DISEASES
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
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100

WHAT ARE SOME CLEFT LIP AND PALATE INTERVENTIONS AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO PREVENT? 

INTERVENTIONS: SPEECH THERAPY REFERRAL, MONITOR ASPIRATIONS AND EAR INFECTIONS 

PREVENT: INJURY TO THE SUTURE LINE SO USE SOFT ELBOW RESTRAINTS ON BABY AFTER SURGERY 

100

WHAT ARE SOME SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF VOLVULUS AND HOW DO WE TREAT IT?

ABDOMINAL DISTENTION, INTENSE/CRYING PAIN, VOMITING, TACHYCARDIA AND TACHYPNEA

ITS A SURGICAL EMERGENCY: NPO, FLUIDS AND NG TO SUCTION 

100

WHAT IS HIRSCHSPRUNG'S DISEASE AND HOW DO WE DIAGNOSE IT? 

IT'S A BLOCKAGE OF THE INTESTINES BECAUSE OF LACK OF NERVES IN THE BOTTOM COLON SEGMENT 

DIAGNOSE: RECTAL BIOPSY 

100

HOW DO WE TREAT HIRSCHSPRUNG'S DISEASE? 

ENEMAS, SURGICAL REMOVALOF AFFECTED SECTIPM OF BOWEL- TEMPORARY COLOSTOMY 
100

WHAT ARE THE NURSING PRIORITIES FOR OMPHALOCELE/GASTROENTISCHIS?

BOTH : GIVE ANTIBIOTICS TO PREVENT INFECTION, NPO WITH NG TUBE TO DECOMPRESS, SURGICAL CLOSURE 

GASTROENTISCHIS: APPLY STERILE GAUZE

200

WHAT IS PYLORIC STINOSIS? 

WHEN THE PYLORUS BLOCK FOOD FROM ENTERING THE SMALL INTESTINE

200

WHAT ARE SOME ASSESSMENT FINDINGS FOR CELIAC DISEASE?

WEIGHTLOSS, FOUL SMELLIGN STOOL, ENAMEL DEFECTS, DELAYED G&D, B12 DEF, RASH

200

HOW DO WE DIAGNOSE CELIAC DISEASE AND WHAT IS THE PRIORITY INTERVENTIONS?

DIAGNOSE: ENDOSCOPY W/BIOPSY, CBC-INCREASED IGA 

PRIORITY : GLUTEN FREE DIET 


200

WHAT IS THE PRIMARY INTERVENTION FOR GERD? 

HOLD BABY UPRIGHT AFTER FEEDINGS OR ELEVATE THE HOB TO PREVENT CHOKING 


200

WHAT IS BILARRY ATREASIE AND HOW DO WE TREAT IT? 

ABSENCE OF BILE DUCTS THAT DRAIN BILE FROM THE LIVER

TX: ADEK SUPPLEMENTATION, SURGERY- MAY NEED LIVER TRANSPLANT 

300

WHAT IS VOLVULUS? AND HOW DO WE DIAGNOSE IT?

ABNORMAL TWISTING OF THE BOWELS WHICH CAN IMPAIR BOWELS 

DIAGNOSED : UPPER GI XRAY AND ELECTROLYTES 

300

WHAT ARE SOME SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF APPENDICITIS?

ROVINGS SIGNS: RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT PAIN, ILIOPOSAS SIGN: PAIN ON HIP EXTENSION, PAIN AT MCBURNEYS POINT, LOW FEVER, LAYING WITH KNEES BENT

300

HOW DO WE DIAGNOSE PYLORIC STENOSIS? HOW DO WE TREAT IT? 

OLIVE SIGN: PYLORIC  MASS IN MID-EPIGASTRIUM

INTERVENTIONS: NPO, IV FLUIDS, SURGERY PREP 

300

WHAT WOULD GIVE GASTROENTERITIS FOR DEHYDRATION? 

START WITH ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS EVERY 30 MINUTES THEN IV HYDRATION - ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS 

300

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS FOR BILLIARY ATRESIA? 

JAUNDICE AT 2 WEEKS, PALE STOOLS, ENLARGED LIVER, DARK OR TEA COLORED URINE, ENLARGED LIVER 

400

WHAT IS INTUSSUCEPTION? AND HOW DO WE DIAGNOSE IT? 

THE INTESTINE SLIDED INTO ADJACEPT PART OF THE OTHER INTESTINES 

DIAGNOSED: BARIUM ENEMA, ULTRASOUND AND CBC

400

WHAT SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT WITH APPENDICITIS AND WHAT ARE SOME PRIORITY INTERVENTIONS?

IF PAIN CEASES OR DECREASES: IT COULD HAVE PERFORATED 

INTERVENTIONS: NPO, IV HYDRATION, ABX AND PAIN MEDS , SURGERY PREP

400

WHAT ARE SOME SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS FOR INTUSSUCEPTION? 

PAIN OCCURING IN 15-20 MINS REGULAR INTERVALS, CURRANT JELLY STOOLS, ELEVATED WBC

400

HOW DO WE TREAT INTUSSUCEPTION?

BARIUM ENEMA TO PUSH THE INTESTINES BACK INTO PLACE IF IT DOESNT WORK THEN WE DO SURGERY CORRECTION 

400

WHAT IS FAILURE TO THRIVE? 

WEIGHT FOR AGE THAT IS LESS THAN 5TH PERCENTILE AND CROSSES MAJOR 2 PERCENTILE 

500

WHAT IS GASTROEOSOPHAGEAL REFLUX? WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF IT ? 

THIS IS RETROGRADE FLOW OF GASTRIC CONTENTS INTO ESOPHAGUS

CAUSE: IMMATURE LOWOER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER 

500

HOW DOES GERD- GASTROESOHAGEL REFLUX PRESENT? 

VOMITING, BURNING SENSATION, CHOKING, SLOW WEIGHT GAIN, IRRITABLE CRYING AFTER MEALS, ARCHING DURING MEALS, EPIGASTRIC PAIN MILD STERNAL DISCOMFORT 

500

WHAT IS GASTROENTERITIS AND WHAT ARE WE WORRIED ABOUT WITH THESE PATIENTS? 

THIS IS ONSET DIARRHEA WITHOUT ANY CHRONIC DISEASE CAUSING IT. 

WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT DEHYDRATION 


500

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OMPHALOCELE/GASTROENTISCHIS?

THEY ARE DEFECTS WHERE YOUR ABDOMINAL WALL IS OUTSIDE THE BODY

GASTROENCTISCHIS: HAS NO SAC

OMPHALOCELE: CONTAINED WITHIN A SAC 

500

WHAT IS SHOCK? WHAT ARE THE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES?

Shock: inability of the body to maintain adequate blood flow and oxygen supply to the tissues

 distributive shock/septic:  Shifting of fluids from intravascular space to the extracellular called by blood vessel dilation- LEG RAISED AT 45 DEGREES 

Hypovolemic shock: Dehydration or loss of blood with decrease in hgb

 obstructive shock: Prevents blood and oxygen from getting to your organs