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Episode Title:
🔑 Pediatric Rickets Simplified — Types, Features, Mnemonics & PYQs
Episode Description (for Spotify):
Rickets keeps coming back in NEET-PG & INI-CET — both in short stems and clinical vignettes. In this episode, we break it down into bite-sized, exam-friendly pearls with easy mnemonics:
📌 What You’ll Learn:
- ​ Definition & Basics
- ​ Rickets = defective mineralization of growth plate (children).
- ​ Osteomalacia = defective mineralization of osteoid (adults).
- ​ Types of Rickets
- ​ Nutritional (Vit D deficiency) → most common.
- ​ Vitamin D–dependent (Type I & II)
- ​ Vitamin D–resistant (Hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets)
- ​ Renal rickets (CKD, renal tubular acidosis).
- ​ Clinical Features (Mnemonic: RICKETS)
- ​ Rosary (rachitic rosary at costochondral junction)
- ​ Inward bowing of legs (genu varum/valgum)
- ​ Craniotabes + delayed closure of fontanelle
- ​ Kyphoscoliosis & knock knees
- ​ Epiphyseal widening + cupping/fraying of metaphysis
- ​ Tetany (hypocalcemia)
- ​ Stomach protrusion (potbelly, Harrison’s sulcus)
- ​ Radiology Mnemonic: WFR
- ​ Widened growth plates
- ​ Fraying of metaphysis
- ​ Rachitic rosary
- ​ Important Lab Patterns
- ​ Nutritional Rickets: ↓Ca, ↓PO₄, ↑ALP, ↑PTH
- ​ Vit D–dependent I: ↓1α-hydroxylase → low calcitriol
- ​ Vit D–dependent II: End-organ resistance → high calcitriol
- ​ Hypophosphatemic: Low phosphate, normal calcium
- ​ Memory Pegs for Types:
- ​ Type I: Hydroxylase defect — think “I can’t Hydroxylate.”
- ​ Type II: Receptor defect — think “II = Resistant.”
- ​ PYQ Connections
- ​ NEET-PG 2021: child with frontal bossing + rachitic rosary → diagnosis?
- ​ INI-CET 2022: lab values with low phosphate, normal calcium → hypophosphatemic rickets.
- ​ NEET-PG 2018: child with multiple fractures, vit D supplementation not working → Vit D-dependent Type II.
🧠Key Takeaway:
“One table (Ca, PO₄, ALP, PTH) + one mnemonic (RICKETS) = 3–4 sure-shot questions.”
👉 Share this with your study group — one episode can fetch you multiple marks!
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By Dr.Stem cell🎙
Episode Title:
🔑 Pediatric Rickets Simplified — Types, Features, Mnemonics & PYQs
Episode Description (for Spotify):
Rickets keeps coming back in NEET-PG & INI-CET — both in short stems and clinical vignettes. In this episode, we break it down into bite-sized, exam-friendly pearls with easy mnemonics:
📌 What You’ll Learn:
- ​ Definition & Basics
- ​ Rickets = defective mineralization of growth plate (children).
- ​ Osteomalacia = defective mineralization of osteoid (adults).
- ​ Types of Rickets
- ​ Nutritional (Vit D deficiency) → most common.
- ​ Vitamin D–dependent (Type I & II)
- ​ Vitamin D–resistant (Hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets)
- ​ Renal rickets (CKD, renal tubular acidosis).
- ​ Clinical Features (Mnemonic: RICKETS)
- ​ Rosary (rachitic rosary at costochondral junction)
- ​ Inward bowing of legs (genu varum/valgum)
- ​ Craniotabes + delayed closure of fontanelle
- ​ Kyphoscoliosis & knock knees
- ​ Epiphyseal widening + cupping/fraying of metaphysis
- ​ Tetany (hypocalcemia)
- ​ Stomach protrusion (potbelly, Harrison’s sulcus)
- ​ Radiology Mnemonic: WFR
- ​ Widened growth plates
- ​ Fraying of metaphysis
- ​ Rachitic rosary
- ​ Important Lab Patterns
- ​ Nutritional Rickets: ↓Ca, ↓PO₄, ↑ALP, ↑PTH
- ​ Vit D–dependent I: ↓1α-hydroxylase → low calcitriol
- ​ Vit D–dependent II: End-organ resistance → high calcitriol
- ​ Hypophosphatemic: Low phosphate, normal calcium
- ​ Memory Pegs for Types:
- ​ Type I: Hydroxylase defect — think “I can’t Hydroxylate.”
- ​ Type II: Receptor defect — think “II = Resistant.”
- ​ PYQ Connections
- ​ NEET-PG 2021: child with frontal bossing + rachitic rosary → diagnosis?
- ​ INI-CET 2022: lab values with low phosphate, normal calcium → hypophosphatemic rickets.
- ​ NEET-PG 2018: child with multiple fractures, vit D supplementation not working → Vit D-dependent Type II.
🧠Key Takeaway:
“One table (Ca, PO₄, ALP, PTH) + one mnemonic (RICKETS) = 3–4 sure-shot questions.”
👉 Share this with your study group — one episode can fetch you multiple marks!