Question | Answer |
Mental or physical disease which is always present at birth but not always detectable | Congenital Anomalies |
2 procedures to check for congenital anomalies which are invasive & may pose a risk to mother & fetus | Amniocentesis & CVB (chorionic Villus Biopsy) |
premature is being born at which time | 37th week of gestation |
Premature babies are born with Hyaline membrane disease aka | IRDS (Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome) |
What is IRDS | Lack of surfactant to allow alveoli to expand |
Paralysis from damage to the CNS from lack of oxygen is what disease | Cerebral palsy |
A group of malformations of spine with back of spine partially or completely absent is called | Spina Bifida |
Cerebral spinal fluid is increased or blocked resulting in an enlarged head is what disease | Hydrocephalus |
what is the term for an abnormal small head | microcephaly |
When a child is born with microcephaly and mental retardation what is this disease called | Cri-du-Chat Syndrome (Cat's Cry Syndrome) |
When a child is born with almost no brain tissue what is this called | Anencephaly |
A child born with an extra chromosome of 21 has what | Down Syndrome |
A child under the agae of 5 with a nephroblastoma (a highly malignant neoplasm of kidney) has | Wilm's tumor |
What is tranposition of great arteries on the heart | The aorta & pulmonary artery are reversed |
What is the disease that has narrowing of the pyloric sphincter | Congenital Pyloric Stenosis |
What is the most common fatal genetic disease which has a chornic dysfunction of the exocrine gland producing too much mucous | Cystic Fibrosis |
when a child has a positive Guthrie test and must be placed on a phenylalanine free diet what is this called | Phenylketonuria |
what is Erythroblastosis Fetalis | incompatible Rh factor - hemolytic disease of the newborn |
symptoms of Fetal Alcohol syndrome are | low nasal bridge; short nose; thin upper lip; epicanthal folds; indistinct philtrum; flat midface |
what is Croup | inflammation & obstruction of larynx, trachea & bronchi |
What disease is caled by varicella - zoster virus | Chicken Pox (varicella) |
What is also known as Epidemic Parotitis | Mumps |
What is also known as Rubells (3 day measles) | German Measles |
What is classed as hypothermia | core body temp must be less than 95 degrees |
what is classed as hyperthermia | core body temp must be more than 105 degrees |
what is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | entrapment & compression of median nerve in the carpal tunnel |
what is Shaken Baby Syndrome | Bleeding in the brain |