Pediatrics Exam 1 Flashcards
Medication delivery for pediatric patients
45 degree or greater angle for choking
Pill on back of tongue/Squirt in cheek past the pocket
Add chocolate/marshmallow cream
Play doctor
Tell them they HAVE to take it
Dose as few times a day as possible
Medication that causes non-bloody red stools
Cefdinir (Omnicef)
Current FDA and AAP regulations for pediatric OTC cough and cold medicines
No evidence of being safe under the age of 2 (3-6 years old were because of overdose)
Danger of using many OTC meds for pediatrics
Multiple ingredients per med can lead to accidental overdose
Look for meds with ONE ingredient
Correct doing for peds medicine
Use what came with the container to measure
Read directions and follow carefully
Use mL NOT tsp
Thing that you don’t think have aspirin that do
Pepto Bismol
When can antihistamines be started
6 months of age
Treatment for congestion in pediatrics
Pseudephedrine (Sudafed) - may have many side effects (sympathomimetic
1st line - Saline and suction
Delsym
JUST dextromethorphan
For dry hacky cough
NOT for productive coughs, CF, asthma
Cough suppressent
Robitussin is also but usually combines
Mucinex
Guaifenecin - helps with productive cough and can give with asthma and CF
Look for JUST guaifenecine
Reason for no honey under 1
Botulism grows in immature GI tract -helps with cough over 1
Times to suction baby snot
Before feeding, Before naps, As needed
Proper bedding for baby crib
Crib sheet and clothing, NOTHING else
Saline for Nasal congestion
Need two people to hold child in place
Nasal Bulb
Can supplement with a cold humidifier
Fever diagnosis in pediatrics
Need a rectal temp off 100.4+ or Axillary temp of 99.4+
Fever treatment in pediatrics
Tylenol can be given every 4 hours
Motrin/Ibuprofen every 6-8 hours (not for infants less than 6 months)
Lukewarm bath, don’t swaddle
Keep hydrated
Why do we treat fevers
Only for comfort!!
Motrin and Tylenol fever regimen
Alternate every 3 hours but Motrin alone is MOST effective
Pharmacokinatic differences in children
Immature kidneys and liver
Less GI absorption
Increased IM absorption
Limited protein binding
Increased BBB permeability
Increased Brain:Body ratio
Conversion from pounds to kg
Divide by 2.2
First questions to ask as soon as baby is born
Is it to term?
Is the baby the right size for gestational age?
Preterm baby
At or before 36 weeks and 7 days
Late preterm babies
34 weeks to 36 weeks and 7 days
Term infant
37 weeks to 41 weeks and 7 days
Post term infant
42 weeks or later - indication for delivery
Time of monitoring for late preterm babies
48 hours in addition to car seat challenge potentially
NO early discharge
Early discharge
Discharge within 24 hours
Carseat challenge
Baby in car seat with pulse ox for 1 hour to screen for apnea
Risks of Post term babies
Meconium aspiration and Pulmonary hypertension
SGA
Small for gestational age less than 10th percentile
LGA
Large for gestational age over 90th percentile
IUGR
Intrauterine growth restriction
FGR
Fetal growth restriction
Assymetrical FGR
Uteroplacental insufficiency or maternal malnutrition occuring in 2nd or 3rd trimester - less serious
Symmetrical FGR/IUGR
More serious - omore often caused by chromosomal abnormalities or other insult in the first trimester
Order in which things decrease in failure to thrive
Weight, Height, Head Circumference
Umbilical vein
Carries oxygenated blood from the placenta to the fetus
Ductus venosus
Bypasses the liver
Foramen Ovale
Allows oxygentated blood to bypass non-functional lungs
Ductus arteriosus
Allows oxygenated blood to by pass non-functional lungs
2 things that prepare the fetus for breathing
Increased production of surfactant
Decreased production of Fetal Lung Fluid and reabsorption
2 functions of increased oxygen level in newborn’s blood
Pulmonary vasodilation and Ductus arteriosus constriction
What closes the foramen ovale
Increased left atrial pressure
Stimuli that support respiratory adaptation
Thermal (drop in temp), Light, Sound, Tactile
3 things needed for newborn pulm gas exchange
Surfactant, Strong respiratory muscles, Clearance of pulmonary fluids
2020 updates to infant resucitation
Positive pressure ventilation rather than intubation for non vigourous babies with meconium
Umbilical vein is preferred vascular access
All births attended by one person who can perform newborn recussitation
Golden hour
Baby should have a full hour of skin to skin contact for the first hour of life
Three things to check at birth of baby
Term? Flexion of extremities? Crying?
If yes to all three - routine care, give to mother
5 steps of baby resuscitation
Check for labored breathing
Position and clear airway (suction nose first)
Place SpO2 monitor on RIGHT Pre-ductal blood) hand or wrist
Provide supplemental O2 as needed
Consider CPAP
MR, SOPA mneumonic for when positive pressure is failing for the baby
Mask Adjustment
Reposition
Suction (nose then mouth)
Open mouth
Increase pressure
Change Airway
Vital signs at which to start PPV
Apnea and gasping with HR under 100 bpm
Chest compression ratio for baby
3 compression for one breath with 90 compressions a minute
When to administer epinephrine for baby
HR below 100 beats perminute
3 Additional conditions to assess for if bay still does not respond
Hypoglycemia, Hypovolemia, Pneumothorax, Sepsis/Shock
Pulse ox immediately after birth
May not go right up to 90, depends on minutes of age
80-85% after 5 mins is normal
From 60, 5% per minute of life for first five minutes
Risk in post resuscitation baby
Seizure is common, monitor temp and blood glucose
Risk factors for newborn respiratory distress
In 7% of newborns
Includes: C-section, decreased gestational age, low birth weight, male, maternal asthma or gest. diabetes
5 ddx for neonate with respiratory distress
Transient tachypnea of the newborn, Respiratory distress syndrome
Sepsis
Meconium aspiration
Meningitis
Transient tachypnea of the newborn
Higher than normal respiratory rate
RR 30-60 bpm
More common in C section
Difficulty clearing lung fluid
Term or Preterm
CXR for TTN
Fissures and Perihilar infiltrates
Tx for TTN
Presents 2-72 hours of life
Pulse ox and CXR
Self limiting
DO NOT USE LASIX!!!
Meconium aspiration syndrome
Not in every meconium stained baby
Higher risk in post term infant
Caused by in utero stress/hypoxia
Dx for meconium aspiration syndrome
Meconium present inamniotic fluid or trachea
Bilateral fluffy densities with hyperinflation on CXR - white and hazy
Management for meconium aspiration
Dry warm and stimulate newborn
O2 if HR under 100bpm
CPR under 60 bpm
Standard resuscitation do not intubate immediately
Respiratory distress syndrome
Preterm babies
Severe symptoms leading to lasting impaired gas exchange
Dx ofrespiratory distress syndrome
Cyanosis with grunting tachypnea
Ground glass on CXR - hazy
Echo to rule out heart problems
Management for respiratory distress syndrome
Give corticosteroids prenatally
Intubation and sufactant administration
CPAP if less severe
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
Occurs when pulmonary vascular resistance remains high after birth
Results in right to left shunting of blood via FO and DA
Hypoxemia results
Term or late preterm infants
Risk factors for persistent pulmonary hypertension
Meconium aspiration
Pneumonia
Respiratory distress syndrome
Aphyxia in utero, SSRI use by mother in 2nd half of pregnancy
3 mechanisms of persistent pulm hypertension
Vasoconstriction secondary to perinatal hypoxia
Prenatal increase in pumonaly vascular smooth muscle d/t meconium
Lung hypoplasia d/t diaphragmatic hernia
Dx for persistent pulmonary hypertension
ABG
Pulse Ox
Echo
Blood cultures
CXR
Management for persistent pulmonary hypertension
Goal to decrease pressure
O2 support
Nitric oxide/Slidenafil for vasodilation
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation - ECMO if all fails
Neonatal hypoglycemia
Transient guidelines are 40+ for 0-4 hours and 45+ 4-24 hours, should be 60 after
Treat when symptomatic!!!
Risk factors for hypoglycemia
Infants in which to Screen!!
Infant of diabetic mother
LGA
SGA
Late preterm babies
Screening NOT required!!
Lebatolol or terbutiline exposure
Metabolic disorder
Symptoms of neonatal hypoglycemia
Broad spectrum
High pitched cry
Exaggerated Moro reflex
Lethargy
Seizures
Disease that can look like hypoglycemia
Sepsis - Screen for both
Screening for neonatal hypoglycemia
Screen if high risk in first few hours of life with a heel stick within first 4 hours
Preterm and late preterm
LGA
SGA
Diabetic mother
Confirmation for heel stick glucose
Serum glucose
Treatment for neonatal hypoglycemia
Give IV glucose if symptomatic
If asymptomatic can give oral glucose
When should physiologic hypoglycemia end
After 24 hours of life
Investigate for metabolic disorder otherwise
Physiologic neonatal jaundice
Pathologic if in first 24 hours
Between 1-4 days of life is normal
Risk factors for hyperbillirubinemia
Low gestational age
Jaundice in first 24 hours
Hemolysis
Phototherapy prior to discharge
Sibling with phototherapy
G6PD deficiency
Exclusive breastfeeding
Hematoma
Trisomy 21
Diabetic mother
High rate of billirubin rise criteria
rise .3 mg/dL/hr in first 24 hours and .2 mg/dL/hr after
Risk factors for neurotoxicity d/t jaundice
Gestational age under 38 weeks
Albumin under 3g/dL
Isoimmune hemolytic disease, G6PD
Sepsis
Instability in previous 24 hours
Diagnosis for hyperbillirubinemia
Assess every 12 hours until discharge
RcB or TSB 24-48 hours after birth or before discharge
TSB taken if TcB is within 3mg/dL of phototherapy threshold or if 15+mg/dL
Type of Billirubinemia in infancy
Unconjugated is normal, Conjugated is NEVER normal
Breast milk jaundice
Breast milk inhibits enzymes from processing billirubin, occurs in the first week and persists up to three weeks
Breastfeeding jaundice
Infant not receiving enough - need to supplement with formula
Failure to thrive seen in first week
Phase one of kernicterus
1-2 days after birth
Poor suck
High pitched cry
Stupor
Hypotonia
Seizures
Phase two of kernicterus
3-6 days of life
Hypertonia of extensors
Retrocollis
Fever
Opisthotonus
Phase three of kernicterus
7+ days of life
Generalized hypotonia
Rebound hyperbillirubinemias
TSB reaches threshold for age within 72-96 hours of phototherapy cessation
Preterm, PT at under 48 hours, and hemolytic disease are risk factors
When to d/c phototherapy
When TSB decreases by 2mg/dL below the hour specific threshold
G6PD deficiency
X-linked recissive disease
Common in African descent
Causes severe hemolytic crisis
ABO incompatability
Incompatability between mom and baby blood type causing jaundice
Can also happen with rh factor
Prevention for RH incompatibility complications
ABO and Rh testing on first prenatal visit
Antibody screening if RH negative and Rho-gam given
Optional injection at 40 weeks
Rho gam within 72 hours of delivery if + child of - mother
Newborn polycythemia
At risk for poor perfusion
Hematocrit over 65
Higher risk for hyperglycemia and hemolysis
Risk factors for newborn polycythemia
Delayed cord clamping
LGA
Larger twin of a pair
Findings for newborn polycythemia
Bloody stool
Renal failure
Red looking
Tx for polycythemia in newborns
Exchange transfusion for severe, symptomatic cases
Reasons to add condition to newborn screen
Cost effective, Simple, Reliable
Intervention can save lives
High frequency
Phenylketoneuria
PKU
Proetin metabolism error
Untreated leads to permanent brain injury
Lifelong restriction of phenylalanine -low protein diet
Stop protein intake
Galactosemia
Go into shock if given lactose because they cannot metabolize galactose
E. coli sepsis is galactosemia until proven otherwise
Neonatal hypothyroidism
Hard to catch early on - part of routine screening
Look at T4 and TSH
Baby hearing screen
Should occur in first month and be repeated within 3 months if failure of test
Congentital heart defect screening
Pulse ox of right hand and foot
Pass if 95%+ or <3% difference between hand and foot
If 90-95% recheck twice every hour if continues to fail after two hours - fails screen
Prenatal visit
Free courtesy of most pediatric offices - helps prospective parents “shop” for a pediatrician
Gravida
How many times pregnant
Para
How many times given birth (twins count as two)
When is a newborn given a Hep B shot
Within 12 hours of birth for ALL babies
Protocol for newborn with HBV positive mother
HBIG AND Hep B vaccine in opposite legs
Protocol for baby of HIV+ mother
antivirals within 6-12 hours
APGAR score interpretation
1-3 - Poor
4-6 - Intermediate
7-10 is good
Metrics of APGAR score
Activity
Pulse
Grimace
Appearance
Respirations
Activity APGAR scores
0 - Absent
1 - Arms/Legs flexed
2 - Active movement
Pulse APGAR scores
0 - Absent
1 - under 100bpm
2 - 100+ bpm
Grimace APGAR score
0 - Flaccid when aggravated
1 - Some flexion of extremities
2 - Active motion of extremities when aggravated
Appearance APGAR score
0 - Pale blue baby
1 - Blue extremities, pink body
2 - All pink
Respiration APGAR score
0 - Absent
1 - Slow irregular
2 - Vigourous cry
Normal infantile RR
40
Dubiwitz Ballard Exam
Helps to evaluate the gestational age of the baby
Lower score is younger
Flexibility and gestational age
Wrist bends back more, Knee comes back less, Arm goes over less arm recoil increases
Physical characteristics and gestational age
More wringles in foot when older
Lanugo hair appears in earlier term babies
When is an APGAR score done?
1 minute, 5 minutes, and every 5 minutes after that
Risk factors for SIDS
Brain birth defects
Low birth weight
Respiratory infections
Sleeping on stomach and side
sleeping on soft surface
Co-sleeping
Male sex
Second hand smoke
Overheating
Family history of SIDS
MC Age for SIDS
2-4 months old
Ways to prevent SIDS
Back to sleep
No pillows or blankets
Never overheat the baby
Separate crib from parents
Pacifier off and breast feed
Vaccinate
High pitched baby cry
Sign of abnormality
Low hoarse baby cry
Sign of hypothyroidism
Weak baby cry
Sign of illness/infection
Acrocyanosis
Not a cause for alarm - blue extremities
Blue body IS cause for alarm
Cutis marmorata
Lacy marbled
Okay in asymptomatic baby
Baby is usually cold - warm them
Common in downs syndrome
Vernix Caseosa
Waxy or cheesy covering after baby is delivered
Better not to wash off right away
Lanugo
Baby hair - more in earlier babies
Erythema toxicum
Red base papular rash common in newborns - no vescicles
Happens in 2-5 days
Caused by eosinophils
Acne neonatorum
Acne on newborn d/t maternal hormone exposure
Looks like acne and resolves on own
2-4 weeks of age
Milia
Epidermal cysts full of keratin
Epstein’s pear in mouth
Resolve in 2-4 weeks
Hemangioma
Vascular birth mark
Most common on face scalp, thorax
Dense blood vessels
90% gone by nine 70% by 7, 50% gone by 5
Remove if they block a major orifice
Massive ones can cause cardiac decomp
Check for one in airway
Nevus simplex
Stork bite
Red macule found on the nape of the neck
Non pathologic
Few persist into childhood
Nevus flammeus
Port wine stain
Starts light gets thick and corrugated
25% with an ophthalmic one will get Sruge Weber
Associated with vision problems, angiomas, glaucoma
Congenital dermal melanocytosis
Mongolian spot
Darkish blue birthmark on buttox and back
More common in dark skinned babies
DOES NOT change and can last for years
Cafe au lait spots
6+ if neurofibrimatosis
Okay if there are one or two
Hydrocephalus
Head gets bigger and bigger due to obstructions of flow or brain malformations
Sunsetting of eyes
VP shunt and serial head measurements to diagnose
Anterior fontanelle closure
9-24 months
Posterior fontanelle closure
2-3 months
Depressed or bulging fontanelle
Depressed = Dehydration
Bulging = Increased intercranial pressure - meningitis, tumor, etc
Caput Succedaneum
Cap on baby’s head covers multiple bones of the skull
Crosses suture lines
Resolves in 2-3 days
Under the skin - superficial
Cephalohematoma
Cap does not cover multiple bones
Well defined outline that does not cross suture lines
May be due to suction
Resolves in several weeks
Under periosteum - deep
Craniotabes
Thinning of the parietal bones in babies
Sensation of a ping pong ball
Worry about bone disease if not gone by a few weeks
Subgaleal hemorrhage
Serious but rare - blood accumulates between scalp and periosteum
Can fill with half the babies blood
Monitor BP, HCT, and for signs of hypovolemia
Same area as a cephalohematoma
Pierre Robin syndrome
Tiny jaw
Causes tounge blocking airway and preventing palate from fusing
Can’t breathe, cleft palate
Usually need a tracheostomy
Facial nerve palsy at birth
Usually goes away shortly after
Conjunctivitis treatment for newborns
Erythromycin to prevent chlamydia infection in eyes
Congenital cataracts
May indicate a metabolic disease
Newborn glaucoma
Baby in intense pain that does not open its eyes
Eye exams for babies
6 inches away from eyes for every visit during the first three years of life
Absent blunted or white reflex can mean glaucoma, cataract, or retinoblastoma
Leukoria
White response instead of red - red flag to ophthalmology could be a retinoblastoma - emergency
Dacryostenosi
Blocked tear duct - not emergent
Redness is normal
Massage 5 times a day
Refer if it won’t go away
Acute dacryocystitis
Tear duct in infected
Needs to be popped
Septal deviation
Can be due to birth trauma
Choanal arestia
Can’t breath when feeding
Use NG tube or wisp to test
Natal teeth
NOT baby teeth
Usually pulled immediately
Oral thrush
White, tender, cannot be scraped off, painful for baby to eat, Use nystatin
Normal ear level
Line at eyes should bisect ears
Preauricular pits of the ears
Small indentations that can be associated with kidney or other disease
Should have a hearing test
Coarctation of aorta pickup
Compare upper and lower extremity pulses
MC newborn fracture
Clavicle - we usually don’t fix it - heals on own in 6 months
Abdominal mass MC in kids
Kidneys
Diaphragmatic hernia
Abdominal contents move into chest - usually on the left
Surgery is required
Tachypnea, tachycardia, cyanosis
Concave abd with enlarged chest unilaterally
Umbilical cord removal
Clamp it and let it fall off - may wait a minute to clamp to give the baby more blood
Umbilical hernia
Often closes itself and does not need intervention
More prominent when baby cries
Black if strangulated (rare)
Intervene if it is 1-2cm or larger
Umbilical granuloma
Soft pink friable lesion
Treat with silver nitrate
Vaginal discharge in newborn females
Normal but scares parents - bloody
Labia may be swollen or bruised
Male gonadal exam in newborns
Confirm testicles are in the scrotum, foreskin cannot be retracted at birth
Baby must void before d/c
Syndactyly
Fusion of two digits
COngenital hip dysplasia
Head of femur does not fit into the hip well
More common in firstborns, multiples, FHx, Girls
Life long limp if missed