nerve palsies and necrotising enterocolitis

Question 1

what might cause brachial nerve palsy

Answer 1

breech delivery

shoulder dystocia

Question 2

dystocia

Answer 2

means slow labour

Question 3

which nerve root injury leeds to erbs palsy

Answer 3

C5 and C6

Question 4

what will phrenic nerve palsy result in

Answer 4

raised diaphragm

Question 5

when do most palsies resolve

Answer 5

by 2 years

Question 6

how may facial nerve palsy present in infant

Answer 6

eye remains open on crying

Question 7

who does necrotising entericolitis affect

Answer 7

preterm infants in the first few weeks of life

Question 8

what is NE

Answer 8

bacterial invasion of ischaemic bowel wall

Question 9

risk factors for NE

Answer 9

preterms on cows milk

Question 10

symptoms of NE

Answer 10

vomiting (possibly bile-stained)
abdominal distension
stool can contain fresh blood

Question 11

NE investigation

Answer 11

xray

Question 12

NE xray

Answer 12

distended loops of bowel
thickening of the bowel wall with intramural gas
gas in the portal tract

Question 13

complication of NE

Answer 13

bowel perforation

Question 14

investigations for infants with bowel perforation

Answer 14

X-ray or by transillumination

Question 15

NE treatment

Answer 15

stop oral feeding
broad spec abx
ventilation

Question 16

NE sequealy

Answer 16

strictures