Summative Flashcards
Foregut components
Mouth to stomach
Midgut components
Duodenum to proximal transverse colon
Hindgut components
Distal transverse colon to anus
Define atresia
absence or lack of development, also abnormal narrowing
define Stenosis
abnormal narrowing
Define hernia
part of an organ is displaced and protrudes through the wall of the cavity containing it
Most common tracheo-esophageal malformation
fistula only
3 wk old, projectile vomiting, no blood or bile in vomit, hungry but losing weight, afebrile, normal exam. possible problem
lots of things, but think pyloric stenosis
1 month old baby, irritable, regurgitates and chokes, cyanosis when eating, possible problem
lots of things, but thing esophageal fistula
Black currant jelly stools, per nikki’s slides
Meckel diverticulum / intussusception
super distended abdomen in newborn
hernia or gastroschesis
Who gets more pyloric stenosis
boys
5 year old, abdominal pain and nonstop vomiting for 24 hours, looks ill, similar episodes in past, no fever, bile in vomit, dehydrated
think volvulus/malrotation
3 year old, abdominal pain, chronic constipation, delayed meconium passage back at newborny time
think hirschprung’s, toxic megacolon
Normal cord vessels
2 arteries and 1 vein