Newborn Basics
This term describes an infant in the first 28 days of life.
What is a neonate/newborn?
Neonates are obligate ______ breathers.
What is nose?
Two oxygen saturation measurements used to help identify critical congenital heart disease.
What are pre- and post-ductal saturations?
The three components of the Pediatric Assessment Triangle.
What are appearance, work of breathing, and circulation?
In pediatrics, communication should intentionally include these individuals.
Who are the patient and caregivers/family?
A baby born at 36 weeks gestation is classified as this.
What is late preterm?
This swelling crosses suture lines and may indicate significant hemorrhage.
What is subgaleal hemorrhage?
A concerning four-limb BP difference suggestive of cardiac pathology.
What is greater than 20 mmHg?
This pediatric emergency tool estimates weight based on length.
What is the Broselow Tape?
One important neonatal history question related to pregnancy.
What is gestational age at delivery?
(acceptable: maternal history, delivery history, intake/output)
A term infant is generally born between these gestational ages.
What is 37–41 weeks?
These fontanelle findings are considered normal in a neonate.
What are open, soft, and flat?
Normal neonatal systolic BP range.
What is approximately 45–80 mmHg?
In pediatric shock, the decrease in this vital sign is often a late sign.
What is hypotension?
This question can help families feel included and informed during transport.
“What questions do you have?”
Approximate expected weight of a 32-week infant.
What is 2 kg?
These pulses are especially important to palpate when assessing for congenital heart disease.
What are brachial and femoral pulses?
In a neonate with suspected congenital heart disease or heart failure, enlargement of this organ may indicate venous congestion.
What is the liver?
Two major limitations of the Broselow Tape.
What are that it does not apply well to neonates (<3 kg) and does not account for obesity?
This word may unintentionally minimize symptoms when speaking with families.
What is “just”?
Minimum acceptable MAP is often approximated using this neonatal rule.
What is MAP ≈ gestational age?
A term neonate has severe respiratory distress, a scaphoid abdomen, and decreased breath sounds on the left.
What is congenital diaphragmatic hernia?
Approximate systolic BP formula for children older than 1 year.
What is SBP = 70 + (age × 2)?
In pediatric shock, this clinical finding is often a more reliable early indicator of poor perfusion than hypotension.
What is delayed capillary refill/poor perfusion?
In Ontario, a child does not need to reach a specific age to do this, if they can reasonably demonstrate understanding and capacity.
What is capacity to consent to treatment?