Pediatrics Flashcards
FTT criteria
-weight for age <3rd to 5th percentile
Most common chromosomal disorder in US
DS
DS presentation
- flat face
- upward slanting eyes: palpebral fissures
- low-set ears
- macroglossia
- short neck
- broad hands with transverse palmar crease (simian crease)
- newborns with hypotonia
- poor reflexes
What should children with DS avoid using before age 6
trampoline
FAS presentation
- microcephaly
- shortened palpebral fissures
- epicanthal folds
- flat nasal bridge
- thin upper lip with smooth philtrum
- ears underdeveloped
When is surgical correction needed for cryptochoridism
within first year of life it not spontaneously descending
Neonate presenting with acute conjunctivitis within 30 days or less from birth, concerned about what
- chlamydia
- gonorrhea
- herpes simplex
- bacterial infection
Treatment for neonate with gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum
ED for IV abx
Trachoma
chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum
What else to rule out if neonate presents with trachoma
-chlamydial pneumonia
Risks for SIDS
- prematurity
- LBW
- maternal smoking and/or drug use
- poverty
Expected newborn weight loss
- formula fed: up to 5%
- breast fed: 7-10 %
- loss within 5-7 days
When should neonatal weight loss be regained
-within 10-14 days
Signs of severe dehydration in neonates
> 10% weight loss
- tachycardic
- tachypneic
- parched mucous membranes
- anterior fontanelle sunken
- tenting
- cool skin
- acrocyanosis
- anuria
- change in LOC
Mongolian spot
- present in almost all Asians
- blue to black colored patches or stains
- most commonly on lumbosacral area
what age do Mongolian spots typically fade
-by 2-3 years
MIlia, Milaria, or Prickly Heat
- papules on forehead, cheeks, nose
- retention of sebaceous material and keratin
- resolves spontaneously
Erythema toxicum neonatorum
- small pustules surround by red base
- erupts during 2nd-3rd day of life
- lasts 1-2 weeks
- resolves spontaneously
Seborrheic dermatitis
- cradle cap
- thick scaling on scalp
- treat with soaking with vegetable oil or mineral oil
- shampoo and gently scrub
- prevention with frequent shampooing with mild baby shampoo
- resolves in a few months
Faun Tail Nevus
-tufts of hair overlying spinal column usually at lumbosacral area
What can faun tail nevus indicate
-possible NTD
Plan for faun tail nevus
- neuro exam
- US of lesion to r/o occult spina bifida
Cafe au lait spots
- flat spots
- > 6 or larger than 5 mm –> r/o neurofibromatosis or von Recklinghausen’s disease
- refer to pediatric neuro if it fits this criteria
Port wine stain
- Nevus Flammeus
- pink to red, flat, stain like lesions on upper and lower eyelids of branches of CN V
- blanches
- Large lesions on half of face may be sign of trigeminal nerve involvement