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6 lbs 2 oz to 9 lbs 2 oz
19 to 21 inches |
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| Hormones of Posterior Pituiary |
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| Disorder of posterior pituitary, Inadequate ADH |
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| Hypothalamic lesion, craniotomy, idiopathic or familial |
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| Irritability, incessant crying, water will calm them |
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| Hypopituitarism/Growth Hormone Deficiency |
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| Inhibits somatic growth, hypothalamus dysfunction |
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| GH deficiency clinical manifestations |
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| Cherub facial features, frontal bossing, large eyes, button nose, small testes, look younger |
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| Biosynthetic growth hormone, thyroid extract, cortison.test and estrogens |
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| Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
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| Rare neurodegenerative condition reported in some patients after receiving human GH from cadavers |
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Girls: Breast development before 7.5 yrs
Pubic Hair: before 8.5 years
Menses: before 9.5 years
Boys: secondary sexual characteristics before age 9 |
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| LH is given monthly, decreases LH and FSH. Must be started prior to closure of epiphysis |
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Girls: no breast development by 13, lack of menses within 5 yrs
Boys: secondary sex characteristics not started by 14 YOA |
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| Congenital reasons for delayed puberty |
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congenital adrenal hyperplasia
hypothyroidism
growth hormone deficiency |
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| Females missing one x chromosome, diagnosed during puberty due to amenorrhea, low hair line, widely spaced nipples, edema of hands and feet |
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| Excess GH, overgrowth of long bones |
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| Excess GH after epiphyseal closure |
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| Most common endocrine disorder of childhood |
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| Clinical manifestations of juvenile hypothyroidism |
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| decelerated growth, constipation, sleepiness, feeding difficulties, skin changes, periorbital edema, thick protruding tongue, large posterior fontanel |
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| Usually results from maternal ingestion of antithyroid medication during pregnancy |
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| Most common cause of hyperthyroidism, enlarged thyroid gland and exopthalmos |
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Propulthiouracil and methimazole (PTU, can cause Leukopenia)
Exercise restricted until levels are decreased or near normal (a-fib, CHF, tachy, brittle bones) |
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| Thyroid Crisis; may occur from sudden release of hormone, unusual in children, but can be life threatening, Tx is antithyroid drugs |
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| Clinical Manifestations of hypoparathyroidism |
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| dry, scaly skin with eruptions, brittle hair, thin nails with transverse grooves, positive Chvostek and/or Trousseau signs |
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| Common factor is hypercalcemia, rare in children |
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| Glucocorticoids, mineralcorticoids, sex steroids |
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| Acute Adrenocortical Insufficiency management |
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| replacement of cortisol, body fluids, administer glucose solutions |
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| Chronic Adrenocorticol Insufficiency |
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| rare in children, when it occurs usually the result of neoplasms. Sx appear after 90% of adrenal tissue is nonfunctional |
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| Diagnosis based on replacement of cortisol and aldosterone |
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| caused by excessive circulating free cortisol |
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| Consistently greater than 130/80 |
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Toddler/preschool: 100-180
School age: 90-180
Adolescents: 90-130 |
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| hyperpigmentation and thickening of the skin into velvety irregular folds in the neck |
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| autosomal recessive defect found on chromosome 12 |
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restrict protein intake.
maintain levels below 0.9 mmol/L, but at 0.2 for normal growth, avoid aspartame/Nutrsweet |
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