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Cognitive level: Application Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity Nursing Process: Assessment Learning Objective: 34-2 Discuss the clinical manifestations of major health alterations of childhood and adolescence. 5. The nurse is taking a history from the mother of a child who has been diagnosed with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococci (PANDAS). Which of the following might have led to this diagnosis? 1. Coprolalia
2. An episode of trauma
3. Group A hemolytic strep
4. Group B hemolytic strep
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Rationale:
1. Coprolalia, which is the involuntary utterance of obscenities, profanities, and/or racial slurs, is seen in children with Tourette's syndrome.
2. An episode of trauma is a precursor to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), not PANDAS.
3. Group A hemolytic strep is associated with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder (PANDAS).
4. Group B hemolytic strep is not associated with PANDAS.
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