Perinatal Diseases Flashcards
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Crucial Factors
Birth weight
Gestational age
Number of days O2 administered
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
(Retrolental Fibroplasia)
- Abnormal eye condition
- Occurs in premature/low birth weight infants that receive supplemental O2
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Pathophysiology
•Excessive fiO2
retinal vasoconstriction
necrosis of blood vessels
new vessels form and increase in number
hemmhorage of delicate new vessels cause scarring
scarring can lead to retinal detachment and blindness
Other Factors Associated with ROP:
Hypercapnia, hypocapnia, IVH, Infection, Lactic Acidosis, mineral deficiencies,
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Clinical Manifestations
(Retrolental Fibroplasia)
Poor eye tone, loss of tracking.
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Laboratory Findings:
(Retrolental Fibroplasia)
Ultrasounds will identify retinal damage.
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Modes of Treatment
(Retrolental Fibroplasia)
Prevention
Decrease FiO2’s as low as possible
Cryotherapy and laser therapy can be performed based on severity
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Prognosis
(Retrolental Fibroplasia)
Varying degrees of sight loss and potential blindness
IVH - Intraventricular Hemorrhage:
- Very common in low birth weight babies (premature infants)
- Incidence ranges from 20% –80%
- About 40% of IVH are associated with development of hydrocephalus
IVH - Intraventricular Hemorrhage:
Risk Factors
Prematurity
Birth asphyxia
Hypoxia,
Hypercapnia,
acidosis,
RDS,
pneumothorax,
changes in hemodynamic status,
rapid blood volume expansion,
PDA
IVH - Intraventricular Hemorrhage:
Pathophysiology
- Bleeding starts in the germinal matrix (a highly vascular network that matures and gets smaller with gestational age)
- Immature vasculature in premature infants
- blood fills the ventricles
- compression of brain parenchyma
- Any factor that increases or decreases cerebral blood flow will cause rupture
- Patient condition will deteriorate depending on size of bleed.
Intraventricular Hemorrhage
Clinical Manifestations
- subtle to catastrophic
- Range from asymptomatic to bulging fontanels, sudden drop in hematocrit, apnea, hypotension, hypotonia, bradycardia, acidosis, seizures, and loss of consciousness.
Intraventricular Hemorrhage
Diagnosis
- Head Circumference-Will be done daily to see if there is swelling
- Ultrasound
Intraventricular Hemorrhage
Management
- best treatment is prevention
- Supportive treatment – maintain CPP, suppress seizures, manage respiratory status
- Ventricular drains and serial lumbar punctures can drain excess CSF
- Complications are more severe with the higher grade bleeds – can range from developmental delay to overt vegetation or death.
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
- CDH is a severe disease that manifest as severe respiratory distress
- Characterized by abnormal opening due to closing failure or membrane hypoplasia that leaves an opening between the peritoneal and pleural spaces
- So the abdominal content will move up and take over
What are the 2 types of congenital diaphragmatic hernia
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Bochdalek Hernia
- Lateral and posterior defect
- Usually will occur in the left hemidiaphragm
- Most common
- Occurs 90% of the time
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Morgagni Hernia
- Medial and anterior
- Occurs on both sides
- Liver will prevent some up the upwards movement
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Pathophysiology
- Lung Hypoplasia
- Decrease Alveolar Count
- Decreased pulmonary vasculature
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Unusual anatomy of inferior vena cava
- Left lung does not have enough space to develop properly
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Chest X Ray
Loop and air in the thoracic cavity
Mediastinum will be pushed to the right
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Clinical Manifestations
- Significant respiratory distress at birth with severe hypoxia and acidosis
- Scaphoid Abdomen
- Depressed Triagular shape
- Heart displaced to the oppsoite side of hernia
- Barrel Chest
- Increased PVR with a persistent shunt
- Worsening right to left shunt
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Diagnosis
In utero with an ultrasound
CXR
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Management
-
Immediate intubation and mechanical ventilation
- We have to intubate immediately as BMV will push air into the intestines
- Paralysis
- OG/NG
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HVOV
- Low volume, low pressure, and high frequency
- This is the 1st line of defense
- Inhaled iNO for the pulmonary hypertension
- ECMO
- Not routinely use and Edmonton and Vancouver are the only centres in Canada with pediatric ECMO
- Surgery
- Can help, but it will not reverse the hypoplastic lung
- Remember that these problem tend to occur along with other problems so surgery may not be an option right away
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Prognosis
50% mortality
Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL)
Area of infarct due to hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.
The most common ischemia brain injury in premature babies, but is also seen in term infants
Often occurs concomitantly with IVH
Caused by asphyxia either in utero, during labour, or in the postnatal phase.
Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL)
Pathophysiology
Occurs in the white matter adjacent to the lateral ventricles
Injury occurs in response to hypotension, ischemia, and necrosis due to asphyxia.
Can also results from increased fluid or hemorrhagecompressing arterioles in the white matter.
Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL)
Clinical Manifestation
- Decreased tone
- Apneas and bradycardias
- Irritability
- Seizures
Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL)
Lab Findings
•Densities or cysts on cranial US.
Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL)
Management
- No treatment is currently available.
- Increased risk of developing Cerebral Palsy, developmental delays and Epilepsy
Hyperbilirubinemia
Bilirubin is created when hemoglobin breaks down
After birth, the babe needs to be fed early to establish normal GI flora to initiate the babe’s mechanism of breaking down the biliinto the conjugated form. If this is not possible or there are other problems, the biliwill not be broken down and will start building up unconjugated bili.
Neonatal Jaundice
- Occurs in 50% of normal births
- Can occur due to delayed feeding, hemolytic disease, liver/gut defects.
- Kernicterus is severe hyperbilirubinemia that toxifies the baby and leads to CNS impairment, seizures, motor dysfunction.
- Treatment for Jaundice:
- Phototherapy (blue light) helps to form conjugated bilirubin to allow excretion, and exchange transfusion.
Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
Usually occurs in premature infants
Inflammatory destructive bowel disease
Characterized by necrosis of the colon and ileum caused by intestinal ischemia
Necrosis will cause abdominal distension, sepsis, hypoxemia, respiratory failure, intestinal perforation
Gangrene can also occur
Related to asphyxia in utero
Mortality depends on severity of disease and increases with low birth weight
Omphalocele
- A protrusion of variable amounts of abdominal organs from an opening below the umbilicus Gastroschisis.
- Protrusion of the abdominal organs from an opening beside the umbilicus, R side.