NEONATE: HEAD ASSESSMENT

Question 1

Fontanels should be flat?

Answer 1

Yes

Question 2

Posterior Fontanels close around?

Answer 2

2-3 months
small and triangle shaped
(ATI 9)

Question 3

Anterior Fontanels close around?

describe size and shape

Answer 3

12-18 Months

5 cm on average diamond shape

Question 4

CAPUT SUCCEDANEUM

Does it resolve itself?

Answer 4

localized swelling of the soft tissues of the scalp, maybe edematous mass and cross over the suture line
resolves in 3-4 days

Question 5

Cephalohematoma

Answer 5

1) Collection of blood between the periosteum and the skull bone that it covers.
2) It does not cross the suture line.
3) It results from trauma during birth such as pressure of the fetal head against the maternal pelvis in a prolonged difficult labor or forceps delivery.
4) It appears in the first 1 to 2 days after birth and simultaneously resolves in 3 to 6 weeks.

Question 6

Head should be ____cm? larger than chest circumference

Answer 6

2-3 cm larger that chest

Question 7

Hydrocephalus

What is it?

Answer 7

Hydrocephalus (excessive cerebral fluid within the brain cavity surrounding the brain). If the head circumference is less than or equal to 32 cm, this can be an indication of microcephaly (abnormally small head).

Question 8

Hydrocephalus s/s

Answer 8

If the head circumference is greater than or equal
to 4 cm larger than chest circumference, this can be an indication of hydrocephalus (excessive cerebral fluid within the brain cavity surrounding the brain).

Question 9

If the head circumference is less than or equal ___?___this can be an indication of microcephaly (abnormally small head).

Answer 9

If the head circumference is less than or equal to 32 cm, this can be an indication of microcephaly (abnormally small head).