Paeds Flashcards
normal RR newborn
40-60 BrPM
normal HR newborn
120-160 bpm
things that are done for every baby
- mouth and nose suctioning
- clamping and cutting umbilical cord
- dried, wrapped–> warmer
- gentle rubbing or stimulating the heels
one minute APGAR score
during labour and delivery conditions
five minute APGAR score
response to resuscitative efforts
appearance 0 point APGAR
blue all over
appearance 1 point APGAR
blue extremities
appearance 2 point APGAR
normal all over
pulse 0 point APGAR
Asystole or less than 60
pulse 1 point APGAR
60-100bpm
pulse 2 point APGAR
greater than 100bpm
grimace 0 point APGAR
no response
grimace 1 point APGAR
grimace/ feeble cry
grimace 2 point APGAR
sneeze/cough
activity 0 point APGAR
none
activity 1 point APGAR
some flexion
activity 2 point APGAR
active movement
resp 0 point APGAR
absent
resp 1 point APGAR
weak or irregular
resp 2 point APGAR
strong
all newborns receive eye care…
- erthromycin or tetracycline ointment
- silver nitrate solution
day 1 red eye
silver nitrate
days 2-7 red eye
gonorrhoea
PREVENTABLE with ointments
Tx: ceftriaxone
days +1 week red eye
chalmydia
NOT preventable with ointments
Tx: oral erythromycin
days +3weeks red eye
herpes
Tx: acyclovir systemic
decrease mortality of vit K bleeding
IM vit K dose
national screening tests newborn USA:
- PKU
- CAH
- CF
- hypothyroidism
- beta thalassemia
- homocyteinuria
- biotinidase
- hearring test
mum is hep B positive, what does baby get?
BOTH active and passive
- active: vaccine
- passive: HBIG
3 transient conditions in the newborn
- transient polycythemia
- TTN
- transient hyperbilirubinemia
splenomegaly normal in newborns
yessssss
TTN timing
first 4 hours
if tachypnea greater than 4 hrs
SEPSIS– do blood and urine cultures, and LP if neuro/irritable
what % of newborns are jaundiced?
60%
delivery associated injuries
- subconjunctival hemorrhage
- skull fractures
- scalp injuries
- brachial
- clavicular fracture
- facial nerve palsy
- AF abnormalities
most common skull fracture during delivery
LINEAR fracture
most fata skull fracture during delivery
BASILAR fracture
caput succedaneum
CROSSES the midline
cephalohaematoma
DOES NOT cross the midline
prune belly
oligohydramnios: lack abdo muscles, unable to bear down and urinate
tx prune belly
serial foley catheter !!!! UTI risk
werdnig hoffman AF
POLY– since cannot swallow
tx for facial palsy delivery injury
NOPE
air fluid levels in chest, and bowel sounds heard in back
congenital diaphragmatic hernia
morgagni
CDH– retrosternal or parasternal
bochdalek
CDH- MORE COMMON, L side posterolateral
most common cause for elevated AFP
incorrect dating
mcc abdo mass in children
WILMS TUMOR
best initial test for wilms tumors
abdo US
most accurate test for wilms tumor
CT with contrast
tx wilms
TOTAL nephrectomy + Ctx, Rtx
most common cancer in infancy
neuroblastoma
most common extra cranial solid malignancy in infancy
neuroblastoma
PC neuroblastoma
- hypsarrhythmia EEG
- opsomyoclonus and cerebellar ataxia
- increase VMA and metanephrine on urine
varicocele imaging
ALWAYS US the OTHER testicle
when to tx varicocele
- delayed testes growth
- evidence of testicular atrophy
risk of malignancy and cryptorchidism with sx
MALIGNANCY RISK CONTINUES despite surgery
most common cyanotic heart lesion in children
TOF
most common cyanotic heart lesion in neonates
TGV
TOF a/w
chromosome 22 deletions
murmur in TOF
holosystolic in LLSB
squatting in TOF
increase preload
increase SVR
VSDs a/w
TRISOMIES
- downs
- edwards
- pataus
3 holosystolic murmurs
- MR
- TR
- VSD– thus TOF
TGV imaging
egg on string
pulsus alterans
alternating strong and weak beats
–>LV systolic dysfunction
pulsus bigeminus
two heartbeats close together followed by a longer pause
–> HOCM
pulsus bisferiens
on palpation of the pulse, a double peak per cardiac cycle can be appreciated
–> AR