis of rheumatic fever is monthly injection of benzathine penicillin

- The most common cause of infective endocarditis is alpha hemolytic streptococci

( Streptococcus viridans )

- The most common cause of cyanotic congenital heart disease is TOF

-The Most Common cause of bronchiolitis is RSV

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