Exam 1: Pediatrics Flashcards
Age Definitions: Gestational age
Estimated maturity at birth
Age Definitions: Pre-term
<37 weeks
Age Definitions: Full Term
37-40 weeks
Age Definitions: Neonate
0-1 month
Age Definitions: Infant
1-12 months
Age Definitions: Young Child
2-5 years
Age Definitions: Older child
6-12 years
Age Definitions: Adolescent
13-17 years
Medication Error definition
Failure of a planned action to be completed as intended
T/F: Pediatric patients are at the greatest risk of medication errors
True
4 Reasons medication errors occur for pediatrics
- dosing medication usually require calculations
- dosage forms and strengths are not always available
- dosage recommendations are not always available
- medication adherence is difficult
2 Drugs that can affect growth and development
- thalidomide
2. fluoroquinolones
Growth and development: Thalidomide effect
Used for nausea and morning sickness in pregnant women and cause phocomelia (birth defect, baby has no ilmbs)
Growth and development: Fluoroquinolones effect
Affects development of tendons (tendon rupture) and teeth
When do you use weight-for-stature for boys and girls growth chart
If they are standing up (birth - 36 months)
When do you use length/weight-for-age for boys and girls growth chart?
If they’re laying down (birth - 36 months)
When do you use BMI for age for boys and girls growth chart?
2 to 20 years of age
Describe growth in neonates
Weight may decrease 10% below brith weight within first week (losing bloating and water retention) and then gain about 30g/day for the first month
Describe growth in infants
Double birth weight by 4 months of life, weight should triple and length should double by 1 year of life
Describe growth in children and adolescents
Weight gain of 2-3kg/year and height increase of 5-8cm/year
Vital Signs: Temperature - Why is temperature not a complete indication of infection?
Self-regulation is not fully developed, sweat glands aren’t regulated properly and cannot cool down well
Vital Signs: Temperature - what is the most accurate site of temperature measurement?
Rectal
Vital Signs: BP - What is considered normal BP?
SBP and DBP <90% based on age, sex, and height
Vital Signs: BP - What is considered pre-HTN?
SBP and DBP between 90-95% based on age, sex, and height
Vital Signs: BP - What is considered HTN?
SBP and DBP >95% based on age, sex, and height.
Stage 1: >95-99% plus 5mmHg
Stage 2: >99% plus 5mmHg
T/F: Heart rate decreases as you get older for pediatrics
True
T/F: Respiratory rate increases as you get older
False – decreases as you get older because lungs are smaller when you are younger, requires more effort
PK: Absorption - Describe GI pH changes in full-term infants
Gastric pH remains elevated (6-8) at birth but declines to 1-3 within 24 hours (more amniotic fluid and don’t produce as much gastric acid hence increased pH)
PK: Absorption: ____ drugs have INCREASED absorption
Acid-labile drugs (penicillin, erythromycin)
PK: Absorption - Weak ___ have DECREASED absorption
Acids (phenobarbital, ganciclovir – become ionized and polar, unable to be absorbed)
PK: Absorption - immature bile acid production _____ absorption
Decreases (fat soluble vitamins)
PK: Absorption - describe gastric emptying changes in pediatrics
Gastric emptying is slower in pre-term infants and increased during 1st week of life
PK: Absorption - What is the effect of slower gastric emptying?
More time for medication to be absorbed, heightened therapeutic effect
PK: Absorption: What is the effect of increased gastric emptying?
Less time for med to be absorbed, less therapeutic effect
PK: Absorption - Frequent feedings
Drug-food interactions
PK: Absorption: Infants have ____ muscle mass
Decreased
PK: Absorption: ____ blood flow
Decreased
PK: Absorption: ___ muscle contractions
Decreased
PK: Absorption: Skin - percutaneous absorption can be greatly ____ in newborns
Increased
PK: Absorption: Skin - Why is absorption through the skin increased in newborns?
Underdeveloped epidermal barrier, increased skin hydration
PK: Absorption: Skin - T/F: Pediatric patients are more likely to have skin irritation from topical medications
True
PK: Distribution - Infants and children have a ___ body water to lipid ratio
Higher
PK: Distribution - Describe changes in body composition
As you get older, body water decreases and body fat increases
PK: Distribution: Protein binding - Increased/decreased drug binding in newborns
Decreased
PK: Distribution: Protein Binding - Why do newborns have decreased drug binding?
Decreased plasma protein conc.
Lower binding capacity
Decreased affinity
Competition