NTDs
This neural tube defect is often mild, may go unnoticed, and is sometimes identified by a small dimple or tuft of hair on the lower back
What is spina bifida occulta?
Protein missing in Duchenne.
What is dystrophin?
Most common type of CP.
What is spastic?
This condition causes bones to become soft due to vitamin D deficiency.
What is ricketts?
This condition presents with a head tilt due to a tight neck muscle.
What is torticollis?
Most severe form with the spinal cord in the sac
What is Myelomeningocele?
What is Gower sign?
Type of uncontrolled movements.
What is dyskinetic?
This part of the bone is responsible for growth and is vulnerable to injury.
What is a growth plate?
This condition causes a painless lump on the eyelid due to a blocked gland and often resolves on its own.
What is chalazion?
Main goal of surgery in NTD.
What is protect spina cord / prevent infection?
Inheritance pattern of Duchenne.
What is X-linked recessive?
Type with poor balance.
This condition involves a slip of the femoral head at the growth plate.
What is SCFE?
This gait is seen with hip weakness, in which the pelvis drops on the opposite side.
What is Trendelenburg gait?
The reason NTDs cause deformities.
SMA affects these cells.
What are motor neurons?
This is the priority feeding concern in a child with cerebral palsy that can lead to pneumonia.
What is aspiration?
This disease involves the temporary loss of blood supply to the femoral head, leading to necrosis.
What is Legg-Calve-Perthes disease?
This condition is also known as the glass bone disease.
What is osteogenesis imperfecta?
A newborn is diagnosed with myelomeningocele. What is the priority nursing intervention immediately after birth?
What is protecting the sac with a sterile, moist, nonadherent dressing (and preventing infection)?
Main cause of death in Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
What is respiratory failure?
This therapy helps children with cerebral palsy improve communication and feeding skills.
What is speech therapy.
This device is used in infants with DDH to maintain the hips in flexion and abduction, promoting proper joint development.
What is a Pavlik harness?
This condition causes inflammation of the hip after a viral illness and resolves on its own.
What is transient synovitis?