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What's Different About Kids? Flashcards

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What makes Kids Different?

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Anatomic, physiologic, emotional
- Subtle signs
Growth & development
Unreliable historians
Change quickly
Family involvement

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ABCDEF of Children

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Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Disability (neuro, pain, LOC, response to people and environment, behaviour, and movement)
Exposure (temp, skin, bruising, rashes)
Family

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Airway - Nursing implications

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Airway positioning (allow child to maintain a position of comfort)
O2 therapy
Suction - with CAUTION!!
Patent
Maintainable with positioning or suction
Unmaintainable - requiring intervention

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Head bobbing
Tracheal tug
Stridor

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more intrathoracic pressure, more air into their lungs. Tracheal tugging: commonly seen in croup
Stridor: heard on inspirations (upper airway obstructions)

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Upper airway

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Nasal flaring
Stridor
Tracheal tugging
Stertor

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Lower airway

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wheezing
grunting
subcostal retractions
intercostal retractions

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Lower airway

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wheezing
grunting
subcostal retractions
intercostal retractions

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Breathing (8)

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Less O2 reserve
Higher RR
Fewer alveoli (until 8 years)
Anatomical dead space (spaces where air isn’t exchanged)
Thin chest wall
Poorly developed intercostal muscles & soft, pliable ribs (allows for retractions)
Diaphragmatic breathing
Retractions (hallmark sign for respiratory distress)

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Trachea bifurcation

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In children, the trachea is shorter and the angle of the right bronchus at bifurcation is more acute than in the adult. Aspirated foreign body is more likely to land in the right side.

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Breathing - Nursing Implications
- Respiratory Effort
- Colour

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Respiratory effort: low RR is sign of impending cardiovascular collapse. RR increases 4bpm for each 0.6 degree celsius change and HR increases 8-10 bpm
Retractions - note location
Stridor (indicates a narrowing or obstruction of upper airway)
Grunting
nasal flaring
Colour: central cyanosis - sign of late resp failure. shouldnt me mottled or discoloured
Auscultation
O2 therapy
Perfusion

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Cough

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Barky
Harsh
Congested
Paryoxysmal (pertussis)
Secretions
Frequency

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Regularity (CREBS)

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Inspiratory/expiratory ration
- inspiration slightly longer or = expiration
Increased inspiration
? upper respiratory problem (croup)
Prolonged expiration
? Asthma (air trapping)

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Adventitious Breath Sounds

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Air entry (bilateral/anterior/posterior)
Wheeze (bronchospasm)
Moist sounds (rales)
Coarse sounds (rhonchi)
Crackles (fluid, secretions, inflammation)
Stridor (upper airway, foreign body)

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Saturation (oxygen)

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94-100% on RA
Assess pre/post inhalation medication
Administration of O2
Assess and move probe every 4 hours/
Nasal cannula administer up to 4 L/min

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Pulse Oximetry Tips: Assess patient for factors that could cause inaccurate SpO2 readings:

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  • presence of abnormal Hgbs
  • Hypoperfusion
  • severe anemia
  • venous congestion
  • Presence of nail polish
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Pulse Ox: Ensure good signal & measurement by observing the following

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Strong signal indicator
Correlating pulse rate with palpated pulse & auscultated HR
Correlating SpO2 measurements with clinical condition

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Circulation
- Cardiac Output
- Blood pressure

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CO:
- HR x SV
- CO is dependent until late school age or adolescence
Blood Pressure: hypotension is a late & ominous sign of cardiovascular collapse
Tachycardia: how children increase CO, 180-200bpm, children can tolerate tachycardia better than bradycardia

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Minimum Systolic BP
- < 1 month
- < 1 year
- > 1 year

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  • 60 mmHg
  • 70 mmHg
  • 70 + twice child’s age in years
    Median systolic BP in child > 2 years: 90 mmHg + child’s age in years
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Circulation and Heat Loss

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Large surface area & higher metabolic rate
- heat loss & greater insensible water loss
- Higher fluid requirements

20
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Less absolute circulating blood volume
- infants
- adults

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Infants: 80-90 mL/kg
Adults: 65-70 mL/kg
Adequate systemic perfusion depends on adequate circulating blood volume

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Relatively Anemic

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  • Hgb levels slightly less than adults
  • Early signs of hypoxemia may be pallor or ashen colour
  • Absence of cyanosis can be misleading
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Circulation - Nursing Implications

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Apex vs radial pulse
- use apex for < 6 years
- sinus arrhythmia common
- decreased HR is very late sign
Assess: peripheral pulses, capillary refill, tearing (do they produce tears), mucous membranes, skin turgor, fontanelles (post - 2-3 months, ant. 12-18 mos), urine output, weight loss

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Late Signs

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  • hypotension
  • Bradycardia
  • Bradypnea
  • Central cyanosis
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Disability

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Level of consciousness
Response to people & the environment
Reaction to assessments & interventions by health care providers
Behaviour
Pupil size & reactivity
Pain
Fontanels: limited room for brain swelling, family input & impression of child, modified Glasgow Coma Scale. Rapid unexpected neurological change can indicate increased ICP

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Disability - Nursing Implications

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Child’s response to environment
Paradoxical irritability (more content when laying flat and not held)
Signs of serious illness
- inability to recognize parents
- limp/flaccid muscle tone; posturing
- sluggish or absent pupillary responses
- moaning, whimpering, or “cat-like” high-pitched cry

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Decorticate
Decerebrate

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dysfunction of cerebral cortex
dysfunction of midbrain
both show signs of significant brain involvement

27
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Decorticate
Decerebrate

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dysfunction of cerebral cortex
dysfunction of midbrain
both show signs of significant brain involvement

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Pediatric Warning System (PEWS): Key Elements

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  1. PEWS score
  2. Situational Awareness
  3. Escalation Protocols
  4. SBAR
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Examination of Infants < 6 Months

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  • Praise parental presence and responses
  • Promote physical comfort and relaxation
  • Distract infant with colorful toys
  • Use gentle, warm hands and warm stethoscope
  • Auscultate when quiet or sleeping
  • Do procedures that provoke crying at end of exam
  • Keep the infant as close to parent as possible to allay developing separation/stranger anxiety
  • Promote comfort - warm room, warm hands
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Examination of Toddlers

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  • Keep child close to parent
  • Provide a security object
  • Demonstrate instruments on parent or other before examining child
  • Allow child to have as much control and choice as possible
  • Examine ears, eyes, mouth at end of the exam
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Examination of Pre-Schoolers

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  • Consider what sequence is best
  • Allow children to touch and play with equipment
  • Use games to reduce anxiety
  • Give positive feedback
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Examination of Older Children & Adolescents

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  • Ensure modesty and privacy
  • Offer choices
  • Explain body parts and functions
  • Decide on parental presence or absence
  • Consider need for nonparent chaperones
  • Reassure adolescents of normalcy
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Pediatric Assessment Triangle

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Appearance
Work of breathing
Circulation

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PAT: WOB

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breath sounds
positioning
retractions
flaring
apnea/gasping

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PAT: Circulation

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Pallor
Mottling
Cyanosis

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PAT: Appearance

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Tone
Interactiveness
Consolability
Look/Gaze
Speech

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Common Abnormal Findings

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Too quiet… could mean serious illness, developmental delay, dehydration…
Movement not symmetrical… could mean injury, developmental delay, cerebral palsy…
Low muscle tone… dehydration, neurological delay…
Extra movement… could be seizures, jitters

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Skin Findings

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Jaundice
Cyanosis
Pallor
Hypercarotenemia
Bruising
Mongolian spots
Rashes
Atopic dermatitis
Skin lesions
Ringworm, scabies

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Facial Features

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Evidence of pain or comfort, emotional status
Symmetry
Position of eyes & ears
Cleft lip
Cranial nerve function
Strabismus

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Normal development at 2-3 months

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posture and spinal curves - holds head erect when held upright; thoracic kyphosis when sitting

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Normal development at 6-8 months

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posture and spinal curves - sits without support, spine is straight

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Normal development at 10-15 months

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posture and spinal curves - walks independently; straight spine

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Normal development Toddler

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posture and spinal curves - protruding abdomen; lumbar lordosis

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Normal development School-age child

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height of shoulders and hips is level; balanced thoracic convex and lumbar concave curves

Pediatrics (25 decks)

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