It's a numbers game
Apnea of prematurity is defined as a pause in breathing lasting longer than this many seconds.
What is 10 seconds?
A lack of surfactant leading to collapsed alveoli defines this disorder.
What is respiratory distress syndrome?
A clinician observes a triad of micrognathia, glossoptosis, and cleft palate contributing to both feeding and respiratory compromise.
What is Pierre Robin sequence?
This disease involves abnormal relaxation of the LES and causes reflux.
What is GERD?
Gag, phasic bite, rooting, tongue lateralization
What is rooting?
(All others are involuntary protective reflexes)
This percent of all children have feeding difficulties; while this percent of developmentally delayed children have feeding difficulties.
What is 5% and 85%?
This disorder includes hypotonia, tongue thrust, and high incidence of feeding difficulties.
What is Down syndrome?
A child eats only a limited range of foods, avoids textures, and gags easily without structural abnormalities.
What is sensory processing disorder?
This abbreviation refers to a congenital condition involving failure of the soft palate to close properly.
What is VPI?
Mashed potato, avocado, pasta, banana
What is pasta?
(All others are mashed foods)
Gut structural development is complete by this gestational age, although function continues maturing afterward.
What is 20 weeks gestation?
1 in 1000 children have this congenital abnormality.
What is cleft lip, cleft palate, or both?
A child refuses food, has tantrums at meals, and mealtimes are highly stressful for the family.
What is behavioral feeding difficulty?
This abbreviation refers to the valve that opens to allow the bolus to enter the esophagus during swallowing.
What is UES?
GERD, NEC, TEF, CP
What is CP?
(All others are gastrointestinal conditions)
Nonnutritive suck patterns typically follow this suck-to-swallow ratio.
What is 6:1 to 8:1?
A condition where lung development is incomplete, resulting in reduced alveoli.
What is pulmonary hypoplasia?
A patient with poor airway protection during swallowing develops recurrent lower respiratory infections caused by inhaled material entering the lungs.
What is aspiration pneumonia?
This condition, occurring after birth, may result from trauma or hypoxia and can affect feeding through cognitive and motor deficits.
What is acquired brain injury (ABI)?
Pacing, food modification, tube feeding, positioning
What is tube feeding?
(All others are swallowing safety strategies)
At this gestational age, lung development allows for more efficient respiration and the possibility of independent breathing.
What is 32–34 weeks gestation?
This type of heart defect results in blue discoloration due to low oxygen saturation.
What are cyanotic heart defects?
A neonate demonstrates excessive secretions, choking with feeds, and suspected airway compromise due to a congenital connection between the respiratory and digestive tracts.
What is tracheoesophageal fistula?
Chronic lung disease in preterm infants caused by oxygen injury and inflammation is this condition.
What is bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)?
Terminal sacs, surfactant, stridor, alveoli
What is stridor?
(All others are related to lung development)