NURSING CARE OF THE CHILD BORN WITH A PHYSICAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGE Flashcards
-Also known as “tongue tied”
-The abnormal restriction of tongue by abnormally tight frenulum
ANKYLOGLOSSIA
-Failure of the maxillary & median nasal processes to fuse that range from small notch in the upper lip to total separation of lip & facial structure up into floor of the nose, with even upper teeth and gingiva absent
CLEFT LIP
-Palate opening that is usually on the midline & involves anterior hard palate, posterior soft palate, or both
CLEFT PALATE
A condition in which it is characterized by a triad of conditions:
-Micrognathia
-Cleft palate
-Glossoptosis
PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME
Triad of Pierre Robin Syndrome
- Micrognathia
- Cleft palate
- Glossoptosis
It means small mandible
Micrognathia
Glossoptosis
When tongue is malpositioned downwards
It is when tongue is malpositioned downward
GLOSSOPTOSIS
What is micrognathia
Small mandible
It is also called anal stenosis. May be characterized by absence of anal opening
IMPERFORATE ANUS
Orifice / passage in body that is closed or absent
ATRESIA
Abnormal / surgically made passage between hollow or tubular organ & body surface, between 2 hollow or tubular organs
FISTULA
Abdominal contents protruding through the wall of abdomen at the junction of umbilical cord and abdomen. Intestines are usually herniated but sometimes it included stomach & liver
OMPHALOCELE
Obstruction of the esophagus
ESOPHOGEAL ATRESIA
The abdominal wall disorder is a distance from the umbilicus, usually to the right, and abdominal organs are not contained by a membrane but rather spill freely from the abdomen
GASTROSCHISIS
Presence of pyloric or intestinal stenosis
INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION
Stenosis means
“narrowing”
Protrusion of an abdominal organ (usually the stomach or intestine) through a defect in the diaphragm into the chest cavity.
DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA