childhood conditions 1 Flashcards
speech/language don’t develop normally
language disorder
trouble getting meaning across
expressive language disorder
issue understanding other’s meaning
difficulty following directions
receptive language disorder
MC group of dev delayed children, with wk muscles, DTR are WNL, walking 24-30m, good prognosis
benign congenital hypotonia
progressive degen dz, hypotonia dt deg in ant horns of sc and motor nuclei of CNs - no DTRs
spinal muscular atrophy
hand dominance occurs around 2-3. if it occurs prior to 1 yr, suspect:
hemiplegia
test for spastic hemiplegia
crother’s slap test
hypotonic at birth, us delayed onset, 3-6m dev spasticity or rigidity, seizures, drooling, strabismus, etc
spastic quadriplegia
group of gen d/o, gradual degen of muscle fibers, atrophy, pseudohypertrophy from fatty infiltrates
duchene’s muscular dystrophy
pp toe walking, waddling gait, clumsy, gower’s sign, inc L lordosis and calf muscles, trendelenberg
MD
gower sign indicative of
MD
JRA
damage to the left brain will cause ___ for right handers and vv
apasia
trouble using words/sentences
expressive aphasia
trouble understanding others
receptive aphasia
trouble with using and understanding words
global aphasia
motor speech d/o, child knows what to say but can’t neurologically
apraxia
motor speech d/o, weak facial muscles
dysarthria
weak tongue tip muscles, lies too far forward, persistent tongue thrust reflex causes
orofacial myofunctional d/o
MC congenital ant chest wall deformity
pectus excavatum
looser’s zone on an xray along with osteopenia, coarsened trabeculation indicates
osteomalacia
thumb overlaps 5th digit around wrist, marfan
walker wrist sign
thumb hangs out over fist, marfan
steinberg sign
part of brain that controls homeostasis, emotions, survival, threat avoidance, social interaction and learning
limbic system of CNS
part of brain that controls emotional conditioning, social signs of emotion (facial, posture)
amygdala of CNS
part of brain that controls affect (depression, lack of)
prefrontal cortex of CNS
part of brain that controls pain, touch, temp
parietal of CNS
when a baby goes on side, raises head/pelvis and flops leg over, it is called
autistic roll
when a baby uses arms more, an army crawl or drags one arm beside it is called
autistic crawl
to dx ADHD
6 attn or 6 hyperactivity moments before 7yo
several sx before 12yo
several present in 2+ settings
sx interfere with social, school, work fxn
sx dont occur with another psychotic d/o
used for 16-30m and assesses risk for ASD
MCHAT
modified checklist for autism in toddlers
special diet to help sx of autism
feingold diet
ASD’s
autism aspberger's rett's pervasive dev d/o (PDD) childhood disintigrative d/o (CDD)
remove replace re-inculate repair re-test re-introduce
6 R’s for proper _____
Gut function
qs to ask re asthma
age of first attack (in first 5y is dx) how often time of day triggers wheezing exercise exacerbate, limited activity miss school pets/smokers at home, meds, allergy hx
loss of kyphosis around T4-7 indicates struct abn in liver, stomach or pancreas can mean mm contrx of esoph, heart, lungs
pottenger’s saucer
whiplash avulsion frx in adults look for ____ and in kids ____
clay shoveler’s frx (lower c/s C7/T1)
higher c/s (C2-4)
**very stable
after ____ take xray first THEN ortho/neuro
MVA
most severe and unstable injury of the c/s - usually at C2, from hyperflx - hyperxt-sudden hyperflx
tear drop frx
flex or flx with rot that shows with the bow tie sign, disrup of 25-30%
unilateral facet disloc
**get CT
flex or flx with rot, ant disloc of 50%+, unstable
bilateral facet disloc
UNSTABLE
s/s raccoon eyes, battle sign, head trauma causes. rare in peds
basilar skull frx
intracranial hemorrhage bt skull and dura
epidural
-rarely crosses suture line
intracranial hemorrhage bt dura and arachnoid
subdural