Lectures of CBM Flashcards
What are the primitive reflexes and when do they disappear?
Standing reflex- Bear some weight in a standing position. Gone by two months
Stepping reflex- Take rudimentary steps on support. Gone by two months
Rooting- Food finding reflex. Turns head to cheek stimulus to move mouth to stimulus. Gone by 3 months of age.
Moro reflex. Startle reflex. Arms go out to side, then return to midline, then cry. Gone by 3-5 months
Galant reflex. Hold baby in a pronate position and stroke along spine. Shifts hips towards side being stroked. Gone by 3-6 months
Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex. Turn head to one side. Results in flexion of harm on head side and extension of arm on face side. Fencer reflex. Gone by 4-6 months of age
Palmar- Palmar reflex is gone by 4-7 months and
Plantar grasp- Plantar is gone by 9-12 months.
When does the NIPE take place?
72 hours and 6-8 weeks
What is the NIPE composed of?
- Eyes
- Check size and shape of the eye. Look for colobomata. Check for the red reflex. Check range of eye movements. Fix and follow response.
- Heart
- Check for congenital heart disease. Risk factors include maternal T1DM and SLE, maternal antipsychotic medications, Down’s, Noonan’s and Marfan’s syndrome.
- Some heart defects are detected at the scan at 18-20 weeks.
- Examination
- Colour
- RR 40-60 breaths/minutes
- Use of accessory muscles
- Brachio-femoral delay
- Palpate the heart and for heaves and thrills
- CRT
- Listen for murmurs
- Hips
- Barlow test
- Going out to the bar
- Flex hips and knees to 90 degrees. Brings thighs to midline and apply mild pressure in a posterior direction. A positive sign is if they push out.
- Ortolani test
- Abduction of the hip and pushing of the thigh anteriorly.
- Barlow test
- Testes
- Check for undescended testicles
What is the heel prick test? What conditions does it test for?
- Sickle cell
- CF
- Congenital hypothyroidism
- Phenylketonuria (PKU)
- Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
- Maple syrup urine disease
- Isovaleric acidaemia
- Glutaric aciduria
- Homocystinuria
Suckling from the breast stimulates the release of __________ from the _______-________ & _________ from the _________-_________
Prolactin from the anterior pituitary gland and oxytocin from the posterior pituitary gland
What is the role of prolactin and oxytocin with regards to breast feeding?
Prolactin is important for initiating milk secretion and in maintaining milk production after birth. Prolactin levels are high at night, so night time feeding is important for maintaining milk supply.
Oxytocin is responsible for the ejection of milk by acting on the myoepithelial cells that surround the alveoli and ductules.
Whcih immunoglobulin is passed on in breast milk?
IgA
What harmful substances can pass through the breast milk?
- HIV
- Alcohol
- Caffeine
- Lithium
- Amiodarone
- Iodine
- Illicit drugs
How long does the WHO recommend breastfeeding exclusively?
180 days
What is the UK vaccine schedule?

What type of vaccine is diphtheria?
Toxoid
What type of vaccine is tetanus?
Toxoid
What type of vaccine is pertussis?
Antigens
What type of vaccine is polio?
Inactivated virus
What type of vaccine is haemophilus influenzae?
Conjugate
What type of vaccine is hep B?
Recombinant vaccine
What type of vaccine is pneumococcal?
Conjugate
What type of vaccine is rotavirus?
Live attenuated
What type of vaccines are the MMR?
Live attenuated
What type of vaccine is BCG?
Live attenuated
When does the heel prick test take place?
5-8 days of age
What 4 areas are the developmental milestones divied into?
Motor- gross and fine
Hearing and speech
Vision
Social and emotional
What important milestones should be reached by 3 months?
Motor - lifts the head above the midline when in a
prone position, brings hand to mouth, opens and
shuts the hands, grasps and shakes hand toys
Hearing and speech - squeals, coos and turns to
sound
Vision - watches faces and follows objects
Social - smiling usually begins at around 6 weeks of
age, starts to enjoy playing with other people
What important milestones should be reached by 7 months of age?
Motor – rolling (front to back and back to front), sits
(initially with support and then without), transfers
objects from hand to hand, uses a raking grasp
Hearing and speech – babbling, uses voice to
express joy and displeasure, responds to their name
and ‘no’
Vision – develops full colour vision, distance vision
matures, can track objects
Social – enjoys social play, e.g. peek-a-boo