NURS 612 Shadow Health All Modules Cases Instructor Keys 2024 Version/100% Correct(For instructors only)

On your patient schedule see a diagnosis of plagiocephaly on your patient schedule. You vaguely recall learning something about this in Nurs 612 so you check UpToDate and are able to explain the etiology of this head growth disturbance is to the parents of this 4-month-old : A. Your child's head appears small. His head size is 2 SD below the mean, this can result abnormal brain development from a genetic or teratogenic exposure B. Your child's head appears flat. This form of craniostenosis can result from premature fusion of lambdoidal or coronal skull sutures and often results in brain injury. C. Your child's head appears large. His head size is 2 SD above the mean, this can result from hydrocephalus while skull sutures are open. D. Your child's head appears flat. This form of craniostenosis can result from premature fusion of lambdoidal or coronal skull sutures and is often only cosmetic and can be treated with a s - --------- ANSWER --------D. Your child's head appears flat. This form of craniostenosis can result from premature fusion of lambdoidal or coronal skull sutures and is often only cosmetic and can be treated with a special helmet. During a 1-week-old male well child check the head circumference is 3 S.D. (standard deviations) below the predicted mean. What risk factors increases the risk of this finding?