PNCB PNP PC EXAM PREPARATION TEST
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●● What are the classic symptoms of cystitis?
Answer: Dysuria, frequency, urgency, and suprapubic pain.
●● What are the classic symptoms of pyelonephritis?
Answer: Fever, flank pain, CVA tenderness, nausea, vomiting, and ill
appearance.
●● What is the first step in diagnosing a UTI?
Answer: Obtain a properly collected urinalysis and urine culture.
●● Which children with a first febrile UTI should receive a renal and
bladder ultrasound?
Answer: Children younger than 2 years.
●● What is the first-line oral antibiotic for uncomplicated pediatric UTI?
Answer: A third-generation cephalosporin (e.g., cefixime or cefdinir).
●● What is the most common organism causing pyelonephritis?
Answer: Escherichia coli.
, ●● Why is prompt treatment of pyelonephritis important?
Answer: To prevent permanent renal scarring.
●● What is vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)?
Answer: Retrograde flow of urine from the bladder into the ureters.
●● What is the gold-standard diagnostic test for vesicoureteral reflux?
Answer: Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG).
●● What complications can result from vesicoureteral reflux?
Answer: Recurrent pyelonephritis, hydronephrosis, and renal scarring.
●● What is the most common cause of hydronephrosis in infants?
Answer: Ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction.
●● What prenatal ultrasound finding is commonly caused by UPJ
obstruction?
Answer: Hydronephrosis.
●● When does poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) occur after
streptococcal pharyngitis?
Answer: 1-3 weeks later.
BANK WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
●● What are the classic symptoms of cystitis?
Answer: Dysuria, frequency, urgency, and suprapubic pain.
●● What are the classic symptoms of pyelonephritis?
Answer: Fever, flank pain, CVA tenderness, nausea, vomiting, and ill
appearance.
●● What is the first step in diagnosing a UTI?
Answer: Obtain a properly collected urinalysis and urine culture.
●● Which children with a first febrile UTI should receive a renal and
bladder ultrasound?
Answer: Children younger than 2 years.
●● What is the first-line oral antibiotic for uncomplicated pediatric UTI?
Answer: A third-generation cephalosporin (e.g., cefixime or cefdinir).
●● What is the most common organism causing pyelonephritis?
Answer: Escherichia coli.
, ●● Why is prompt treatment of pyelonephritis important?
Answer: To prevent permanent renal scarring.
●● What is vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)?
Answer: Retrograde flow of urine from the bladder into the ureters.
●● What is the gold-standard diagnostic test for vesicoureteral reflux?
Answer: Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG).
●● What complications can result from vesicoureteral reflux?
Answer: Recurrent pyelonephritis, hydronephrosis, and renal scarring.
●● What is the most common cause of hydronephrosis in infants?
Answer: Ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction.
●● What prenatal ultrasound finding is commonly caused by UPJ
obstruction?
Answer: Hydronephrosis.
●● When does poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) occur after
streptococcal pharyngitis?
Answer: 1-3 weeks later.
