Peds Tables 18-5, 18-6, 18-10, 18-13 Flashcards
What is a head abnormality that appears within 24 hours of birth, swelling that doesn’t extend across suture, soft swelling that develops a raised bony margin when calcium deposits appear; resolves in several weeks
cephalohematoma
What is a condition of premature closure of one or more sutures of skull? Results in abnormal growth and shape of skull b/c growth will only occur at unaffected sutures.
Craniosynostosis
What are most common kinds of craniosynostosis?
scaphocephaly and frontal plagiocephaly
What is when the anterior fontanelle is bulging and eyes may deviate downward?
Hydrocephalus
What head abnormality is associated with the setting sun sign?
Hydrocephalus
What is when a baby has coarse facial features, low-set hair line, sparse eyebrows, and an enlarged tongue?
Congenital Hypothryroidism
What are 3 causes of facial nerve palsy?
- injury to nerve from pressure during labor/birth
- inflammation of middle ear branch of nerve during acute/chronic otitis media
- unknown cause
What condition: small, rounded head, flattened nasal bridge, oblique palpebral fissures, prominent epicanthal folds, small, low set ears, and large tongue?
Trisomy 21- Downs
What condition: open mouth, edema, discoloration of lower orbitopalpebral grooves
Perennial Allergic Rhinitis
What is the allergic salute?
Pushing the nose upward and backward with a a hand
What condition: hypermetabolism, accelearted linear growth, staring eyes, enlarged thyroid
Hyperthryoidism (Graves’ disease)
What are Brushfield’s spots associated with?
Down’s syndrome
What is another name for flat feet?
pes planus
What causes flat feet?
laxity of soft tissue structure of feet
A varus if what?
inversion of foot