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Question | Answer |
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What does the APGAR scoring system acronym stand for? | 1. Appearance 2. Pulse (HR) 3. Grimace (reflex) 4. Activity (tone) 5. Respirations |
When is the Apgar score assessed? | at 1 and 5 minutes after delivery |
What i the difference between: 1. Caput succedaneum 2. Cephalohematoma 3. Subgaleal hematoma | 1. below skin, above galea aponeurotica 2. below periostium, above bone 3. below galea aponeurotica, above periostium |
Newborn examination: 1. Firm, white papules; no erythema 2. blue-gray macules on presacral, back or posterior thighs 3. white papules on midline palate | 1. milia 2. Mongolian spots 3. Epstein pearls |
In newborn: 1. yellow-white papules/pustules with erythematous base 2. Erythematous papules on face 3. area of alopecia with orange-colored skin | 1. Erythema toxicum 2. neonatal acne 3. nevus sebaceous |
What are these findings called? What conditions are they associated with? 1. Portion of iris is missing, creating a small cleft 2. absent iris | 1. coloboma; CHARGE associations 2. aniridia; Wilms tumor |
When should undescended testes be considered for surgical intervention? | 6 mos-1 year of age |
Preterm infant born with respiratory distress 1. Best initial diagnostic test 2. Most accurate diagnostic test. | 1. CXR with ground glass appearance 2. L/S ratio less than 1.5 |
Newborn with respiratory distress 1. after delivery by Cesarean section. 2. with scaphoid abdomen | 1. Transient tachypnea of the newborn 2. diaphragmatic hernia |
Differential for meconium plugs | meconium plugs (firm meconium from low water content) 1. Hirschsprung disease 2. cystic fibrosis 3. small left colon in infant of diabetic mother |
Baby has not passed meconium. Abdominal x-ray shows bowel loops in right lower quadrant. Treatment? | Gastrografin enema |
Infant born with low Apgar score, has bloody stools after feeding. | Necrotizing enterocolitis |
1. Can conjugated or unconjugated bilirubin cross the blood brain barrier? 2. What is kernicterus | 1. unconjugated 2. accumulation of unconjugated bilirubin in the basal ganglia and brain stemp nuclei |
Physiologic or Pathologic jaundice 1. appears in first 24 hours of life 2. peak bilirubin < 13 mg/dL | 1. pathologic 2. physiologic |
What is the next step in workup after determining that a newborn has indirect hyperbilirubinema | Coombs test |
1 month old with fair hair, fair skin and projectile vomiting od 4 days duration. Musty body odor. | PKU |
What is the main investigative test for the TORCH infections? | antibody titers |
1. Newborn with chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus and intracranial calcifications. 2. Treatment | 1. Toxoplasmosis 2. Sulfadiazide and leucovorin |
Newborn with cataracts, deafness and heart defects. | Congenital Rubella |
Newborn with jaundice, periventricular calcifications and chorioretinitis. | Cytomegalovirus |
1. What is the treatment for a newborn whose mother developed varicella 2. Only treat if mother develops varicella at what time period? | 1. VZIG varicella zoster immune globulin 2. 5 days before to 2 days after delivery |
Congenital infections with desquamating skin rash. | syphilis |
Newborn with skin vesicles, keratoconjunctivitis. | Herpes |
Newborn with sucking movements, tongue thrusting and brief apneic spells. | Seizures |
Cause of neonatal seizures in: 1. term baby 2. preterm 3. infant of diabetic mother | 1. hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy 2. Intraventricular hemorrhage (ultrasound) 3. hypoglycemia |