Chapter 6 Flashcards
What are the 1st and 2nd most common cause of neonatal mortality?
- congenital anomalies
2. Prematurity
What are the two types of perinatal infections?
Transcervical:
• Inhalation of amniotic
• α-hemolytic strep. or herpes simplex virus
Transplacental:
• Toxoplasma, rubella virus, cytomegalovirus,herpesvirus, hepatitis B, malaria, HIV
Small gestational age is most likely due to?
Maternal factors such as:
preeclampsia, alcohol intake, smoking, teratogens.
Hyaline membrane disease is what type of syndrome?
Respiratory distress syndrome.
Cause of hyaline membrane disease?
insufficient pulmonary surfactant »
• Failure of lungs to inflate after birth
Necrotizing enterocolitis is most common in?
Premature infants
Sudden infant death syndrome is the leading cause of death in infants from _____ to ______?
1-6 months
The back to sleep campaign started to limit the number of deaths caused by?
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Accumulation of edema during intrauterine growth
Fetal hydropsis
What is the most common cause of fetal hydropsis?
MC cause is nonimmune,
which is from chromosomal abnormalities (Turner syndrome), cardiovascular defects, and fetal anemia
What are the two most common causes of death between the ages of 4 to 14 years?
1st) accidents
2nd) malignant tumors
Between the ages of 4-14 what are the most common causes of tumors?
MC tumors are hemangiomas, lymphangiomas, and sacrococcygeal teratomas
What is the fate of hemangiomas?
Usually self resolve by age 7
Most common germ cell of childhood?
Sacrococcygeal teratoma
What is the most common malignant pediatric eye tumor?
Retinoblastoma
