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Principles III-Exam I-NEONATES 9-14
Baby, Baby I get down on my knees to intubate you.......
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Nursing
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01/25/2010

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Term

 

Name the three types of Apnea.

Definition

 

 

1) Central apnea

2) Obstructive apnea

3) Combination

Term

 

 

What is the problem with the chemoreceptor responsiveness to hypoxia or hypercarbia?

Definition

 

 

It is immature at birth.

Term

 

 

Name three miscellaneous causes of apnea.

Definition

 

 

1) Hypoglycemia

2) anemia

3) cold stress

Term

 

What is central apnea due to?

Definition

 

-The immaturity of the respiratory system

-Poor organization or integration of the afferent input from the diaphragm

-intercostals and chemoreceptors

Term

 

 

This apnea correlates with the degree of prematurity.

Definition

 

 

Central

Term

 

 

Name two causes that will exacerbate central apnea.

Definition

1) Hypothermia

2) Hypoglycemia

3) Sepsis

4) Hypocalcemia

Term

 

 

What is the treatment for central apnea?

Definition

 

Central acting xanthanines (caffeine or theophylline)

 

*If due to opioids-reverse w/ naloxalone

* if Hcts <27% tx w/ blood transfusion

Term

 

 

This apnea is responsible for the majority of the apnea episodes in infants.

Definition

 

Obstructive apnea

Term

 

 

What typically is the reason for obstructive apnea?

Definition

 

 

Poor muscle coordination with anatomical features of the infant airway.

Term

 

 

What percentage of former premature infants may have post operative apnea?

Definition

 

 

20%

Term

 

 

The incidence of apnea is inversely related to what?

Definition

 

 

Post conceptual age

Gestational age

Term

 

 

I have a 32 weeker and and 37 weeker, who is more likely to have apnea?

Definition

 

 

The 32 weeker

Term

 

 

Name three things that can lead to cyanosis or apnea in the infant.

Definition

-Edema

-choanal atresia

-stenosis

-presence of an NGT

Term

 

 

Who's lungs are stiffer, a neonate or adult? So are they more or less compliant?

Definition

 

A neonates lungs are stiffer, so they are LESS compliant.

 

*The above, plus a smaller airway w/ more resistance leads to an increase in the work of breathing in an infant.

Term

 

 

You start doing a peds case and realize that you forgot to change your circuit. DAMN IT-now what's going to happen? Why?

Definition

 

Your baby won't get their volumes because adult circuits are more compliant. You should have placed the appropriate circuit and run a compliance test.

Term

 

 

Neonates have a relatively large abdomen which displaces the diaphragm cephalad. What's your concern with this?

Definition

-The neonates lung's closing capacity is placed within the expiratory reserve volume. If your over zealous w/ your masking, you can push your peak airway pressures high, & the closing capacity will impinge on the TV. 

*This may lead to atelectasis and intrapulmonary shunting requiring controlled ventilation w/ PEEP.

Term

 

Your masking a baby and you begin having difficulty ventilating, you notice the abdomen is distended. What's your next step?

Definition

 

 

Quickly place an OG tube to decompress the belly to improve ventilation.

Term

 

What facilitates oxygen delivery in the neonate?

Definition

 

 

Cardiac Output

*determined by preload, afterload, heart rate & contractility*

Term

 

 

The major determinant of cardiac output in infants is what?

Definition

 

 

HEART RATE

*increased preload also improves it, but heart rate is the MAJOR determinant

Term

 

RBC's have a 1/2 life of ______days.

Hgb A has a 1/2 life of _______days

Definition

 

RBCs 100 days

HgbA 120 days

Term

 

Fetal Hgb has a higher/lower affinity for 2,3 DPG and thus a higher/lower affinity for oxygen?

 

Which way does the oxyhemoglobin curve shift?

Definition

 

It has a lower affinity for 2,3 DPG and thus a HIGHER affinity for oxygen.

 

The curve shifts LEFT!

Term

 

 

Is parasympathetic activity fully developed in early gestation?

How about the sympathetic nervous system?

What does this mean to us?

Definition

PSN IS fully developed.

SNS is NOT.

 

This means neonates may not respond "normally" to hypovolemia (increasing his/her HR)

Term

 

 

What is the first sign a child is hypovolemic? Why?

Definition

 

 

First sign is REDUCTION IN BLOOD PRESSURE!

 

Because the SNS is not fully developed.

Term

 

 

Infants are prone to develop bradycardia or asystole as a response to succs, DVL, and opioids. How do we offset this?

Definition

 

 

Atropine (because it will increase HR faster than glyco)

Term

 

What characterizes the fetal circulation? The have _______ pulmonary vascular resistance and a _____ systemic circulatory resistance.

Definition

 

-They have HIGH pulmonary vascular resistance (uninflated lungs and hypoxic vasoconstriction) and a LOW systemic circulatory resistance (high flow and low impedence of the placental vessels)

Term

 

Describe the course of fetal circulation.

Definition

1) Oxygenated blood enters from placenta through umbilical vein (fyi-2 arteries 1 vein)

2) oxygenated blood bypasses liver through DUCTUS VENOSUS & combines w/ unoxygenated blood in IVC.

3) IVC blood combines w/ SVC blood & enters RA

4) Lung capillaries collapse producing high resistance (so RA pressure is higher than LA)

5) Blood is shunted from right to left through FORAMEN OVALE

6) Some blood transitions into pumonary arteries, but majority exits through DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS into aorta.

*Fetal circulation provides high concentration O2 for rapidly growing tissue.

Term

 

When do aortic pressures increase in the fetal circulation?

Definition

 

 

With the cessation of placental blood flow.

Term

 

What does clamping the umbilical vein do?

Definition

 

Doubles the systemic vascular resistance.

Term

 

 

What drastically reduces pulmonary vascular resistance after birth?

Definition

 

 

Lung expansion 

&

An increase in PaO2 producing pulmonary vasodilation

Term

 

 

Why does the foramen ovale close after birth?

Definition

 

Because the RA pressure decreases and the LA pressure increases.

Term

 

When does the foramen ovale permanently close?

At any time can it be reopened?

What is the percent of adults w/ a patent FO?

Definition

 

At 2-3 months it permanently closes.

If there are sufficient increases in RA pressure (as w/ pulmonary HTN) the FO can be forced open.

25% of adults have a patent FO.

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