Exam 3 Flashcards
Neonate
Birth to 29 days
Infant
29 days to 1 year
Term infant
37-42 weeks
Birth weights
<10th percentile is too small
> 90th is large
APGAR
Appearance (color) Pulse Grimace (reflex response to bulb syringe) Activity (muscle tone) Respiratory effort
1 and 5 minute interval
APGAR scoring
8 is normal
5-6 is mild depression
3-4 need resuscitative measures
Ballard assessment is…
Calculates GA of child within 1 week
Neurological and physical components evaluated
When do you aspirate stomach contents in an infant?
Meconium stained amniotic fluid
C section babies
Failure to pass NG tube, think…
Esophageal atresia associated with tracheoesophageal fistula
High frequency tremors normal until…
4 days old
If >4, consider CNS, PNS
Pulse of infant
115-140
<90 or >180 is a concern
Physiologic jaundice
3-4th day of life
96 hours, self limited
Erythroblastosis fetalis
Jaundice in first 24hours of life, can cause kernicterus
Vernix caseosa
Normal finding at birth, peely white skin/residue
Acrocyanosis
Benign, hands/feet cyanotic
Central cyanosis
Tongue and gum mucosa blue, not normal
Milia
Pinhead smooth, white raised areas
Miliaria rubra
Heat rash
Caused by obstructed sweat glands, vesicles with erythematous base
Resolves in 1-2 weeks
Erythema toxicum
Baby acne
2-3rd day of life
Red macules with central urticarial wheals
Spontaneously resolves in a week
Angel kisses
On forehead
Stork beak
On back of neck
Salmon patches
Small and pink, fade over time
Port wine stains/nevus flammeus
Most often on face, unlikely to go away and may get darker
Sturge Weber syndrome
Trigeminal V1, seizures, hemiparesis, mental retardation, glaucoma
Orbit, upper eyelid and forehead
Large posterior fontanelle, think…
Congenital hypothyroidism
Caput succedaneum
Crosses suture lines
Swelling/edema
Cephalhematoma
Bleeding, doesn’t cross suture lines
Macrocephaly and microcephalic
> 2 standard deviations above the mean
3 standard deviations below the mean
Pupils constricted for…
First 3 weeks of life
Nasolacrimal duct obstruction
Tears begin 2-3 months, not fully patent until 5-7 months
Parent complains of chronic tearing
Ocular motility
4 weeks- following in an arc
8 weeks- follow past midline with coordinated head movements
3 months- follow an object
Nystagmus common in infants…
Immediately after birth
After a few days, consider blindness
Doll’s eyes for infants…
First 10 days
Blue sclera in infants…
After 6 months its abnormal
Sucking reflex until…
9-12 months of age
Micrognathia
Pierre robin syndrome
Breathing problems, glossoptosis
Epstein pearls
On palate, white spots
Teeth in infants
First set at about 6 months, bottom front teeth
By 10 months, what teeth ?
Two upper, two lower central incisors
4 teeth added every…
4 months. 8 teeth by 14 months
Apnea definition
> 20 seconds
Shrill, high pitched cry
ICP, narcotic addiction
Hoarse cry
Hypocalcemic tetany, congenital hypothyroidism
Expiratory stridor
Airway obstruction, polyp, tracheomalacia
Absence of cry
Severe illness, vocal chord paralysis, profound brain damage
Femoral pulses in infant
Check 24-48 hours after birth to assess strong pulses after closure of PDA
Weakness- consider coarctation of aorta
Heart lie in infant
More horizontally, apex is higher
PMI of infant
4th ICS, left of MCL until age 7
Auscultating infants
PVCs more common
Louder sounds
S2 split sometimes
Systolic II/VI or less until…
PDA and PFO close in the first 48 hours
Transposition of great vessels
Must have additional heart defect to survive
Not compatible with life without intervention
Tetralogy of fallot
Pulmonary stenosis
Thickened right ventricle
Ventricular septal defect
Overriding aorta (over septal defect)
Tet PE findings
Parasternal heave
Systolic ejection murmur over third intercostal space
Radiation to left side of neck
Atrial septal defect
Systolic ejection murmur over pulmonic area
Loud, high pitched, harsh
Thrill and parasternal thrust possible
Ventricular septal defect
Holosystolic murmur
Best heard at left sternal border in 3rd to 5th intercostal spaces
Loud, coarse, high pitched
PDA
Dilated and pulsatile neck vessels
Harsh, loud, continuous murmur
1st to 3rd intercostal spaces and lower sternal border
Kawasaki disease
Inflammation of. Small and medium arteries, including coronary arteries
High fever
Conjunctivitis
Strawberry tongue
Rash, polymorphous and erythematous
Umbilical stump
Falls off in 10-14 days
Umbilical hernia
Typically resolves spontaneously by age 2
Duodenal atresia
Double bubble sign
Ambiguous genitalia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is MCC
Concave abdomen
Diaphragmatic hernia
Bladder percussed at level of…
Umbilicus
Pyloric stenosis
Inspect during feeding in supine position
Olive mass
Projectile vomiting
Intussusception
Drawing up knees
Vomiting bile
Sausage mass
Obstruction
High pitch/frequency bowel sounds
Omphalocele
Incomplete closure of abdominal wall, midline defect with spleen, liver and stomach
Hypotensive baby, large exposed bowel, risk for sepsis