Gomez Peds Flashcards
Define: Embryo
implantation until completion of first 8 weeks
Define: Fetus
9 weeks to birth
Define: Neonatal
first 4 weeks after birth (MOST HAZARDOUS)
What is the most Hazardous Period of Infancy?
Neonatal
Define: Perinatal
5 months before birth to one month after birth
Define: Infancy
first year after birth
Define: Childhood
Between birth and puberty or legal adult age
_______ diseases account for a significant amount of morbidity and mortality
Perinatal
Causes Death in Children Younger than 1 year (3)
- Congenital malformations, deformation, and chromosomal anomalies
- disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight
- SIDS = Most common Cause
What is the most common cause of death in children under the age of 1?
SIDS
Causes of death in children ages 1-4: (3)
- accidents
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal anomalies
- Malignant neoplasms
Causes of Death in children ages 5-9: (2)
- accidents
- Malignant Neoplasms
Causes of Death in children ages 10-14: (1)
Accidents
Define: Congenital Anomalies
Morphological defects present at Birth
Congenital Anomalies Characteristics (2)
- diseases may not be EXPRESSED until later in life
- present in up to 3% of newborns
The most severe congenital anomalies cause….
Intrauterine death (blighted ovum or abortion)
Most common birth defect in the United States:
Bicuspid Aortic valve
2nd = down syndrome
Define: Malformations
- disturbances in the morphogenesis (development) of an organ
- Primary failure, intrinsically abnormal development = abnormal morphogenesis
Malformations are generally ___
mulitfactorial
Examples of Malformations (6)
- anencephaly
- congenital heart defects (acardia)
- polydactyly
- Syndactyly
- cleft lip
- holoprosencephaly
Define: Holoprosencephaly
- malformation in which the midface structures are fused or ill-formed
- severe and lethal
Define: disruption
Secondary destruction of a previously normal structure (extrinsic disturbance of normal morphogenesis)
Disruptions are not _____
Heritable
Examples of Disruptions
Amniotic bands
Define: Deformations
EXTRINSIC DISTURBANCE of development from abnormal biomechanical forces leading to structural abnormalities
Define: Sequence
- a pattern of cascade abnormalities set off by one initiating aberration
- also called a complex
Define: Malformation Syndrome
- a constellation of congenital anomalies that are thought to be pathologically related which, unlike sequence, CANNOT BE EXPLAINED BY A SINGLE INITIATING EVENT
- may also be called a complex
What factor causes Oligohydramnios (Potter) Sequence?
Renal agenesis (decreased amniotic fluid dt decreased fetal urine)
Characteristics of Potter Facies (4)
- ocular hypertelorism
- low set ears
- receding chin
- flattening of the nose
What are the TORCH diseases?
- Toxoplasma
- Other (T. Pallidum)
- Rubella
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Herpes Simplex
Define: Agenesis
complete absence of an organ and primordium
Define: Aplasia
complete absence of an organ dt primordium development failure (but primordium is/was present, e.g. streak gonads)
Define: Atresia
absence of an opening usually in a hollow organ (trachea, intestines)
Define: dysplasia
abnormal organization of cells