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What are the most common causes of respiratory distress in newborns?

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  • Transient tachypnea of newborn: residual pulmonary fluid in lung
  • Hyaline membrane disease / respiratory distress syndrome
  • Meconium aspiration syndrome
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In a newborn with respiratory distress, what should we do to confirm/rule out common surgical diagnoses?

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Place OGT/NGT

Get CXR

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What signs in a newborn suggest congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)?

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Severe resp distress
Absent breath sounds
Scaphoid abdomen

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How is CDH usually diagnosed?

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In utero: prenatal US

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Where do CDH most commonly occur?

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L side: posterolateral/Bochdalek hernia

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What does herniation of abdominal contents in CDH cause?

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Pulmonary hypoplasia: ipsi and contra

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What is the pathophysiology of respiratory distress in CDH?

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Pulm HTN –> Decreased pulm blood flow / hypoxia

Pulm hypoplasia –> decreased gas exchange and CO2 retention

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What common associated anomalies occur with CDH?

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Chromosomal defects
Rotational
Cardiac (VSD/ASD)
CNS
Limb
GU
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What is mortality related to in CDH?

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Degree of pulmonary hypoplasia / Pulmonary HTN

Presence of congenital anomalies

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What is the first step in management of newborn respiratory distress?

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Immediate intubation

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What is the first step in management of newborn respiratory distress?

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Immediate intubation

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What is survival related to in CDH?

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Degree of pulmonary hypoplasia and HTN

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What is the goal of treatment for CDH?

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provide pulmonary support w/o further damaging the lungs

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When is the optimal timing for surgery for CDH: immediate or wait?

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Delay: allow lungs to mature and pulmonary HTN to improve

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Before surgery for CDH, what must be done?

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Evaluate for other congenital anomalies

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Why must blow-by oxygen or excessive bag mask ventilation be avoided in CDH?

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Worsens lung compression and mediastinal shift

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What happens with CDH?

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Failure of septum transversum to completely divide the pleural and coleomic cavities during fetal development

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What’s the most important step in clinical management for CDH?

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Immediate intubation

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What’s the best initial diagnostic test for newborn respiratory distress?

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OGT + CXR

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What do we think: bilious vomiting in a newborn 0-1 month?

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Surgical problem until proven otherwise

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Does passage of meconium rule out obstruction?

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No: mucuous and epithelium is shed along entire length of intestine - distal to the obstruction, it may still pass!

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In a stable newborn with bilious vomiting, what is the first step?

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Plain abdominal XR to rule out perforation, prox vs. distal obstruction, presence or absence of distal gas

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What are the key features on XR of duodenal obstruction/atresia?

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Double bubble sign + no distal gas

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If a newborn with bilious vomiting has distal gas, what’s the most likely diagnosis?

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Malrotation + midgut volvulus before duodenal web or partial duodenal obstruction

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What causes duodenal atresia?

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failure of recanalization early in development

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> 50% of patients with duodenal atresia have what associated anomalies?

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Trisomy 21
Annular pancreas
Cardiac (most common)

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What is the management for a newborn with bilious vomiting?

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  1. Get IV access: Correct fluid/electrolyte abnormalities
  2. Place NGT
  3. Rule out other anomalies prior to surgery
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If a newborn with bilious vomiting is unstable, what do we suspect? Next steps?

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Suspect malrotation with midgut volvulus

Go to OR emergently

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What is the procedure of choice for duodenal atresia?

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Duodenoduodenostomy

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How can duodenal atresia present with non bilious vomiting?

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Obstruction proximal to the ampulla: present with nonbilious emesis

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What key comorbidity must be identified before surgery for duodenal atresia? Why?

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Annular pancreas: Injury to the ring of pancreatic tissue can lead to pancreatic enzyme leak and pancreatitis

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32
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What is bilious emesis?

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Green or yellow emesis

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What type a problem is bilious emesis in an infant?

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Surgical until proven otherwise!

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In a stable infant with bilious emesis, what is the first step?

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Plain abdominal radiograph first to exclude gross perforation

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If initial XR is negative in an infant with bilious emesis, what is the next step?

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UGI contrast study: evaluate duodenum and proximal SI

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In infants with bilious vomiting, what MUST we suspect first due to danger?

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Malrotation with midgut volvulus

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37
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What is the midgut embryologically?

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SMA: Second portion of duodenum to 2/3 of transverse colon

38
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What is malrotation in the gut due to?

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Developmental failure of normal 270 degree counterclockwise midgut rotation

39
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What is the classic pattern of congenital malrotation?

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narrow mesenteric base

Ligament of Treitz located R of midline, cecum in epigastrium, Ladd’s bands from cecum to RUQ crossing duodenum

40
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What is a volvulus in setting of malrotation?

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Midgut rotates around SMA axis causing duodenal obstruction and vascular compromise of bowel

41
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What is the classic UGI radiograph of volvulus in setting of malrotation?

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“corkscrew” appearance of contrast in bowel lumen

42
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What is the management of treating midgut volvulus?

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  1. Place NGT to decompress stomach
  2. Give ABx / IVF while prepping for laparotomy
  3. Laparotomy
43
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What is the first management step of treating hemodynamically unstable acute GI obstruction in an infant?

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  1. Rapid fluid resuscitation

2. Immediate surgical intervention w/o additional studies!

44
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What is Ladd’s procedure?

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Relieving obstruction by untwisting the bowel and brooding the mesenteric base to prevent future episodes

45
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How can malrotation with midgut volvulus present (2 ways)?

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Bilious or non bilious vomiting depending on location

46
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What is the most common bowel gas pattern in malrotation with midgut volvulus?

47
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During surgery in an infant with bilious emesis, what must be ruled out?

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Duodenal stenosis / atresia

48
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In newborn with bilious emesis whose XR shows proximal obstruction: distal bowel gas + “double bubble”, what is the next step?

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UGI contrast study: should show malrotation +- midgut volvulus

49
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In a newborn with bilious emesis whose XR shows “double bubble” w/o distal gas, what is the diagnosis?

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Duodenal atresia

50
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In an newborn with bilious emesis whose XR shows distal obstruction with multiple loops of dilated small bowel, what is the next step and likely diagnoses?

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Contrast enema:

  • Intestinal atresia
  • Meconium ileus
  • Hirschsprung’s disease
51
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Of patients with non bilious emesis in infancy, which disease are managed medically?

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Acute gastroenteritis
GERD
Metabolic d/o
Pylorospasm

52
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Of patients with non bilious emesis in infancy, which disease are managed surgically?

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Antral web
Enteric duplication cyst
GERD
Pyloric atresia / stenosis

53
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What is the most common surgical cause of non bilious vomiting in an infant?

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Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS)

54
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What is classic PE sign of HPS?

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Palpable RUQ “olive” mass with visible peristalsis over the epigastrium

55
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If diagnosis of HPS is unclear, what should be done?

56
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What is the diagnostic criteria for HPS?

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  • Pyloric length > 15mm

- Thickness > 3mm

57
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What electrolyte abnormalities are common in HPS?

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  • Hypochloremic, hypokalemic, metabolic acidosis

- Paradoxical aciduria

58
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What is pathophysiology of HPS?

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Hyperplasia and hypertrophy of pylorus –> GOO

59
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What is the first treatment for HPS?

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  1. Fluid resuscitation

2. Correct electrolyte imbalances

60
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What is the gold standard surgery for HPS?

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Ramstedt pyloromyotomy: incise and split the muscular layers, leaving the mucosa and submucosa intact

61
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When is the optimal timing of surgery for HPS?

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Delay until infant resuscitated and electrolyte levels are normal

62
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When does feeding start after HPS repair? What is common?

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After surgery - vomiting may occur but should resolve

63
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If a patient has equivocal US suspicious for HPS or concern for malrotation with midgut volvulus, what else should be done? What is the risk

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Contrast UGI

- Risk of aspiration

64
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Is HPS a medical or surgical emergency?

65
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If an infant has persistent fever after surgery for HPS, what should be considered?

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incomplete pyloromyotomy

66
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If an infant has HPS surgery and has post-op fever and tachycardia, what must it be until proven otherwise?

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perforation

67
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How do we diagnose abdominal wall defects in newborns?

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Prenatal ultrasound usually

68
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What are key identifying features of gastroschisis?

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Paraumbilical (R) and exposed bowel

69
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What are key identifying features of omphalocele?

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Sac from the umbilicus, associated with more congenital defects

70
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What are the associated syndromes with omphalocele?

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Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
Trisomies 13, 18
Pentalogy of Cantrell

71
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What is the etiology of gastroschisis?

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In utero vascular insult causing abdominal wall defect

72
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What is the etiology of omphalocele?

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Arrest of cell migration causing incomplete return of midgut to the peritoneal cavity

73
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What is the most important first 2 steps in management of abdominal wall defect in newborn?

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  1. Ventilation: secure airway
  2. Normothermia and fluid management:
    - Radiant heater
    - Orogastric suction
    - Protect exposed viscera with plastic wrap
    - IV fluids + broad spectrum Abx
74
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What is the definitive treatment for gastroscisis or omphalocele?

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  • Protective silo and serial reduction OR

- Surgical repair

75
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What must a gastroschisis patient be evaluated for?

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Atresia, ischia or volvulus

76
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What must be given to a gastroschisis patient while they are awaiting reduction of the bowel or surgery? Why?

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TPN - intestine likely inflamed

77
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What are key considerations after post-op repair of gastroschisis or omphalocele?

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  1. Ventilator if needed
  2. TPN if needed
  3. Monitor for abdominal compartment syndrome!
78
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What’s in the differential for feeding intolerance in a newborn?

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  • Anatomic malformation of naso- and oropharynx, tracheobronchial tree and esophagus
  • GERD
  • Extrinsic esophageal compression
  • Food sensitivity
  • Neurologic d/o
79
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What do desaturations only while feeding imply in a newborn?

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Anatomic or functional problem w/ proximal aerodigestive tract

80
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What is the best initial diagnostic test in a newborn with feeding intolerance?

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AP and lateral chest XR after NG/OGT placement

81
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What is the pathophysiology of EA +/- TEF?

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Defect in development of longitudinal tracheoesophageal fold separating foregut into trachea and esophagus

82
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What is the most common type of TEF?

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Distal: Type C: Trachea with esophagus going off of it

83
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Most patients with TEF +/- EA have what type of anomalies?

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VACTERL:
Vertebral
Anorectal
CV
Tracheoesophageal
Renal
Limb
84
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In patients with TEF +/- EA, what is prognosis for those with comorbidites or requiring surgery?

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Excellent w/o comorbidiites

* Significant sequelae from surgery!

85
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What is management in newborns with respiratory compromise?

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Intubation/mechanical ventilation

86
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What is the preoperative management goal in patient with TEF +/- EA?

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Minimize risk of aspiration: NGT of upper esophageal pouch, head elevation, AB

87
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In patients with TEF +/- EA, what must be done before surgery?

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Eval for associated anomalies: echo, renal US, XRays

88
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What is the surgical repair for TEF +/- EA?

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Division of fistula tract, repair of trachea, primary anastomosis of esophagus

89
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What are the post-operative complications from surgery for TEF +/- EA and how common are they?

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Common!

  • Anastomotic leak
  • Stricture
  • GERD
90
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Why do we avoid contrast esophagram in newborns with suspected TEF +/- EA?

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Risk of aspiration pneumonitis

91
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Why do we avoid distending GI tract in patients with TEF +/- EA?

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Avoid further aspiration and lung injury, esp in patients on ventilator support

92
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What must be done before surgery for TEF +/- EA?

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Assess vascular anatomy:

  • IVC can drain into RA via azygous system
  • 5% patients have R sided aortic arch

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