Pediatrics Flashcards
APGAR
Appearance Pulse Grimace Activity Respiration
Delivery Room Resuscitation
ABC
Infant with scaphoid abdomen, cyanosis, respiratory distress, heart sounds on right, breath sounds diminished on left =
diaphragmatic hernia (herniated bowel in chest) –> pulmonary hypoplasia
TX: diaphragmatic hernia
DON’T USE BVM (will cause accumulation of bowel gas); intubate!
Neonatal Resuscitation: If HR <60 and compressions aren’t working, give…
epinephrine
Infant has respiratory distress when she stops crying =
choanal atresia
TX: choanal atresia
Intubate –> surgery
Maternal ingestion of phenobarbital during pregnancy can…
decrease the risk of neurologic damage in a jaundiced newborn
8-day-old jaundiced infant (noted on day 2 of life) with normal labs, Coombs, and smear…
Gilbert Syndrome
12-day-old infant with jaundice, above birth weight, exclusively breast-fed…
Breast Milk Jaundice
Physiologic jaundice in the first week of life in the majority of infants results from…
- higher bilirubin production rates
2. limited ability for excretion
R/F for neonatal sepsis (5)
- Young maternal age
- Small gestational size
- APGAR < 5
- > 18 hours ROM
- Young gestational age (premature)
TX: early onset sepsis
amp + gent
TX: late onset sepsis
amp + cefotax
Most common neonatal sepsis pathogen from 0-3 months:
GBS
Organisms associated with EOS
- GBS
- E. Coli
- Listeria
- H. influenzae
Late onset neonatal sepsis is caused by organisms found…
…in the environment.
DX: fever, irritability, erythema, blisters, epidermal shedding
Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS)
Pathophysiology of SSSS
Staph aureus strains that produce exfoliative toxins, which disrupt keritoncyte adhesion in the superficial epidermis
Blisters + honey colored crust
Bullous impetigo
Well demarcated, warm, tender area of erythema + constitutional sx
Erysipelas
Targetoid lesions; central bullae; Nikolsky sign is negative
Erythema multiforme
Fine, pink, sandpaper-like rash following an episode of pharyngitis
Scarlet fever
Extensive skin blistering and erosion; triggered by medication; Nikolsky sign is + with mucous membrane involvement
Toxic epidermal necrolysis