In the beginning
By the seventh week of fetal life, the diaphragm forms and separates the chest from the abdominal cavity. If the diaphragm fails to close completely, this is created and can prevent the full expansion of the chest cavity.
diaphragmatic hernia
What kind of breathers are infants?
Nose
Only breathe through mouth when crying.
Fast breathing
Tachypnea
chronic clubbing of the fingers
chronic hypoxia
The President of the United States of America flies on this.
Air Force One
This substance is produced to prevent the alveoli from collapsing during respirations after birth.
Surfactant
Assessment of respirations in an infant is best accomplished by monitoring what up until 3 years of age?
Abdominal rise and fall
Most common infection of the respiratory tract in children.
Coryza = common cold
This "barking" cough can develop into a respiratory emergency.
Croup
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Air Jordans
Prior to birth, how is oxygen exchange accomplished?
Placental circulation
In infants, the tissue below the vocal cords is not firm, and portions of the larynx are very narrow. This makes the infant prone to what?
Airway obstruction from any swelling or from tilting the head back too far (like during CPR)
Difficult or painful swallowing.
Dysphagia
A beefy red swollen throat in the absence of cough which is an emergency in children but not in adults
Epiglottitis
My lunch stays fresh in this container because it prevents it from getting stale
Airtight
What diagnostic test can be done to determine fetal maturity and the ability of the fetus to survive outside of the womb?
Amniocentesois
Why won't Mom allow her 6 month old to play with legos?
Infants and young children have a small airway diameter and may get choked on the small accessory pieces.
Difficult or painful breathing
Dyspnea
A virus that causes a respiratory infection that compromised children(those with asthma, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia or Kawasaki disease) can cause death.
Influenza
If I don't want to stay in a commercial hotel, I might try one of these on my next trip out of town.
Airbnb
This nerve along with the respiratory centers in the medulla of the brain regulate rhythmic respiratory movements.
Vagus Nerve
Bronchospasm may not occur in infants, and therefore this may not be a presenting sign of a narrowed airway in infants
Wheezing
Infants have a smaller amount of developed smooth muscle lining the airway than do older children and adults.
Small areas of collapse in the lung
Atelectasis
A child was pulled from a burning house and was barely conscious but his pulse oxygen saturation was normal. What could be causing his lethargy?
Carbon monoxide combining with the hemoglobin in his blood to form carboxyhemoglobin which prevents oxygen from binding to hemoglobin and inhibits cellular respirations. Check ABGs often.
I have swallowed too big of a chunk of food and now it feels like I cannot breath (but the food is not in my airway)
Airlock
The food bolus pushes the esophagus into the trachea making it feel as though you cannot pass air but you are still passing air.