AH 121 Week 1 and 4
A p value of < 0.05 means this.
What is the chance of seeing the results occur by chance is less than 5%?
(The smaller the p number, the better for proving that something didn't just happen by chance.)
This is the BASIC unit of mature glandular tissue, composed of secretory acinar units, where the ducts terminate with the breast.
What is the alveoli?
Please choose the correct statement about the normal term infant’s "SUCK: SWALLOW: BREATHE" pattern:
The ratio of Suck: Swallow: Breathe should be about 3:1:1
As milk flow increases the length of one Suck: Swallow: Breathe cycle INCREASES
Non-nutritive suckling has the same Suck: Swallow: Breathe ratio as nutritive suckling
An increase in oxygen saturation occurs with suckling
What is as milk flow increases, the length of one Suck: Swallow: Breathe cycle increases.
Which of the following statements correctly represents a trend in breastmilk over time?
a) There are more live white blood cells in colostrum than in mature milk
b) Lactoferrin increases in breastmilk over time
c) Lysozyme decreases in breastmilk over time
d) Secretory IgA decreases in breast milk over time
What is there are more live white blood cells in colostrum than in mature milk?
If a medication is highly protein bound, it has a greater or lesser chance of transferring into breastmilk?
What is lesser chance?
When reviewing a scientific article, this is the most efficient FIRST action to take.
What is to read the abstract to determine if the article is pertinent to your question or needs?
This cranial nerve controls the tongue for speech and swallowing.
What is the hypoglossal nerve (#12)?
Which anatomic anomaly is more common?
Cleft lip and palate
Cleft palate only
Cleft lip only
All are equally as common
What is cleft lip and palate?
When is the appropriate time for Vitamin D therapy to be started?
a) As soon as possible after birth
b) At one week of age
c) At one month of age
d) At two months of age
What is as soon as possible after birth?
If a medication has a large number of daltons, (>1,000), will it have less of a chance to transfer into human milk, or greater?
What is a lesser chance?
True or False:
Mother, infant and family need privacy to bond during initial skin to skin after vaginal delivery and should be allowed privacy alone in the room whenever possible.
What is false?
This is the true statement about the infant palate.
1 The average hard palate is very arched
2 The soft palate elevates to seal the nasal cavity with swallowing
3 The hard palate is very smooth so as not to hurt the nipple
What is number 2, the soft palate elevates to seal the nasal cavity with swallowing?
The AAP recommends that all newborn infants be assessed and examined by a health care provider within _________ hours of age. The AAP also recommends that the healthy full term infant follow up with a pediatric health care provider within ________ of discharge.
48 hours/7 days
6 hours/24 hours
24 hours/48 hours
48 hours/2 weeks
What is 24 hours and 48 hours?
Which of the following can be found in the whey component of breast milk?
a) alpha-lactalbumin
b) immunoglobulins
c) lysozyme
d) all of the above
What is all of the above?
A RID (relative infant dose) of a medication is considered more favorable if it is < this percentage.
What is 10%?
This was the nadir (low point) of breastfeeding initiation rates in the United States:
1920, 1955, 1972, 1985 or 1999
What is 1972? (Memorize this! :) )
What is a normal range for respiration for a newborn infant?
40-70 breaths/minute
30-60 breaths/minute
20-30 breaths/minute
10-20 breaths/minute
What is 30-60 breaths per minute?
As compared with the average time required by formula, the average time in which about half of a meal of breastmilk empties from an infant’s stomach is…
A little bit shorter
About the same
Much shorter
A little bit longer
What is much shorter?
A breastfed infant who has a systemic infection is apt to have a mother whose breastmilk contains a ____________ (lower or higher) than usual concentration of this ___________ (immunoglobulin).
What is higher and sIgA?
These are the times when pacifier use is deemed appropriate.
What is...
...for a preterm infant to help develop sucking skills?
...for an infant undergoing a painful procedure?
...for an infant who has breastfeeding well established?
You are called in to assess an infant who is not feeding well. You are asked to communicate your findings to the provider. The first thing you should communicate is:
Your general impression of the infant’s appearance
Your opinion on the mother’s attitude
LATCH score
Your recommendations for feeding
What is your general impression of the infant's appearance?
Lactoferrin ______________ (increases or decreases) after delivery.
Lysozyme _______________ (increases or decreases after delivery?
What is decreases? (by "sevenfold" as lactation progresses) (What kind of protein is lactoferrin/what does it bind to?)
What is increases? (when does activity increase? why?)
This is the part of the body where prolactin is released from.
This is the part of the body where oxytocin is released from.
What is the anterior pituatary? (PAP)
What is the posterior pituatary? (OPP)