Pediatric Anesthesia Flashcards
Patients with risk of ROP should have the PaO2 kept below ___ mmHg and a target SpO2 of ____ % during surgery
70-80
93-95%
Risk of Retinopathy of Prematurity is not increased after what post conceptual age?
44 weeks
Level of the cricoid cartilage in a term newborn
C4
Level of the cricoid cartilage in a premie
C3
What is the first sign of a high spinal in children under 5?
Respiratory depression/hypoxia
Normal systolic blood pressure/HR for a 1 month old neonate
65mmHg
130 bpm
At what inspiratory pressure should an uncuffed ET tube leak in an infant?
15-25 cm H2O
In a premie with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia, sudden difficulties with positive pressure ventilation + desaturation with bradycardia is an indicator of what event?
Tension pneumothorax (place chest tube opposite side of hernia)
Symptoms of infantile pyloric stenosis occur most frequently between what ages?
2-6 weeks old
What should the initial shock on a defibrillator be for a 20 kg child?
2nd shock?
40 J –> 80J
2J/kg –> 4J/kg
The spinal cord of newborns extends to which vertebra?
L3
L1 in adults
The most common initial symptom of esophageal atresia and TE fistula
Regurgitation during feeding
Fasciculation is more/less common in neonates?
Less
Most common side effect of succinylcholine in neonates?
Bradycardia
What is the estimated blood volume in a term neonate?
80-90 mL/kg
