Flashcards in Test 4 Deck (19)
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Height/Weight concerns in children
-below 5th percentile
-above 95th percentil
(no genetic predisposition)
-no growth spurts form infancy to adolescence
2
chest to head ratio at 6 months to 2 years
about equal
3
Infant temperature
concern at 100.4
4
age 6-8 temp
-can have very high temp for little infections
(103-105)
5
Pulse in infants
-full minute
-apical more accurate and easier to get
-breathe from abdomen until 6 or 7
6
Lanugo
fine downy hair of newborn.
-covers their skin by midgestation
7
Vernix caseosa
-thick cheesy substance that covers them when they are first born
8
sebum
helps hold water in the skin
-milia: baby acne
-cradle cap
9
Temperature regulation in babies
-sweat glands not fully developed
-cant shiver
-some subcu fat but not enough to keep warm
10
Mongolion spot
-Dark pigmented area on babies
-more common on asian, american indian
-sacrum, buttocks
11
cafe au lait
round or oval patches of light brown pigmentation
12
harlequin color change
baby lies on the side of the body so the bottom part is red and the upper half blanches
13
erythemia toxicum
newborn rash
14
acrocyanosis
blue color around lips, hands, feet, fingernails, toenails
15
cutis marorata
temp cyanotic
-red or blue mottling on trunk and extremities
-cool room
16
physiological jaundice
-half of all newborns
-yellow skin, sclera, mucous membranes, increased RBCs hemolyzed at birth
17
Carotenemia
-orange, yellow color
-light skin babies who have eaten a lot of carotin foods
18
Storkbite (salmon patch)
-flat, irregular shape, reddish pink, fade with time
-common on back of neck at hairline, fades during first year of life
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