- high incidence in african americans According to the national digestive dise
Which ethnicity is more prone to lactose
information clearing house there is a "50-90% incidence in Asians, American
intolerance?
indians, Arabs, Jews, African Americans, and Southern Europeans
Not getting enough calcium so some dairy products people can usually tole
What are nutritional concerns for children
are hard cheeses and yogurt (Fresh not frozen) and take Vitamin D and K
with lactose intolerance?
-bone density; causes problems with bone growth
potential causes of clefting- maternal smoking, advanced maternal age,
What multifactorial causes are related to
fever,diabetes, prenatal infection, AMA, use of certain drugs - anticonvulsant
clefting
steroids, and other medications early in pregnancy
Infants with cleft palate are generally fitted with a removable orthopedic dev
(Latham device) to facilitate closure of palate. This device serves as a feeding
feeding with cleating
plate. Special bottles with nipples (Habermas feeder, Mead Johnson Cleft Fe
are also used to facilitate feedings
. Explain teaching for care of the feeding Put medication on mouth piece for thrush, can't LATCH well so a Breastfeedi
plate, treatment of thrush, and consultant needs to be contacted, and with the Haberman feeder you need
precautions with compressible squeeze the lines up with the nose
bottles
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Normal Saline to cleanse the suture line q shift and PRN
"No-No restraints at all times
order following a cleft repair Feeding plate
will include- Special nipples/bottles (Haberman Feeder or Mead Johnson Cleft Feeder)
Tylenol 15 mg/kg/dose and Codeine 1 mg/kg/dose q 4 - 6 hours PRN for pai
central incisional pain
How long must a child with repair to the -2-4 weeks
mouth have nothing put in their mouth? - Brek feeders
and what kind of feeder do we use for
these children?
-seek care at agency where they do multidisciplinary care; one place where
Therapeutic management of cleft
look at everything Plastic surgeon, craniofacial specialist, oral surgeon, denti
lip/palate involves a multidisciplinary
and/or orthodontist, prosthodontist, psychologist, otolarygologist, nurse, so
team. Which professionals are members
worker, audiologist, and speech-language pathologist
of this team?
OT, PT, Dietary
Why should crying be prevented and how -crying pulls on suture line; pulls on sutures and can cause repair to break op
is this accomplished post-op surgical -Avoid damage to repair and have parents request pain medication before th
repair of cleft lip and palate? pain gets bad,comforting
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Generally done about 1 year of age-because this is when speech production
normally happens.
Done before speech production
Cleft Palate Repair
Infants generally say "mama and dada" around 1 year of age
-want to wait a year because they have time to grow and can tolerate anesth
better and more tissue for the repair.
Explain the difference between EA is a blind pouch of the esophagus and TEF is where there is a hole betwee
Esophageal Atresia (EA) and esophagus and the trachea
Tracheoesophageal Fistula (TEF)
-parenting,risk for impaired
- knowledge, deficient
- imbalanced nutrition less than
cleft lip/palate nursing diagnoses - impaired gas exchange
- ineffective airway clearance
- ineffective breathing pattern
-pain(acute- post surgical)
Second most common defect ( 6-8%)
ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA WITHOUT
Blind pouch
FISTULA
No communication to the trachea
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Two-Stage Repair
ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA WITHOUT 1. Gastrostomy to keep the bowel empty of secretions and cervical
FISTULA repair esophagostomy to handle the excessive oral secretion
2. Connect the esophagus-reconnect the esophagus.
-excess oral secretions
ESOPHAGEAL ASTRESIA WITHOUT -regurgitation of feedings; undigested food
FISTULA ;what happens -blind pouch with no communication to trachea
-no hole
Excessive salivation and drooling from inability of secretions to pass through
ASSESSMENT OF esophagus
ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA (EA) Regurgitation of undigested formula immediately after feeding
NG tube or SXN catheter cannot be passed
Postoperatively
Change gauze dressing to cervical esophagostomy to prevent skin breakdow
EA post-op and prevent infection
Administer gastrostomy feedings only by gravity- this is to protect the surgic
repair- so don't add extra pressure to the site
Most common type of defect (85-88%)
Blind Pouch
ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA WITH DISTAL TEF
Fistula from the trachea to the lower esophagus- hole btw trachea and esoph
Distended Abdomen- end up with air in the stomach