birth injuries and preterm brain injury

Question 1

Caput succedaneum

Answer 1

bruising and oedema of the presenting part extending beyond the margins of the skull bones; resolves in a few
days

Question 2

Caput succedaneum management

Answer 2

resolves in a few days

Question 3

Cephalhaematoma

Answer 3

haematoma from bleeding below the periosteum, confined within the margins of the skull sutures

Question 4

periosteum def

Answer 4

vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones

Question 5

common bone for Cephalhaematoma to affect

Answer 5

parietal bone

Question 6

Cephalhaematoma management

Answer 6

resolves over a few weeks

Question 7

Chignon

Answer 7

oedema and bruising from Ventouse delivery

Question 8

Ventouse

Answer 8

cup scution delivery

Question 9

brachial plexus nerve palsy other name

Answer 9

erbs palsy

Question 10

risk fcator for brain haemorrages

Answer 10

v low birth weight
RDS
perinatal asphyxia
PNEUMOTHORAX

Question 11

common location for haemorrages

Answer 11

germinal matrix above the caudate nucleus

Question 12

when do most of the haemorrhages occur

Answer 12

within he first 72 hours

Question 13

affect of intraventricular haemorrage

Answer 13

impair drainage of CSF = pressure build up = dilation = hydrocephalus, which may cause the
, the head circumference to
increase rapidly and the anterior fontanelle to become
tense

Question 14

what may happen if an infant has hydrocephalus

Answer 14

cranial sutures separate, head circumferance increases rapidly, tense anterior fontanelle

Question 15

symptomatic relief of hydrocephalus

Answer 15

removal of CSF by lumbar puncture or ventricular

tap

Question 16

sequely of haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation

Answer 16

cerebral palsy

Question 17

brain haemorrhage investigation

Answer 17

ultrasound