Current diagnosis and treatment in pediatrics chap 2 (pp supplement) (questions and answers)complete

Major congenital anomalies - 1.5% live births 20-25% of perinatal/neonatal deaths 2 vessel cord - Only slightly increases risk of associated defects Small placenta - Always associated w/sm infant Erythroblastosis featalis -Most severe form if rh isoimmunization Life threatening anemia Generalized edema Fetal or neonatal heart failure Death without trearment Irregular irregular hr - usually associated w/PACs and resolves first days of life Minor anomalies that require no special investigation - preauricular pits shallow sacral dimple w/no other associated cutaneous abn w/in 2.5 cm of anus 3 or less cafe au lait spots in white infant 5 or less cafe au lait spots in AA infant Visible jaundice first 24h life - never normal hemolytic anemia congenital hepatitis Benign skin eruptions in newborn - miliamiliaria erythema toxicum pustular melanosis cephalohematoma versus caput succendaneum - Caphalohematoma - swelling over one or both pariental bones that does not cross the suture line - may have an associated skull fx