Neonatology Flashcards
Physiologuc anemia occurs at what week in term babies?
6-8 weeks
Physiologuc anemia occurs at what week in preterm babies?
2-3 weeks
Newborn screening is RA
9288
If blood for newborn screening test was collected
After 2 weeks
Enzyme deficient in the classic for of galactosemia
Galactose-1-PO4 uridyltransferase deficiency (GALT
Other enzymes: galactokinase and galactose-4-epimerase
Most common manifestation of phenylketonuria without treatment is
Developmenyal delay
Unpleasant musty odor is characteristic of
Phenylketonuria
Well-defined, flat, blue-gray lesion found in the sacral area of a newborn. Normal or abnormal?
Mongolian spot; normal
Small papules or pustules on an errythematous base filled with eosinophil found in newborns
Erythema toxicum
Small pearly white inclusion cysts usually found in the face of a newborn
Milia
Lacy pattern in skin similar to cobblestones found in newborns
Cutis marmorata; reaction to cold stress
Waiter’s tip is a characteristic feature of
Erb-duchenne palsy (C5-C6)
Arm adducted, pronated and internally rotated
Claw hand is a characteristic feature of what birth injury?
Klumpkenpalsy (C8-T1)
With horner syndrome if with T1 involvement)
Moro reflex is present until
4-6 months
Arms abduct and extend, hands open, and legs flexed
Urethral opening on the dorsal penis
Epispadia
Urethral opening on the ventral penis
Hypospadia; more common
If the testes will not descend by ____ months, it will remain undescended
4 months
Majority descends in the 1st 3 months
Undescended testes is treated surgically by
9-15 months
Absence of lanugo and vernix caseosa, long nails, abundant scalp hair, desquamating skin and increased alertness are signs of
Post term infant
Reticulogranular, ground glass pattern with air bronchograms
RDS