ITE Peds 3 Flashcards
In a neonate, how do you treat a tension pneumothorax?
22g blunt needle or angiocatheter inserted in ipsilateral second intercostal space at midclavicular line,
then insert ped thoracostomy tube
A newborn with a birth complicated by meconium has a __% chance of developing a PTX
10%
Cobb angle > __ degrees is indication for surgical intervention d/t worsening of pulmonary complications
40
How to intubate pts with halo cervical placement
intubate w/o ablating the pt’s ability to spontaneously breathe
Why are neonates predisposed to hypervolemia in setting of overly aggressive volume resuscitation?
immature kidneys excrete less water and electrolytes
Peds pt with
- asymmetric face
- one sided coloboma (hole in structure of eye)
- ear tag
- micrognathia
Goldenhar syndrome
- vascular accident affecting 1st and 2nd branchial arches
Peds pt with:
- craniosynostosis (premature cranial suture ossification)
- Hypertelorism (inc distance btwn orbits)
- shallow orbits causing ocular proptosis
- maxillary hypoplasia
- Parrot-like beaked nose
- NO micrognathia
Crouzon syndrome
Peds pt with:
- Micrognathia
- glossoptosis (displacement of tongue towards pharynx)
- cleft palate
- BILATERAL
- does not involve ears and eyes
Pierre Robin Sequence
Peds pt with:
- underdevelopment of bones of upper jaw
- downslanting palpebral fissures
- coloboma of lower eyelid
- ear abnormalities
- normal intelligence
Treacher collins
- more dysmorphic than robin or goldenhar pts
Peds pt with
- intellectual disability
- short stature
- multiorgan involvement
- abnl facies
- abundant secretions
- large tongue
- short neck
Hurler syndrome
- AR disorder
- abnl a-L-iduronidase
5 congenital abnormalities (Goldenhar, Robin, Treacher collins, crouzon) are associated with OSA, ____ has been reported to be useful in all of them
Supraglottic airway devices (LMA)
Propofol infusion syndrome is assoc w/ ___ (4)
- rhabdomyolysis
- Lactic acidosis
- Renal failure
- cardiac failure
A newborn lung is (more/less) compliant compared to adults, and chest wall is (more/less) compliant
Lung - less
chest wall - more
MH complications (7)
- Rhabdo
- Myonecrosis
- renal failure
- hyperkalemia
- arrhythmias
- DIC
- Death
Early warning signs of MH
- tachycardia
- tachypnea
- inc ETCO2
- masseter muscle spasm
Postconceptual age definition
gestational age + age after birth
Postconceptual age of __ weeks correlates to < 1% postop apnea
56
______ is the strongest risk factor for post op apnea
prematurity