Unit 1: Pediatric Pulmonary Considerations Flashcards
What time spand do the pulmonary alveoli form in children?
From weeks 25-26 until 8-10 years of age.
At home many weeks gestation does surfactant become mature?
35 weeks gestation
The differences between pediatrics and adults when comparing:
Larynx?
Higher in pediatrics → allows simultaneous breathing and swallowing up to 3-4 months of age.
The differences between pediatrics and adults when comparing:
Alveolar surface area?
Pediatrics have less → adult levels not reached until 8-12 y/o
The differences between pediatrics and adults when comparing:
airway diameter and structural support?
Reduced in infants → greater resistance to airflow → inc work of breathing/greater chance of obstruction.
The differences between pediatrics and adults when comparing:
Rib cage configuration?
Circular in infants (horizontal plane)
- poor mechanical advantage → no bucket handle
Elliptical in adults due to gravity
The differences between pediatrics and adults when comparing:
Diaphragms angle of insertion?
Horizontal in pediatrics due to circular rib shape
The differences between pediatrics and adults when comparing:
Lung compliance?
Dec compliance in pediatrics
- Development of elastic tissue in alveoli → complete after adolescence
- Worse in premies → surfactant not present
In neonates up to three months, have irregular respiratory with bouts of apnea lasting how long?
5-10 seconds.
How long is true apnea in neonates?
Lasts longer than 20 seconds.
The differences between pediatrics and adults when comparing:
Compensation for respiratory difficulties?
Infants inc rate rather than depth of ventilation like adults.
- Infants have little pulmonary reserve.
In infants, what causes increase work of breathing during REM sleep?
Decreased postural muscle tone due to 30% reduction in functional residual capacity (FRC)
- Harder to create a contraction when there is an obstruction
The differences between pediatrics and adults when comparing:
The % Type I of the diaphragm?
Infants 25%
- Premature - little as 10%
Adults 50%
- Reach adult levels at 8 months of age
The differences between pediatrics and adults when comparing:
Smooth muscle in bronchiole walls?
Smooth muscle in bronchioles does not develop until 3-4 y/o
- Inc risk of airway collapse
What are the Pores of Kohn and when do they develop in children?
- Interconnections between Alveoli
- Reach adult levels at 1-2 y/o
**Allow for opitmal airflow in case of obstruction**