Assessments Flashcards
In regards to neuro issues, assess/ask about…
NV
HA
Gait changes
Loss of motor function
Visual disturbances
LOC changes
Irritability
Altered muscle tone
Trauma
Poor feeding
Lethargy
Fever
Pain
Delays in growth and development
Toxins
Included in head to toe for neuro…
LOC
VS
Head, face, neck
CN
Motor
Reflex
Sensory
ICP
CN tested in Doll’s eyes
3, 4, and 6
SS Cushing’s triad
Increased systolic BP
Decreased pulse
Altered respiratory pattern
SS type 1 chiari malformation
Neck pain
HA
Lower extremity spasticity
(Ss start in adolescence to adulthood)
Ss type 2 chiari
(Detected prenatal or at birth)
Weak cry
Stridor
Apnea
GI Disturbances
Chronic aspiration
Long feeding time
Weight loss
Progressive hydrocephalus
Ss shunt infection
Elevated VS
Poor feeding
Vom
Decreased responsiveness
Seizures
Inflammation
Ss shunt malfunction
Vom
Drowsy
HA
Ss bacterial meningitis
Sudden onset
Resp illness/sore throat
Fever and chills
HA
Vom
Photophobia
Stiff neck
Rash
Irritable
Drowsy and lethargic
Muscle rigidity
Seizure
Subtle ss bacterial meningitis in infants
Poor suck and feed
Weak cry
Lethargic
Vomiting
Kernig
1 leg perpendicular- look for pain at spine or inability to extend
Brudzinski sign
Neck flexed with knees to chest - look for spine pain or resistance
Triad ss of shaken baby syndrome
Retinal hemorrhage
Brain swelling
Subdural hematoma
Ss croup
Hoarseness
Barking cough
Stridor
RSV ss
Profuse runny nose
Low grade fever
Pharyngitis
Cough and wheeze
Poor feeding
Ss cystic fibrosis
Thick mucus
Increased infection
Decreased pancreatic enzymes
Hypersecretion of gastric acids
Salty skin
Ss tetralogy of fallot
Cyanosis during crying or feeding
Ss HF
Weight gain or decrease
Difficulty feeding
Fatigue
Dizzy
Irritable
Exercise intolerance
SOB
Tired quickly when sucking
Syncope
Decreased # wet diapers
Ss infective endocarditis
Intermittent fever
Fatigue
Anorexia
Flu like
Petechiae at eyes, mouth, or limbs
Signs of extracardiac emboli (rt endocarditis)
Roth spots
Janeway lesions
Osler nodes
Black lines
Ss rheumatic fever
Carditis
Arthritis
Jerking (chorea)
Fever
Joint pain
Strep infection or sore throat
Erythema
Murmur
Subq nodules
Characteristics (not ss) of CM
Increased heart size
Poor contractility
Decreased EF
Asymmetrical septal hypertrophy
Ss Kawasaki
High fever unresponsive to Abx
Chills
HA
Malaise
Extreme irritability
Rashes (strawberry tongue, erythema)
Peeling
Vom and dia
Pain
Edema
Jaundice
Swollen lymph nodes at neck
Labs/VS for Kawasaki
Tachycardia
Increased platelets
Decreased hemoglobin