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Pediatrics Review - Emma Holliday Ramahi

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General info about how the newborn tolerated labor (1min) and the newborn's response to resuscitation (5min)
What does the APGAR tell you?
What to do next (does not guide therapy)
How the baby will turn out (does NOT predict neurologic outcome)
What does the APGAR not tell you?
Erb-Duchenne C5-C6. (Klumpke is C7-C8 + T1) Refer if not better by 3- 6mo for neuroplasty
PE: When assessing Moro on an LGA newborn, the right arm remains extended and medially rotated.
Clavicular Fracture.
Will form a callus in 1wk. No tx needed. Can use figure of 8 splint.
PE: When palpating the clavicles on a LGA newborn, you feel crepitus and discontinuity on the left.
Caput succedaneum
"Edema. Crosses suture lines."
Cephalohematoma
"Fluctuance. Doesn't cross suture lines."
Mongolian Spots
Nevus Simplex (Salmon Patch)
Milia
Erythema toxicum
Appears in up to half of newborns carried to term, usually between day 2-5 after birth. Resolves within first two weeks of life, and frequently individual lesions will appear and disappear within minutes or hours. It is a benign condition thought to cause no discomfort to the baby
Strawberry Hemangioma
Neonatal Acne
Nevus Sebaceous
"an area of alopecia with orange colored nodular skin"
Remove before adolescence b/c it can undergo malignant degeneration.
Seborrheic Dermatitis
"thick, yellow/white oily scale on an inflammatory base".
What to do? Gently clean w/ mild shampoo
Phenylketonuria and Galactosemia.
Two disorders screened for in every state because they are disastrous if not caught early (and happen to be a contraindication to breast feeding...)
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