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Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine

Bladder exstrophy is a congenital developmental anomaly resulting from failure of the abdominal wall to close during embryogenesis. This causes the posterior bladder wall to protrude through the lower abdominal wall. Meckel diverticulum is the most frequent congenital anomaly found in the gastrointestinal tract, and it is caused by persistence of the omphalomesenteric duct. It is often asymptomatic but can present with rectal bleeding, volvulus, intussusception, and obstruction. Meckel diverticulum can be remembered by the "rule of 2s": found in 2% of the population, commonly presents around age 2 years, measures 2 inches long, can be found 2 feet from the ileocecal valve, and often contains 2 types of epithelia (gastric and pancreatic). Polycystic kidney disease is a hereditary disease characterized by bilateral development of multiple cysts in the renal parenchyma, ultimately leading to renal failure. Ectopic kidney is a condition that arises from development of a kidney at an unusual anatomic location. Most ectopic kidneys are found either within the pelvis or just above the pelvic brim. Functionally, these kidneys are normal; however, the ureter may kink, leading to urinary flow stagnation that predisposes to recurrent bacterial infections. Normally the ventral bud of the pancreas rotates around the duodenum to fuse with the dorsal bud. The ventral bud forms the uncinate process and part of the head of the pancreas, and the duct of the ventral bud becomes the main pancreatic duct. Rarely, a bifid ventral bud grows around the duodenum in both directions, forming a ring. Especially in the setting of inflammation or malignancy, this ring can block movement of food through the duodenum; such blockage causes epigastric pain, postprandial fullness, nausea, and vomiting. Onset of symptoms can occur any time between infancy and adulthood, or not at all. Blockage is also associated with the "double-bubble sign" in the radiograph: the stomach is dilated proximal to the blockage point and the duodenum is dilated distal to it. During normal development, the lumen of the duodenum is obstructed by overgrowth of endothelial cells and then restored as these cells recede. The signs and symptoms of duodenal atresia are very similar to those seen with an annular pancreas, but they always present within hours after birth. Vomit containing bile and the radiographic double bubble sign are indicative of duodenal atresia in an infant. Physiological midgut herniation occurs at the beginning of the sixth week of embryogenesis, when the midgut herniates into the proximal umbilical cord. Infants with congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis generally present with nonbilious projectile vomiting soon after birth. Incomplete separation of the esophagus and laryngotracheal tube results in a tracheoesophageal fistula. In its most common form, the tracheoesophageal septum is deviated posteriorly and the esophagus ends in a blind pouch connected to the trachea. The fetus cannot swallow amniotic fluid and polyhydramnios may occur during pregnancy. Newborns appear healthy at first and swallow normally, but quickly begin regurgitating fluid through the nose and mouth and enter respiratory distress. The patient has an omphalocele, which results from failure of closure of the anterior abdominal wall. In this midline abdominal wall defect, the herniated viscera are covered by a membrane consisting of the amniotic membranes, Wharton jelly, and peritoneum. Between 50% and 70% of children with omphalocele have additional congenital anomalies (including cardiac defects and genitourinary malformations such as bladder exstrophy), which are also thought to be related to ventral closure defects. The pathogenesis of omphalocele is believed to be sporadic defective closure of the abdominal wall secondary to malrotation of the midgut derivatives during the 10th week of embryonic development. Alternative theories include abnormal persistence of the primitive body stalk and the failure of body wall closure secondary to incomplete lateral body wall migration. The incidence of omphalocele is 1:5000 live births, and it is most commonly associated with extremes of maternal age (<20 or >40 years of age). It may be associated with a chromosomal abnormality if there is only herniation of the small bowel or the liver.

Her symptoms, including lowgrade persistent fever, new-onset murmur, and insidious onset, suggest subacute bacterial endocarditis. Given her clinical history and symptoms, the bacterium most likely to have caused this episode is Streptococcus sanguis, part of the viridans group. Acyclovir is a guanosine analogue antiviral drug used to treat herpes simplex and herpes zoster. Clindamycin, the treatment for several important anaerobic infections, works by blocking peptide bond formation at the 50S ribosomal subunit. Mebendazole is an antiparasitic drug used to treat roundworm infections such as pinworm and whipworm. Phenylephrine is an a-adrenergic receptor agonist that causes vasoconstriction and rapid increases in total peripheral resistance. Such venodilation causes a decrease in preload, which reduces left ventricular wall stress and in turn minimizes myocardial oxygen consumption. Many antiarrhythmic medications, including calcium channel blockers and adenosine, act by decreasing the conduction velocity across the atrioventricular node. They act by decreasing heart rate and contractility to effectively reduce myocardial oxygen consumption. However, this is not the mechanism by which nitrates work in the treatment of angina. Nitrates act primarily by stimulating venodilation to decrease preload and thereby reduce myocardial oxygen consumption. Angina is caused by atherosclerotic stenosis within coronary arteries that limit blood flow through those vessels. Coronary arterioles in patients with flowlimiting coronary stenosis are already dilated to maintain resting blood flow. Therefore, any vasodilating effects nitrates have on coronary arteries are negligible in the setting of already maximally dilated coronary arteries. Metronidazole is a bactericidal agent used to treat protozoal infections, specifically Giardia, Entamoeba, and Trichomonas species, as well as anaerobes, specifically Bacteroides and Clostridium species. Pentamidine is an antiparasitic drug used for prophylaxis against Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. Propranolol, a b-adrenergic receptor blocker, reduces heart rate and contractility due to antagonism of b1-receptors in the sinoatrial node. The goal of therapy should be restoring myocardial contractility and increasing cardiac output. Because its mechanism is unaffected by adrenergic blockade, glucagon is the drug of choice in b-blocker toxicity. The cardiac musculature contracts against the closed aortic valve to drastically elevate ventricular pressure. Ventricular filling (phase I in the image) is the period between mitral valve opening and closing. Ventricular pressure remains roughly equal to atrial pressure, as they are in direct communication while the mitral valve is open. This phase ends when the ventricular pressure falls below the level of the atrial pressure, and the mitral valve opens to allow filling. The carotid sinus baroreceptor sends an afferent signal via the glossopharyngeal nerve to the medulla, which in turn responds by increasing sympathetic outflow. This results in systemic vasoconstriction, increased heart rate, increased contractility, and increased blood pressure. The baroreceptor located in the aortic arch responds only to an increase in blood pressure. The correct efferent response to a decreased baroreceptor afferent firing rate would be increased sympathetic activity and decreased parasympathetic activity. Dressler syndrome is an autoimmune phenomenon that results in fibrinous pericarditis. It is generally treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents or corticosteroids.

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