Week 8 Flashcards
Gastrointestinal Assessment - bowel movements (7)
- frequency
- colour
- regularity
- consistency
- discomfort
- constipation/diarrhea
- none any change in any of the above
Gastrointestinal Assessment - abdomen inspection (3)
- shape
- abdominal distension
- infants - umbilical hernia
Gastrointestinal Assessment - abdomen auscultation
- bowel sounds in all four quadrants (hyper, hypo, absence etc)
Gastrointestinal Assessment - abdomen palpation (3)
- soft or firm
- pain or tenderness (guarding/grimacing/crying)
- describe any masses palpated (location, shape, size, consistency)
Gastrointestinal Assessment - nutrition (5)
- tolerance of feedings (spitting up, emesis, frequent resp illness)
- colour and frequency of emesis
- during feed or post feed spit ups or projectile
- note amount of intake, frequency of feedings, growth
- weights to monitor growth/ins and outs (diarrhea or vomit it can be hard to accurately measure)
Gastrointestinal differences
- abdominal distension can cause resp distress
- coordinated suck and swallow ability develops by 34 gestation
- coordinated oral pharyngeal movements for swallowing develop after 2 months
- stomach capacity increases from 10-20 mLs to up to 3 Ls (adolescence)
- infants and children may have palpable liver edge below right costal margin
- infants intestine is highly permeable, allowing uptake of protective immunoglobin from human milk
- stool frequency is highest in infancy and decreases to adult frequency by age 4
- defecation is involuntary and reflex in infancy, voluntary - 18mo-4years
Constipation (2)
- 5% of paediatrician visits
- rarely signifies a serious disease –> signifies poor quality of life for patient and parents, health care costs
Frequency of poops - infant
- 3-4 stools per day
Frequency of poops - infant
- 3-4 stools per day
Frequency of poops - toddler
2-3 stools per day
Frequency of poops - age 4 and up
adult daily pattern
Constipation - definition
infrequent passage of hard uncomfortable stools that are distressing to the child
Constipation - causes (5)
- inadequate hydration
- low fibre diet
- slow intestinal transit
- minimal activity level (inactivity)
- behavioural factors
Constipation - cause by age - infancy
- when breastfed infant is transitioned to formula or whole milk, purreed to solid foods
Constipation - cause by age - trend
- any age, most commonly presents during period of transition
Constipation - cause by age - toddlers
when toilet training begins
Constipation - cause by age - school
using a toiled away from home (school, summer camp, etc)
Constipation - load over time
- larger stool load in rectum causing further stretching and potential thinning of the rectal wall
- left untreated, can lead to complications
Constipation - complications
- enuresis
- frequent UTIs
- rectal prolapse
- pelvic dyssynergia
- hirschsprung
- hypothyroidism
- opiod narcotics
Constipation - treatment - education (3)
- talk to parents and child about constipation:
- its influence on lower GI function and overflow
- fecal incontinence
Constipation treatment - clean out/disimpaction
- high dose oral laxatives
- enemas
- manual disimpaction
- nasogastric admin of bowel cleansing agent
- preferred method is via oral route
Constipation treatment
- patient education
- clean out/disimpaction
- maintinance
Constipation treatment - maintenance (4)
- laxative therapy to ensure regular passage of soft, appropriate sized stools
- eliminate painful defacation
- treatment phase can last months to years, close follow up
- PEG 3350 = drug of choice (polyethylene glycol 1 g/kg/day)- hard to convince kid sometimes as it tastes bad
Diarrhea - acute gastroenteritis - world picture (5)
- common ilness
- 1.5 million outpatient visits yearly
- developing - common cause of mortality under 5 years
- american younger than 5 = 2 episodes per year
- 10% of all pediatric hospital admissions
Diarrhea - definition (3)
- passage of 3 or more loose or watery stools per day (or more frequent passage than normal for individual)
- a CHANGE from the norm
- frequent formed stools is NOT diarrhea, passing of pasty stools in breastfed infants is NOT diarrhea
Diarrhea - clinical classifications (3)
- acute diarrhea, lasting several hours or days
- acute bloody diarrhea (dysentary)
- persistant diarrhea (14 days or longer)
Acute gastroenteritis - clinical manifestation (5)
- diarrhea
- vomiting
- fever
- anorexia
- abdominal cramps
Dehydration S and S - normal or minimal loss (6)
- mental status: well and alert
- thirst: normal
- normal HR, pulse, breathing, eyes, tears, cap refill, urine output
- mouth and tongue: moist
- instant skin recoils
- warm extremities
Mild to moderate dehydration (7)
- mental status: fatigued or restless or irritable
- thirst: eager to drink
- normal to increased HR, breathing
- normal to decreased pulse quality, sunken eyes, tears, cap refill, urine output
- mouth and tongue: dry
- skin recoils <2 seconds
- cool extremities
Severe dehydration (7)
- mental status: apathetic, lethargic, unconscious
- thirst: drinks poorly, unable to drink
- increased HR, breathing (fast and deep)
- decreased pulse quality (Weak), sunken eyes, no tears, poor cap refill, minimal urine output
- mouth and tongue: parched
- skin recoils >2 seconds
- cool mottled cyanotic extremities
Diarrhea - treatment
- most likely viral
- early fluid replacement (at home) such as Oral Rehydration Solution( pedialyte)
- ORS great for mild and even moderate dehydration
- IV rehydration for severe or failed moderate ORS replacement
- maybe give gravol or other anti nausea (caution because can cause decreased LOC)
Fluid replacement therapies - minimal or no dehydration (3)
- rehydration therapy not needed
- replace loss with
- <10kg = 60-120 mL ORS per diarrheal stool or emesis
- > 10kg = 120-140 mL ORS per diarrhea stool or emesis
- nutrition - continue as normal
Fluid replacement therapies - mild to moderate dehydration
- rehydration therapy = ORS 50-100 mL/kg over 3-4 hours (3)
– replace loss with- <10kg = 60-120 mL ORS per diarrheal stool or emesis
- > 10kg = 120-140 mL ORS per diarrhea stool or emesis
- nutrition - continue as normal
Fluid replacement therapies - severe dehydration (5)
- Rehydration therapy = normal saline in 20 mL/kg body weight IV until perfusion and mental status improves (up to 3 times)
- replace loss with
- <10kg = 60-120 mL ORS per diarrheal stool or emesis
- > 10kg = 120-140 mL ORS per diarrhea stool or emesis
- if unable to drink, give via NG
- give 5% dextrose in normal saline
- nutrition - continue as normal
Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) (3)
passage of gastric contents into esophagus
- normal physiologic process in healthy infants and children
- may cause distress for caregivers and patients
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) (2)
- passage of gastric contents into esophagus resulting in troublesome symptoms or complications for the infant, child, adolescent
- not for the caregiver ALONE
Epidemiology of GER
- common occurrence in healthy infants or children
- 50% in infants younger than 3 months
- 67% infants at 4 months
- less common after 12 months
Reflux symptoms (3)
- heartburn
- epigastric pain
- regurgication
Reflux symptoms prevalence (school aged)
7%
Reflux symptoms prevalence (adolescence)
8%
Pediatric populations at increased risk for GERD (6)
- neuro impairment
- obesity
- lung disease (esp CF)
- esophageal atresia
- prematurity
- congenital cardiac defects
Infant GERD Signs and Symptoms - GI (3)
- regurgitation
- feeding difficulties
- hematemesis
Infant GERD Signs and Symptoms - extra-intestinal (6)
- failure to thrive
- wheezing
- stridor
- persistent cough
- apneaALTE
- irritability
Children GERD Signs and Symptoms - GI (7)
- heartburn
- vomiting
- regurgitation
- feeding difficulties
- dysphagia
- chest pain
- hematemesis
Children GERD Signs and Symptoms - extra-intestinal
- persistent cough
- wheezing
- laryngitis
- stridor
- chronic asthma
- recurrent pneumonia
- dental erosions
- anemia
Infant GERD - treatment (3)
- lifestyle modifications
- change in nutrition, feeding practices, positioning
- large volume feeds promote regurgitation, low volume cause insufficient intake…. add rice cereal to formula or human milk may decrease amount of regurgitation by thickening the formula (increase caloric concentration)
Child GERD - treatment (4)
- lifestyle modifications
- dietary modification
- avoid meals with high fat content
- avoid tobacco and alcohol
- avoid caffeine, chocolate, spicy foods
Treatment of GERD - pharmacological (4)
- antacids (quick relief)
- histamine-2 receptor antagonists (decrease acid production, infants)
- proton pump inhibitor (suppress gastric acid production, irreversible binding)
- prokinetic agents (stim more rapid emptying of stomach)
GERD - kids with neuro impairment
increased severity and complications
- chronic supine positioning, swallow dysfunction, abnormal sensory integration, constipation, abnormal muscle tone, skeletal abnormalities
- ppi, pro-kinetics, surgery
- change in feeds (G tube feeds to continuous J tube, venting G tube)
Appendicitis - pain in
RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT - mcBurneys point
Hirschsprung’s disease (5)
- congenital megacolon
- congenital absence of ganglion cells in the myenteric and submucosal plexuses of the intestine
- presents as abnormalities of intestinal motility that manifest mostly as colonic obstruction
- absence of ganglion cells = disrupts inhibitory parasympathetic nerves
- lack of normal inhibitory activity = tonic contraction of segment = obstructive symptoms, dilation/hypertrophy of proximal colon
Hirschsprung’s disease - diagnosis (3)
- radiographic, functional, histologic studies
- single contrast barium enema
- demonstrates a transition zone = condition, though absence of a
transition does not rule out the condition
- demonstrates a transition zone = condition, though absence of a
- familial relation based on length of affected segment, more common in African American people, can be isolated birth defect, or comorbidity (down syndrome)
Appendicitis - pain in
RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT - mcBurneys point
Hirschsprung’s disease - presentation (5)
- enterocolitis, major cause of morbidity and mortality with HSD, occurs in children younger than 2
- abdominal distension
- explosive watery stools
- fever
- hemodynamic isntability (hypovolemic shock)
Hirschsprung’s disease - treatment (4)
- surgery = treatment of choice
- various procedures = remove most or all of aganlionic segment to reanastomose normal proximal bowel to distal rectum or anal canal
- GOAL = establish regular and spontaneous defecation
- although many have good outcome, up to 30% remain constipated or never develop fecal continence
Intassusception (3)
- invagination or telescoping of one portion of intestine into another
- results in obstruction, inflammation, edema
- decreased blood flow = ischemia, perforation, peritonitis, shock
Intassusception - complications
- ischemia
- perforation,
- peritonitis,
- shock
Intassusception - manifestation (7)
- sudden onset of crampy abdominal pain
- inconsolable crying and drawing up of knees
- bliious emesis and lethargy
- red, currant jelly stools
- tender and distended abdomen
- palpable sausage shaped mass in RUQ
- potentially life threatening
Intassusception - treatment
- air enema
- may have ischemia and requrire surgical resection
- go home in a couple hours, may redevelop in a couple days
Cleft lip and palate - G + D
- failure of maxillary processes to fuse with elevations on frontal prominence (6 week gestation)
- union of upper lip = 7-8 week
- develop of soft and hard palate
Cleft lip and palate
- occur singly or in combination
- cleft lip apparent at birth
- cleft palate less obvious if no cleft lip and may involve just soft palate or both soft and hard palates