Chapter 48
This is a genetic disorder that results in bluish-gray sclerae and very brittle bones.
What is osteogenesis imperfecta?
Education required to prevent infant botulism.
What is "Do not feed your infant <12 months of age honey"?
Focus care for a child with a chronic or complex disease on the child's _______ age or level.
What is developmental?
IQ level of mild cognitive impairment?
What is 50-55 to 70-75?
This degree of spinal curvature would require surgical intervention.
What is 45-50 degrees?
This disorder is characterized by hip, thigh, or knee pain and is marked by the femoral head sliding off the femur, usually requiring a surgical repair.
What is SCFE?
Treatment required for tetanus.
What is tetanus immune globulin, tetanus vaccine, and penicillin G?
General principle for when to refer a child with a complex disease for further evaluation or therapies.
What is as soon as possible?
Name 3 physical manifestations or commonly co-occurring disorders associated with Down Syndrome.
What is:
Upward slanting eyes with inner epicanthal folds
Flat nasal bridge, protruding tongue, low-set ears
Transverse palmar crease
Hypotonia, short stature
Congenital heart disease, hypothyroidism leukemia?
Name three medications or medication classes used to treat JIA.
What is:
Steroids
DMARDs such as methotrexate or sulfasalazine
Biologics such as entaracept, infliximab, anakinra, tocilizimab
NSAIDs
This device applies a counterforce to the skin, working to align two ends of a fractured bone.
What is Buck's traction?
Type of neural tube defect that is either not visible externally or may present with a sacral dimple or tuft of hair?
What is spina bifida occulta?
Stages of adapting to having a child with a chronic or complex disease.
What is:
1) Shock and denial
2)Adjustment
3) Reintegration and acknowledgement
This genetic disorder is the second most common cause of cognitive impairment and often is accompanied by aggressive and hyperactive behavior.
What is Fragile X syndrome?
An autoimmune disorder that causes demyelination and ascending paralysis is _______.
What is Guillain-Barre Syndrome?
Pavlik harness would be used for correction of DDH in what age group?
What is infants 6 months of age or younger?
Major principle of care for an infant with myelomeningocele after birth?
Take care to not rupture the sac
Surgery within 24 hours if sac is leaking, 24-72 if not
Keep a moist dressing saturated with normal saline on the sac, change every 2-4 hours
Keep baby prone, even for feeding
Place the infant in a warmer
This age group views death as something temporary, like a departure or a long sleep.
What is the preschool age group?
This type of hearing loss involves damage to the acoustic nerve and would be treated potentially with a cochlear implant.
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Infants with spina bifida commonly have latex allergy. Which foods cross react with latex?
What are bananas and kiwi? (also avocados, chestnuts, papaya)
The ponseti method is used as a treatment for:
An autosomal recessive disorder causing muscle atrophy and weakness is ______, while an X-linked disorder causing "pseudohypertrophy" is ______.
What is SMA (first blank)? What is DMD (second blank)?
This type of grief goes on longer than 1 year with intense and intrusive thoughts, pangs of severe emotion, feelings of excessive loneliness, sleep disturbance, and maladaptive levels of loss of interest in personal activities.
What is complicated grief?
Name 3 areas that children with autism spectrum disorders often demonstrate peculiar characteristics?
What is:
Socialization
Communication
Behavior
Difficulty with eye and body contact
Language delay
Tympanostomy tubes and hearing aids would help with this type of hearing loss.
What is conductive?