Test 4 Flashcards
(19 cards)
Height/Weight concerns in children
-below 5th percentile
-above 95th percentil
(no genetic predisposition)
-no growth spurts form infancy to adolescence
chest to head ratio at 6 months to 2 years
about equal
Infant temperature
concern at 100.4
age 6-8 temp
-can have very high temp for little infections
103-105
Pulse in infants
- full minute
- apical more accurate and easier to get
- breathe from abdomen until 6 or 7
Lanugo
fine downy hair of newborn.
-covers their skin by midgestation
Vernix caseosa
-thick cheesy substance that covers them when they are first born
sebum
helps hold water in the skin
- milia: baby acne
- cradle cap
Temperature regulation in babies
- sweat glands not fully developed
- cant shiver
- some subcu fat but not enough to keep warm
Mongolion spot
- Dark pigmented area on babies
- more common on asian, american indian
- sacrum, buttocks
cafe au lait
round or oval patches of light brown pigmentation
harlequin color change
baby lies on the side of the body so the bottom part is red and the upper half blanches
erythemia toxicum
newborn rash
acrocyanosis
blue color around lips, hands, feet, fingernails, toenails
cutis marorata
temp cyanotic
- red or blue mottling on trunk and extremities
- cool room
physiological jaundice
- half of all newborns
- yellow skin, sclera, mucous membranes, increased RBCs hemolyzed at birth
Carotenemia
- orange, yellow color
- light skin babies who have eaten a lot of carotin foods
Storkbite (salmon patch)
- flat, irregular shape, reddish pink, fade with time
- common on back of neck at hairline, fades during first year of life
ubilical cord
2 arteries, 1 vein
