Pediatrics Flashcards
Vital signs babies HR
120-160
Vital Signs babies Resp
40-60
Vitals Signs babies BP
systolic 65
diastolic 50
APGAR
Appearance Pulse Grimace Activity Respiration
Appearance
2: pink
1: pink torso/blue extremities
0: blue all over
Pulse
2: >100
1: 60-100
0:
Grimace
reflex and irritability
2: sneeze, cough, loud cry
1: grimace/feeble cry
0: no response
Activity
muscle tone
2: Active movements
1: some flexion
0: no movement
Respiration
2: strong
1: weak irregular
0: absent
APGAR doesn’t predict
cerebral palsy
newborn eye problems day one? day 2? 1 wks? 3 wks?
day 1: chemical irritation
day 2: n. gonorrhea
1 week: chlamydia
3 weeks: herpes simplex
Vitamin K
factors?
Method of giving?
Factors 2, 7, 9, 10
IM injection
Transient Polycythemia of the Newborn
Increased RBCs
secondary has increased EPO
Causes hyperviscosity, decreased perfusion, thromboses
most often a problem with LGA, SGA, IDM
Transient Tachypnea of the newborn
> 60 bpm
Tx: as though it is sepsis. Start oxygen, antibiotics, work up with CBC and chest x-ray
Transient Hyperbilirubinemia
Increased production of unconjugated bilirubin
Caput succedanum
crosses suture lines
cephalohematoma
does not cross the suture line
Erb-Duchenne Palsy
waiters tip
C5-C6
Klumpke Paralysis
C7-T1
claw hand plus horner syndrome
Clavicular fracture
will heal on it’s own or you can give a figure 8 split