LE: Pedia and Geria Basics Flashcards
(30 cards)
At what age range does this reflex become integrated in infants? (baby extension to flexon)
8-12 months
At what age range is onset of this reflex visible in children? (baby leaning to right with hand support)
4-6 months
Determine the APGAR score of this infant with the following presentation: pinkish torso with cyanotic extremities , a strong cry with some flexion, grimace upon stimulation, heart rate at 67 bpm.
6
The following details are included in essential newborn care, except:
- A sterile instrument is used to cut the cord after the pulsation ceases.
- The cord should be drained of blood manually from the site of cut
- After birth, the infant is placed prone on the mother’s chest maintaining skin contact.
none
Which gestational age classification is paired correctly with it’s appropriate gestational age?
Postterm - <34 weeks Term - 34 - 36 weeks Preterm - 37 - 42 weeks Late Preterm - >42 weeks
none
By the corner of the daycare, there’s a small table where Estrelle and Adele are playing. Estrelle is playing with a toy xylophone while Adele is busy reading biblical children’s stories. Both are aware of each other’s presence.
parallel play
What is the general body tone of a newborn?
flexion
The following activities are not paired correctly according to the sensorimotor period stage of an infant, except:
- Stage 1 - Shaking milk bottle
- Stage 3 - Emerging object permanence
- Stage 2 - Holding unto parts of clothing
- Stage 4 - Rooting and sucking reflex
-Stage 2 - Holding unto parts of clothing
The following developmental milestones in the fine motor context are correctly presented, except:
- Crude palmar grasp is observed in infants at four months.
- Children at four years old can easily copy a cross.
- With two cubes in hand, a ten month old child can easily bang them together.
- An fourteen month old child can easily hold a crayon from its base in their palm.
-An fourteen month old child can easily hold a crayon from its base in their palm.
The following details about an infant’s weight are not true, except? -The average amount of infants have a normal birthweight of ≤ 2,500 grams.
- Typically, an infant’s weight triples at the end of the second year -An infant aged three y.o. will have an average increase of weight next year by about five pounds.
- None.
-An infant aged three y.o. will have an average increase of weight next year by about five pounds.
The following assessment may identify presence of scoliosis in a patient except:
- Postural assessment
- Forward bend test
- Lateral reach test
- None
-Lateral reach test
What structure is the last thing to be delivered during labor?
placenta
Which details about Piaget’s Periods of Cognitive Development are correctly described?
- Children in the preschool age tend to have illogical and unsystematic thinking.
- Around the school age, the piaget’s period is formal operational.
- Infants tend to dissociate sensory and motor action schemes.
- In the concrete operation period, systemic thinking is applied on a purely abstract level.
-Children in the preschool age tend to have illogical and unsystematic thinking.
The following developmental milestones in the social context are falsely presented, except:
- Pulling of clothing is a common behavior in children aged three years old.
- Children around eighteen months tend to over supinate their forearm when using a spoon.
- Opening the door by the turning knob is an activity that a two year old can do.
- On average children at around seven months are able to feed with their fingers.
-Opening the door by the turning knob is an activity that a two year old can do.
The following details about the head and skull of an infant are false, except:
- The fontanelles comprising: anterior, two sphenoid, two temporal, and posterior may be present at birth. -The occipital bone protects the developing parts of the hindbrain.
- At around the 4th month, the posterior fontanelle may still be palpable. -None
-The occipital bone protects the developing parts of the hindbrain.
The following gait manifestions usually present in the older population, except
- Older people tend to have decreased amplitude and speed, clower cadence
- Shorter steps may present while walking, wider stride, and decreased double support.
- Decreased trunk rotation accompanied by less d arm swing may also be seen.
- Gait may become unsteady due to changes in balance and strength.
-Shorter steps may present while walking, wider stride, and decreased double support.
The following anatomic and physiologic changes present in the skeletal system of the elderly population are true, except?
- Cartilage begins to erode along with increased stiffness
- Iv disc flatten, become resilient due to loss of water content with hyperlordosis.
- Loss of bone mass and density.
- Hip and knee contracture in flexion.
-Iv disc flatten, become resilient due to loss of water content with hyperlordosis.
Loss of central vision assoc. with age-related degeneration of the macula compromised by decreased blood supply or abnormal growth of blood vessels under the retina.
Senile Macular Degenaration
Which type of hearing loss may present with a high pitched ringing sound in the ears?
Conductive
The following physiovascular changes are not observed in the elderly population, except?
- Peripheral resistance is decreased.
- Increased resting blood pressure.
- Gas exchange is dampened.
- Increased elasticity
-Increased resting blood pressure.
Injury to the cribiform plate affects which cranial nerve?
CN 1
When asked to “blow” on command, the patient us unable to do so. However if presented with a bubble wand, patient spontaneously blows bubbles. What kind of apraxia is being shown in this case.
Ideomotor Apraxia
Unilateral neglect is the inability to register and integrate stimuli and perceptions from one side of the body and the environment or hemispace which is not due to a sensory loss.
true
One afternoon, Brent told Cindy a very funny joke. Being the overdramatic girl that she is, she was rolling on the floor while laughing loudly. She suddenly felt a wet sensation coming from her crotch area to her inner thigh. What type of incontinence is her experiencing?
stress
