Peds Flashcards
When should phenobarbital be given to a neonate when evaluating for biliary atresia?
3-5 days prior to imaging
Why is phenobarbital given to a neonate when evaluating for biliary atresia?
to enhance the biliary excretion of the radiotracer and increase the specificity of the test
grade 4 interventricular hemorrhage –> MOA?
occlusion of the ependymal veins –> periventricular venous hemorrhagic infarction –> interventricular hemorrhage
grade 1-3 interventricular hemorrhage –> MOA?
germinal matrix hemorrhage –> extend into ventricle
Endotracheal tube –> ideal position?
- relative to clavicles
- distance from carina
- inferior border of clavicles
- 2cm above carina
PICC –> ideal position?
- UE
- LE
- UE –> SVC
- LE –> IVC within 1cm of diaphragm
How differentiate umbilical arterial catheter vs umbilical venous catheter?
- UAC –> initially course downward into internal iliac A
- UVC –> course immediately superiorly
Ideal position?
- umbilical arterial catheter
- umbilical venous catheter
- UAC –> below L2
- UVC –> IVC within 1 cm of diaphragm
Supine CXR –> PTX findings (2)
- unusually sharp heart border
- hyperlucent costophrenic angle (deep sulcus sign)
neonate –> respiratory distress –> causes (medical)? (4)
- transient tachypnea of the newborn
- meconium aspiration
- neonatal pneumonia
- respiratory distress synd (surfactant def)
neonate –> respiratory distress –> causes (surgical)? (4)
- congenital diaphragmatic hernia
- congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation
- congential lobar emphysema
- sequestration
transient tachypnea of the newborn –> pathophys?
delayed clearance of intrauterine pulmonary fluid
transient tachypnea of the newborn:
- when does it peak?
- by when does it resolve?
- peak at 24 hr
- recovery by 48-72 hr
transient tachypnea of the newborn –> findings during 1st day of life?
fluid overload:
- vascular congestion
- small pleural effusions
neonate –> CXR –> diffuse reticulonodular densities –> ddx?
What if there was pleural effusion?
- respiratory distress sydn
- neonatal pneumonia
If pleural effusion –> more likely pneumonia
neonate –> CXR –> hyperaeration, patchy asymmetric infiltrate –> ddx?
- meconium aspiration
- neonatal pneumonia
meconium aspiration –> CXR findings? why?
aspirated meconium obstructs bronchi:
- atelectasis –> patchy asymmetric airspace dz
- compensatory hyperinflation of remaining patent airways –> hyperinflated lungs
respiratory distress synd –> CXR findings?
- diffuse symm reticulogranular opacities
- prominent central air bronchograms
- generalized hypoventilation
intubation –> airway pressure too high –> barotrauma –> CXR findings?
- PTX
- pulmonary interstitial emphysema
pulmonary interstitial emphysema –> pathophys?
barotrauma –> alveoli rupture –> air accumulate w/in peribronchial & perivascular spaces
pulmonary interstitial emphysema –> CXR findings
- linear lucencies radiating from hilum
- cystic
patent ductus arteriosus –> pathophys
pulmonary resistance remains high –> ductus remains open w R to L shunt –> ventilatory therapy decreases pulm resistance –> switch to L to R shunt –> increased pulmn blood flow
patent ductus arteriosus –> CXR findings
- increased heart size
- increased pulm vascularity
bronchopulmonary dysplasia –> definition
continued oxygen needs & CXR abnormalities beyond 28days of life
bronchopulmonary dysplasia –> pathophys
respiratory distress synd –> intubate –> oxygen toxicity & positive pressure –> pulm inflamm –> pulm fibrosis
bronchopulmonary dysplasia –> CXR findings
- hyperinflation
- diffuse interstitial thickening
- severe –> cystic changes
diaphragmatic hernia –> types? which is MC? where do they occur?
- MC: Bochdalek –> post lat
- Morgagni –> ant med
congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation –> what is it?
hamartoma of the lung
congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation –> type 1 –> findings
MC
> 2cm dominant cyst –> surrounded by multiple smaller cysts
congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation –> type 2 –> findings
<2cm uniform smaller cysts
congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation –> type 3 –> findings
microscopic cysts not grossly visible –> appears solid on imaging
congenital lobar emphysema –> what is it?
overexpansion of 1 or more lobes
congenital lobar emphysema –> predilection for which lobes?
upper lobes, middle
lower very uncommon
congenital lobar emphysema –> CXR findings
- initial: delayed clearance of pulm fluid –> appears as solid mass
- subsequent: hyperlucent lobe
pulmonary sequestration –> what is it?
lung tissue that is not connected to tracheobronchial tree
pulmonary sequestration –> diagnostic imaging finding
has systemic arterial supply (not pulmonary artery supply)
pulmonary sequestration –> types (2)
- intralobar
- extralobar
pulmonary sequestration –> MC location
medial LLL
intralobar sequestration –> when does it present? clinical presentation?
20-30s yo –> recurrent infection
extralobar sequestration –> when does it present? clinical presentation?
neonate –> respiratory distress from mass effect
tracheomalacia –> what is it?
collapse of trachea w expiration
viral respiratory infection (bronchitis) –> CXR findings
- hyperinflation
- peribronchial cuffing
- dirty hilum
CXR:
- hyperinflation
- peribronchial cuffing
- dirty hilum
ddx?
- viral infection
- reactive airway dz
lobar PNA –> pt is improving –> 1wk fu CXR –> round cyst w thin walls –> dx?
pneumatocele
lobar PNA –> pt is improving –> 1wk fu CXR –> round cyst w thin walls –> dx: pneumatocele –> why not an abscess?
abscess:
- thick irreg wall
- air-fluid level
- pt is very ill
Bordatella pertussis pneumonia (whooping cough) –> classic CXR findings
“shaggy heart”
primary TB –> CXR findings
- focal lobar consolidation
- hilar adenopathy
- pleural eff
cystic fibrosis –> CXR findings
- hyperinflation
- bronchiectasis
neonate –> CXR –> NG tube looped in upper esophagus –> dx?
esophageal atresia
neonate –> CXR –> NG tube looped in upper esophagus –> what does air in stomach indicate?
esophageal atresia w associated tracheoesophageal fistula
congenital duodenal obstruction –> MC cause?
duodenal atresia
duodenal atresia –> findings?
- “double bubble” –> stomach & duodenal bulb
- no gas in small/lrg bowel
meconium ileus –> findings?
- dilated small bowel loops –> SBO
- “frothy”/”soap bubble” pattern bowel gas (meconium mixed w air) in RLQ
- microcolon (unused colon)
what is meconium plug synd?
meconium obstruction of colon
meconium plug synd –> findings on LGI?
- meconium cast filling defect in colon
- normal caliber colon
what are Ladd bands? What pathology can they cause?
dense peritoneal band –> from malpositioned cecum to liver –> crossing the duodenum –> may cause partial obstruction