Lecture 6: Congenital Disorders Flashcards

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What is neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)?

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  • Maternal use of addictive substances while pregnant
  • Fetus is born with S/S of withdrawal from that substance, as they get used to it.

Common with opioids

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How do we screen for maternal substance use?

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  • If initial prenatal visit is sus, screen every trimester.
  • Ask
  • Determine route
  • UDS is often used
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How is NAS scored?

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  • Finnegan NAS score
  • High pitched cry
  • Sleep
  • Moro reflex
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How does anticonvulsant maternal use present?

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  • Small head
  • Anteverted nares
  • Cleft lip/palate
  • Distal digital hypoplasia (phenytoin)
  • Spina bifida (VPA)
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How does retinoid/accutane maternal use present?

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  • Developmental toxicity
  • CNS malformations
  • CHD
  • TEF (tracheoesophagus fistula)
  • Small/absent ears
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How does SSRI maternal use present?

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  • irritability/seizure
  • Agitation, tremor, hypertonia
  • Increased respirations, nasal congestion
  • D/V, feeding difficulty
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S/S of FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome)

> 3oz daily

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  • Short
  • Poor head growth
  • Developmental delay
  • Midface hypoplasia
  • Poorly developed philtrum, thin upper lip, narrow palpebral fissures, short nose, anteverted nostrils
  • Cardiac anomalies, NTD, genital abnormalities
  • Neurobehavioral issues
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How does Marijuana maternal use present?

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  • Increased risk of depression
  • Hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattention, delinquency

ADHD symptoms

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How does opiate maternal use present?

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  • Withdrawal
  • LBW
  • Prematurity
  • IUGR
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Why does benzo/barb maternal use take longer to present with withdrawal symptoms?

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Long half-life, taking up to 2 weeks.

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S/Sx of NAS

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  • High-pitched cry
  • Jittery
  • Tremors
  • Convulsions
  • Sweating/fever
  • Mottling
  • Excessive sucking/rooting
  • Poor feeding
  • V/D
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When is NAS scored?

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2 hrs after birth/admission

If over score is over 8, do q2h

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Pharmacologic tx for NAS

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  1. Morphine or methadone (First-line)
  2. Phenobarbital to prevent seizure
  3. Fentanyl for analgesia
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What are the live vaccines that cannot be taken during pregnancy?

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  • Flumist IN
  • MMR
  • Varicella
  • HPV (under study)
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What are the aneuploidies seen in pregnancy?

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  • Trisomies 13, 18, 21 (not inherited)
  • Klinefelter (XXY)
  • Turner (45 XO)
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What are the two primary congenital autosomal dominant syndromes?

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  • Marfan’s
  • Achondroplasia dwarfism
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What are the congenital autosomal recessive disorders?

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  • CF
  • PKU
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What is the main congenital X-linked recessive disorder?

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Fragile X syndrome

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What screening blood tests are used to screen for aneuploidy?

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Quadruple screening: beta-hCG, AFP, Inhibin A, estriol

Predictor

ACOG recommends all women should be offered early in pregnancy.

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What diagnostic studies can check for aneuploidy?

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  • Choroid villus sampling (CVS)
  • Amniocentesis

CVS can be done earlier than amnio

ACOG recommends this option be offered also in place of blood tests regardless of age.

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MC aneuploidy

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Trisomy 21, Down syndrome

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S/Sx of trisomy 21

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  • Normal birth wt
  • Hypotonia
  • Flattened occiput, nasal bridge
  • Upslanting of palpebral fissures, epicanthal folds
  • Large, protruding tongue
  • Single palmar crease
  • Cognitive delay
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What are trisomy 21 babies more at risk for?

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  • CHD
  • Thyroid
  • GI anomalies (celiac)
  • Polycythemia
  • Leukemia
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How does a quad screen present for a trisomy 21 baby?

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  • AFP is low in half of all trisomies
  • Unconjugated estriol (low)
  • Elevated inhibin A
  • Elevated hCG

HIgh is high! (hCG and Inhibin A are high)

25
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At what maternal age does trisomy 21 risk greatly increase?

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Past age 35

26
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Who is trisomy 18 MC in?

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Females

Edward’s syndrome

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What are the S/S of trisomy 18/Edward’s syndrome

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  • 95% have cardiac defects
  • clenched fists
  • LBW
  • Kidney
  • Rounded feet
  • Small

Very poor prognosis, most die by age 1

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What characterizes trisomy 13/Patau’s syndrome?

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  • Abnormality in every organ system
  • Failure to thrive
  • Cutis aplasia (missing section of skin on skull)
29
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What is the MC genetic cause of hypogonadism and infertility in men?

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Klinefelter syndrome (XXY)

30
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How does Klinefelter syndrome present?

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  • Gynecomastia
  • Tall thin
  • Normal pubic hair but gonadal dysgenesis
  • Normal to low IQ
  • Usually infertile

Infantile testicular volume is usually when it is suspected

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How is Klinefelter syndrome treated?

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TRT

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How does turner syndrome present?

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  • Low-set malformed ears, flattened nasal bridge
  • Triangle facies
  • Webbed neck
  • Shield chest
  • Aortic valve defects, coarc
  • Horseshoe kidney
  • Short
  • Infertile

Extremely high rate of miscarriage

33
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Why is pregnancy dangerous for someone with turner syndrome?

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High chance of aortic dissection due to high risk of coarctation

34
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Tx for Turner’s syndrome

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  • Estrogen therapy
  • Growth hormone
  • Counseling
35
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How is Marfan’s inherited?

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Autosomal dominant

Fibrillin 1 gene mutation

36
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What are the S/Sx of Marfan’s?

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  • Cardiac: dilation of aortic root, dysrhythmias
  • Tall and thin
  • Pectus excavatum/carinatum
  • Scolioisis
  • Pes planus (flat footed)
  • Joint laxity
  • Dislocated lens
  • Cataracts
  • Down-slant palpebral fissures
37
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What criteria is used to calculate a marfan score?

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Ghent criteria

I think >= 7 means systemic

38
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Tx for Marfan’s

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  • Serial ECHOs
  • BBs to prevent aortic dissection growth to 5.5cm
  • Losartan
  • Frequent eye exams
  • Restriction of strenuous exercise
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What is the MC inherited cause of cognitive disability in males?

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Fragile X syndrome

FMR1 gene

40
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How does Fragile X/FRAX syndrome present?

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  • Intellectual disabilities
  • Oblong face with large ears
  • Large testis
  • Hyperextensible joints
  • MVP

Big balls small brain

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Tx for FRAX

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  • Genetic counseling
  • Behavioral therapy
  • Psych, developmental specialists

No pharmacologics

42
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How is Cystic fibrosis inherited?

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Autosomal recessive mutation on Chromosome 7 CFTR

Primarily caucasians

43
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What occurs in CF?

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  1. Inability to move Na and Cl properly
  2. Mucus is much stickier and thicker, causing impaired permeability and clearance
  3. Chronic and progressive
  4. Increased salt content in sweat glands
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Complications of CF

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  • Rhinitis
  • High susceptibility to respiratory infections
  • Ileus, volvulus, intussusception
  • Infertility
  • Digital clubbing
45
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Why is colonization of the airway so common in CF?

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Inability to clear lungs due to their mucus, so they retain pathogens indefinitely.

MRSA and pseudomonas are especially dangerous to them.

46
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How is CF confirmed?

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  • After newborns screening, positive sweat chloride test using pilocarpine
  • Fecal elastase to measure pancreatic insufficiency

Pilocarpine makes you salivate

47
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Tx for CF

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  • Pulmonology
  • ID
  • Genetics
  • Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT)
  • ABX therapy
  • Lung transplant
48
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How is PKU inherited?

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Autosomal recessive metabolic disease

49
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What do PKU kids have to avoid?

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  • Anything with phenylalanine
  • Have to go on a protein-restricted diet
  • Avoid aspartame as well
50
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When does cleft lip/palate occur physiologically?

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Weeks 3-8

51
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When is cleft palate diagnosed?

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U/S on 2nd trimester

52
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How is cleft palate prevented?

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Folic acid and multivitamins

Hopefully

53
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When can surgery be done for cleft lip and palate?

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  • Lip: 12m
  • Palate: 18m
54
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Where is the gene for DMD located?

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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DMD gene on X chromosome

Cannot make dystrophin at all.

X-linked recessive

55
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S/S of Duchenne MD

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  • Proximal muscle weakness
  • Serum CK is markedly elevated
  • Calf hypertrophy due to increased fat.
  • Pointing of toes
  • Gowers sign (use hands to get up, rather than feet)
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Prognosis and tx of DMD

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  • Death in 20s due to respiratory or cardiac failure
  • Tx: corticosteroids to maintain strength
57
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What characterizes Ehler’s Danlos Syndrome (EDS)?

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  • Collagen and CT synthesis and structure
  • Joint hypermobility, cutaneous fragility, hyperextensibility
  • Aortic aneurysms, valvular prolapse, or spontaneous pneumothorax

a CT disorder like Marfans

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How is joint hypermobility scored?

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Beighton scoring system

  1. Pinkies
  2. Thumbs
  3. Knees
  4. Elbows
  5. Spine

Max of 9

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What is brighton criteria?

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Uses beighton score + S/S