Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing Review: Growth, Development, Cardiac, Respiratory, GI, and Integumentary Disorders |Latest Updated 2026

Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing Review: Growth, Development, Cardiac, Respiratory, GI, and Integumentary Disorders |Latest Updated 2026 What is strabismus? cross-eyed, can disappear by 3-4 months of age croup an acute respiratory syndrome in children and infants characterized by obstruction of the larynx, hoarseness, and a barking cough cephalocaudal growth gains control of the head and neck before trunk and limbs tachycardia infant early signs of heart failure steatorrhea frothy, foul smelling stools in kids with cystic fibrosis Tetraology of Fallot exacerbation can happen when infant or child cries, becomes upset, or is feeding you immediately place them in KNEE CHEST position endocarditis inflammation of the lining of the heart, can be from dental prodecures Modified Jones Criteria Must have 2 major or 1 major and 2 minor criteria following acute GABHS infection. Major: Carditis, subQ nodules, polyarthritis, erythema, chorea. Minor: Fever, arthralgia. Kawasaki disease treatment Aspirin -- prevents platelet aggregation via COX inhibitors which block TXA2. DESPITE possibility of Reye syndrome which could cause encephalopathy Age an infant sits upright without support 7-9 months Regression psychoanalytic defense mechanism in which an individual faced with anxiety retreats to a more infantile psychosexual stage craniosynotosis premature closure of cranial sutures pyloric stenosis narrowing of the pyloric sphincter, olive-like mass celiac disease fat soluble vitamins not absorbed A, D, E, K swimmer's ear otitis externa mononucleosis condition caused by the Epstein-Barr virus and characterized by an increase in mononuclear cells (monocytes and lymphocytes) in the blood along with enlarged lymph nodes (lymphadenopathy), fatigue, and sore throat (pharyngitis) Impetigo A highly contagious skin infection that causes red sores on the face (honey crusted) Accutane rx name-isotretinoi, oral acne medication used for severe cases of acne Scabies