Neonatology Flashcards
Steroids to prevent BPD
- dex
- hydrocort
- inhaled corticosteroids
Dex:
- not in 1st week
- not routinely for evolving BPD
- consider low dose over 7-10 days for babies with worsening CLD, increasing O2 requirements
HC:
- consider low dose (physiologic replacement) within first week for those at highest risk
ICS: not routinely recommended
Infants of moms with covid-19
NPS if mother positive within 2hrs (but consider between 2-24hrs)
- repeat positive swabs at 24-48 hrs
Donor and recipient in monochorionic unbalanced flows
Donor: IUGR, oligohydramnios, no bladder seen, MCA doppler abnormal, anemia, ischemia, IUFD
Recipient: polyhydramnios, CHF, hydrops, CHD (valves/septum), polycythemia
Antenatal steroids in prematurity
< 34+6 weeks
- lung development, IVH, NEC, mortality
Antenatal magnesium sulphate
<33+6
- neuroprotection (CP)
Polyhydramnios associations
- esophageal atresia
- TEF
Risk factors for prematurity
- <20 or > 40 yrs
- very low SES, low BMI
Past gyne/OB (pyelo, uterine, cervical anomalies, multiple abortions)
Lifestyle: >10 cigarettes/day, heavy work
Pregnancies: multiple, previon prem delivery
Risk factors for IUGR
Maternal: hypertension, preeclampsia, renal disease, diabetes, antiphospholipid syndrome, nutritional deficiency, smoking and substances, maternal hypoxia
Fetal: multiple gestation, placental abnormalities, infection, congenital anomaly, chromosomes
Fetal circulation shunts
- Ductus venosus: UV –> IVC
- Foramen ovale: RA –> LA
- ductus arteriosus: PA –> Aorta
Contraindications to breastfeeding
- HIV
- localized HSV
- few drugs (street drugs, +++ alcohol, chemotherapy, immunosuppressants)
HC growth rate
0.5cm/week for 1st 2 months then 1cm/mont from 2-6 months
PPHN treatment
Goal = decrease pulmonary vascular restance and increase systemic vascular pressure
- Pulm vasodilators: oxygen, nitric oxide
- avoid pulm vasoconstrictors: acidosis, hypercarbia, cold/stress
- Systemic pressure: volume ++, inotropes
- other: prostaglandins keeping duct open can sometimes be helpful
BPD definition
- oxygen dependence beyond 28 days or at 36 weeks post-gestational age
BWT definitions
- LBW
- VLBW
- ELBW
LBW < 2500
VLBW<1500
ELBW <1000
Apnea DDX in term baby
Never normal in term infant - mat drug - sepsis/meningitis - ICH - seizure - GERD - metabolic - polycythemia - PDA - central hypoventilation - hypoxia/acidosis (note 20% of VLBW still have apnea at term corrected)