Peds Flashcards
neonatal pd
1st day-28th day
postnatal pd
29 days-1year
infancy
0-12MO aka 1st yr of life
early childhood
1-4YO
middle childhood
5-10YO
adolescence
11-20YO
when do we exam newborn
- first one is immediately after birth
2. comprehensive is done w/in 24 hrs after birth
what can encourage eye opening in newborn
light dimmed
slight rocking
APGAR
- minutes?
- what are we scoring
1 min
5 min
HR (>100) Resp effort muscle tone reflex irritability (virgorous cry, sneeze, cough) color
preterm
<34 weeks
late preterm
34-36 weeks
moms with DM can have?
larger babies
-hypoglycemia is an concern with them
define failure to thrive
inadequate weight gain for age
APGAR scoring
HR:
absent=0
<100= 1
>100= 2
Resp effort:
Absent= 0
SLow and irreg= 1
Good/strong= 2
Muscle tone:
flaccid=0
Some flexion of arms/legs=1
active movement= 2
Reflex irritability
no response=0
grimace=1
cry virogoursly, sneeze, cough= 2
Color
blue/pale=0
pink body, blue extrems=1
pink all over=2
1 min APGAR score
0-4=?
5-7=?
8-10=?
0-4= severe depression, requirring immediate resuscitation
5-7= some NS depression (should improve by 5 min APGAR)
8-10= normal
5 min APGAR score
0-7=?
8-10=?
0-7= high risk for subesquent central nervous system and other organ system dysfunction
8-10= normal
what period of life is the most rapid rate of growth }?
infancy (0-12MO)
- birth wt triples
- height increases by 50% by end of year one
by end of year one:
- bright weight____
- height increases by?
weight triples
height incrs by 50%
sequence of exam for infancy
- perform non-disturbing maneuvers early
- most imp indicator of infant health is measurement of growth
- measure
- height (length <2)
- weight
- head circumference
postterm infants are at risk for
perinatal mortality and morbidity
- asphyxia
- meconium aspiration
MC complication for LGA newborns
hypoglycemia—- s/s= jitteriness, irritability, cyanosis and other health issues
etiology for SGA infants
- fetal, placental and maternal factors
* maternal smoking **
preterm appropriate for gestational age AGA are at risk for?
- resp distress
- apnea
- PDA with R—>L shunt
- infection
preterm SGA infants are at risk for
asphyxia
- hypoglycmia
- hypocalcemia
Physical
Cognitive/language
social/emotional
- *birth
- *1 MO
- *2 MO
- *3 MO
Birth:
physical: focuses, fixes/follows
cognitive: responds to sounds
social: regards face
1-2MO
physical: head control
cognitive/language: coos
Social: smiles
3MO:
- physical: rolls over, grasps rattle, works for toys
- language: babbles
Physical
Cognitive/language
social/emotional
- *4MO
- *5 MO
- *7-8 MO
4MO
Language: squeals
Emotional/social: laughs
5MO:
physical: sits
7-8MO
- cognitive/language: dada/mama
- social/emotional: feeds self (more so puts food to their mouth) and indicates wants
Physical
Cognitive/language
social/emotional
- *9MO
- *11-12MO
9 MO
- physical: pulls to stand, crawls
- social/emotional: waves and plays peek-a-boo
11-12MO
- physical: walks
- language: 2-3 words
- social/emotional: uses spoon
at what age do we start taking BP
3 YO
RR of newborn
30-60
HR for newborn, 1-6MO, 6-12MO
newborn: 140
1-6MO: 130
6-12MO: 115
how to take newborn temp (unitl wht age)
rectal
until 2MO
central cyanosis in infant suggests?
incr suspicion of congenital heart disease
acrocyanosis
blueish, discoloration of palms/soles
lanugo
fine
downy growth of hair
jaundice can suggest?
normal finding (common)–physiologic jaundice
OR
hemolytic dz of the newborn (yellowing persisting past first 24 hours following birth)
milia
white raised areas
size of pinhead
sebaceous glands are still open
*common skin finding
Milia rubra
scattered vesicles on erythematous base-face/trunk
- sweat gland duct obstruction
- resolves in few weeks
Neurofibromatosis
yellowing of skin
-starts in first five days of life
HEAAD TO TOE presentation
cafe au lait spots
- describe
- pathologic or benign?
- assoc with ?
pigmented brown lesions with unifrom borders
- can be normal on its OWN
- more than 5…. considered to be assoc with neurofibromatosis
Pustular melanosis
small vesiculopustules
- benign
- MC in AA pts
Salmon patch
- also called?
- describe
- benign or pathologic?
also called “stork bite” or “angel kiss”
- vascular marking
- splotchy pink mark
- fades with age
best areas to loook for central cyanosis
tongue and oral mucosa
NOT: nail beds, lips or extrems
skin desquamation
normal in full term newborns
rarely can be a sign of placental circulatory insuff or congenital ichthyosis
midline hair tufts over the lumbosacral spine suggests?
possible spinal cord defect
jaundice persistenting over 2-3 weeks suggest q
biliary obstruction or liver dz
common source of jaundice in the firt couple weeks?
breastfeeding jaundice– resolves aorund 10-14 days
significant edema of hands/feed of newborn suggests
and/or webbed neck
turner syndrome
molloscum contagiosum
- describe
- benign or pathologic?
dome shaped
fleshy lesions
painless
viral infection
impetigo
bac infection
appears crusty yellow
“honey crusted lesion”
slate blue patch
common in darker skinned PT
blue pigment cells
not be mistaken for bruise
sutures?
membranous tissue spaces separating bones of the skull
Fontanelles?
Areas where major sutures intersect
anterior fontanelle closes b/w?
2-26 MO
Posterior fontanelle closes?
by 2 MO
depressed anterior fontanelle
dehydration
enlarged posterior fontanelle
congenital hypothyroidism
bulging or tense fontanelle
increased ICP–from CNS infections (meningitis), neoplastic dz, hydrocephalus
early closure of fontanelles
microcephaly
craniosynostosis
metabolic dz
delayed closure of fontanelle
hypothyroidism
megalocephaly
rickets
incr ICP