Peds GI Flashcards
Premy and small is risk factor for necrotizing enterocolitis
sad. You have air in the bowel wall
It is why you need to feed so slowly
Tx of necrotizing enterocolitis?
TPN, IV broad spectrum antibiotics, NG suction, surgical resection if necrosis
5 STAR NEONATE JAUNDICE
oh my
Dubin johnson is what kind of bile?
Direct conjugated bilirubin
Same with rotor or baler disease
Jaundiced baby with pale stools?
Biliary atresia
When is breastfeeding jaundice?
First week, due to dehydration. Breast milk jaundice is after first week
High direct bili
Biliary atresia must be repaired in first 2 months, otherwise what?
biliary cirrhosis
What can’t you give and why to a neonate with hyperbilirubinemia?
Ceftriaxone Displaces bill from albumin
Mnemonic: Rocephin ok if baby is ROSEY, but not if yellow
What is the jaundice if in first 24 hours?
IT IS PATHOLGICA (not physiologic)
Jaundiced looking 8 month old but no icteris?
Hypercarotenemia from lots of carrots.
Not dangerous
Most common TE fistula?
Upper esoph is blind, lower is blunted and connected to trachea