Pediatrics Slides 23C 2020 8 Banvir 1a
Pediatrics Slides 23C 2020 8 Banvir 1a
Pediatrics Slides 23C 2020 8 Banvir 1a
Time Milestone
2 months Coos
4 months Laughs
6 months Babbles
9 months Says “mamamama” and “bababababa”
12 months “Mama” and “Dada”
Developmental Milestones
Social
Time Skill
2 months Begins to smile at people
4 months Smiles spontaneously
Recognizes faces
6 months
Stranger anxiety
Waves bye-bye
9 months
Separation anxiety
12 months Points
Stranger and Separation Anxiety
• Stranger anxiety
• Baby becomes upset when unfamiliar person approaches them
• Occurs around six months
• Separation anxiety
• Baby becomes upset when separated from parents
• Occurs by nine months
• Requires object permanence
• Object permanence
• Baby knows objects exist when out of sight
• Occurs by nine months
Developmental Milestones
2-year-old
• Run and climb two steps
• Two-word phrases
• Two-step commands
• “Give me the ball and then get your shoes.”
• Stacks 6 blocks
• 50- to 200-word vocabulary
• Copy a line
2 3 4 5
Developmental Milestones
3-year-old
• Ride a tricycle
• Three-word sentences
• 300+ word vocabulary
• Copy a circle
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2 3 4 5
Developmental Milestones
4-year-old
• Hop
• Copy a cross
• Tells detailed stories
2 3 4 5
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Developmental Milestones
5-year-old
• Skip
• Copy a triangle
2 3 4 5
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Language
• Age 2: 50% understandable
• Age 3: 75% understandable
• Age 4: 100% understandable
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Developmental Delay
• Global developmental delay
• Failure to meet milestones in ≥ 2 of major domains
• Gross motor, fine motor, language, cognition, or social
• Large differential diagnosis: CNS, metabolic, other
• Hearing loss
• Can present as speech, language, or social delay
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Red Flags
Age Features
6 Months No smile, grasp, or roll; poor head control
12 Months Unable to pick up objects; no crawling; no standing; no babbling
Less than 50-word vocabulary; difficulty holding small objects;
2 Years
Can’t climb stairs; not feeding or dressing themselves
Rett Syndrome
• Neurodevelopmental disorder of females
• Contrast with autism: 4x more common in males
• Initially normal development
• Slow symptom onset 1-2 years of age
• Hallmark: regression of cognitive/motor skills
• Diagnostic criteria for disorder
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Rett Syndrome
• Deceleration of head growth
• Loss of motor, intellectual, speech abilities
• Loss of balance (ataxia)
• Repetitive hand movements
• Hand-to-mouth licking
• Grabbing of clothing or hair
• Hand wringing
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Rett Syndrome
Genetics
• X-linked disorder
• X-linked dominant: 1 abnormal gene → disease
• 99% cases: sporadic gene mutation
• Girls
• Two X chromosomes
• Random X inactivation → some cells with normal gene
• Males
• One X chromosome: all abnormal genes
• Lethal
Developmental Delay
Select Causes
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Iron Deficiency
• AAP guidelines: screening at ~1 year of age
• Usual screening: measurement of CBC
• Measures hemoglobin, MCV, RDW
• Iron deficiency: low hemoglobin, MCV; Increased RDW
• Repeated screening if risk factors present Iron Deficiency
• Prematurity or low birth weight (risk of anemia of prematurity)
• High consumption of cow’s milk
• Low consumption of iron-containing foods
Iron Supplementation
• Use iron-fortified formula
• For breastfed infants
• Add iron supplement at four months
• Continue until baby eating iron-rich foods
• Avoid cow’s milk until 12 months of age
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Autism
• Screening at 18 and 24 months
• Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-Up
• MCT-RF
• Two-stage assessment
• First stage: 20-item parent questionnaire
• Second stage: Follow-up questionnaire administered by health care professional
• Score from 0 – 20 (higher = higher risk)
Hearing Loss
• Can cause speech, language, and cognitive delays
• Screening at birth (congenital causes)
• Screening in older children (acquired causes)
• Often conductive hearing loss
• Middle ear dysfunction (otitis, fluid)
• AAP: screening age 4 and up
• Office screening tools:
• Tone audiology
• Tympanometry
• Abnormal screen: audiology referral
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Vision Loss
• Screening begins ~ age 3
• Also examine eyes for strabismus
• Misalignment of eyes
• Common in children
• Can cause vision problems
• Potentially treatable
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Drug and Alcohol Use
• Annual screening starting at age 11
• Commonly down with CRAFFT screen
CRAFFT Screening
Substance Use Screen for Children
• Car – Have you ever ridden in a car driven by someone who has been using
alcohol or drugs?
• Relax – Do you ever use alcohol or drugs to relax?
• Alone – Do you ever use alcohol or drugs while alone?
• Forget – Do you ever forget things you did while using alcohol or drugs?
• Friends – Do your family or friends ever tell you that you should cut down on your
drinking or drug use?
• Trouble – Have you ever gotten into trouble while you were using alcohol or
drugs?
• Score >2 = high risk adverse outcomes
Depression
• Annual screening starting at age 12
• Patient Health Questionnaire-2 item screen (PHQ-2)
• Any of the following over the past two weeks:
• Little interest or pleasure in doing things
• Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless
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Adolescent Medicine
Jason Ryan, MD, MPH
Puberty
• Thelarche: development of breasts
• Estradiol action on breast tissue
• Menarche: first menstrual period
• Spermarche: first sperm production
• Often followed by nocturnal emission
• Pubarche: development of pubic hair
• Primarily due to androgens from adrenal gland
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Puberty
Age of Onset
• Girls start puberty 8 to 13 years
• Menarche: 12 to 13 years
• Boys start puberty 10 to 15 years
• First ejaculations: 13 to 14 years
• Pubertal growth spurt
• Girls: 12 years
• Boys: 14 years
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Puberty
Tanner Stages
• Assigns stage number to pubertal development
• Range from stages I to V
• Separate stages for:
• Male genitalia
• Female breasts
• Pubic hair
• Stage I: prepubertal
• Stage V: adult sexual characteristics
• Usually occurs by age 15
Tanner Stages
Males
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Tanner Stages
Females
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Precocious puberty
• Occurs at early age, usually less than 8-9 years old
• Excess androgens (boys) or estrogens (girls)
• Boys: congenital adrenal hyperplasia
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Minors
Emergency Care
• Consent not required (implied)
• Care administered even if parent not present
• Care can be administered against parents’ wishes
• Classic example: Parents are Jehovah's Witnesses
• Physician may administer blood products to child
• Do not need court order
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Emancipated Minor
• Minors can attain “legal adulthood” before 18
• Common criteria:
• Marriage
• Military service
• Living separately from parents, managing own affairs
• Emancipated minors may give consent
Minors
Special Situations
• Most U.S. states allow minors to consent for certain interventions
• May be done without parental consent
• Contraceptives
• Prenatal Care
• Treatment for STDs
• Treatment for substance abuse
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Abortion
• Rules on parental notification vary by state
• Some states require parental notification
• Some states allow consent with counseling
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General Pediatrics
Jason Ryan, MD, MPH
Anticipatory Guidance
• Given by provider to parents
• Varies by child’s age
• Expected growth and development
• Safety reminders
• Informs parents of child’s needs
• Avoids health problems in children
• Component of the AAP Bright Futures guidelines
Normal Growth
• Usually occurs in a predictable course
• Influenced by nutrition, health
• Key metrics monitored by pediatricians:
• Weight
• Height
• Head circumference (until 2 years)
• Compared to norms for age group
• Often reported as percentile (10th, 50th, 99th)
Growth Charts
Height, Weight, Head Circumference
Newborn Weight
• Full term babies lose weight after birth
• Up to 10 percent of birth weight
• Occurs in first few days of life
• Usually regained by 10 to 14 days
• Infants double birth weight by four months
• Triple birth weight by one year
• Children gain ~4 to 5 lbs/yr from 2 to puberty
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Linear Growth
• Non-linear with spurts and slowing
• Average length at birth: 20 inches
• Increases 50% by 1 year
• Grow about 2 to 4 inches per year from 1 to 10 years
• Children reach half adult height by 24 to 30 months
• Normal deceleration of height velocity before puberty
• Followed by growth spurt at puberty
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Linear Growth
• Most common causes of short stature after age two:
• Constitutional growth delay (most common)
• Familial (genetic) short stature
• Both variants of normal
• Constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP)
• Late adolescent growth spurt
• Delayed puberty
• Adult height often normal
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Bone Age
• X-ray of left hand and wrist
• Bone age determined from population norms
• Used in children with abnormal growth
• Bone age less than chronologic age
• Seen in constitutional delay of growth and puberty
• Child should eventually grow
• Bone age identical to chronologic age
• Seen in familial short stature
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Head Growth
• Reflects growth of brain
• Small head: microcephaly
• Occipitofrontal circumference < 2SD below age mean
• Large head: macrocephaly
• Occipitofrontal circumference > 2SD above age mean
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Microcephaly
Selected Causes
• Many, many causes of microcephaly
• Occurs with dysmorphism in genetic disorders
• Abnormal facial, limb features
• Down syndrome (trisomy 21)
• Angelman syndrome (imprinted gene disorder)
• Williams syndrome (deletion on chromosome 7)
Congenital Acquired
TORCH Infections Meningitis
Teratogens (ETOH) Ischemic brain injury
Trisomy 13, 18, 21 Metabolic disorders (hypothyroid)
Macrocephaly
Selected Causes
• Increased brain size (often familial and present at birth)
• Hydrocephalus
• Hemorrhage
• Mass lesions
• Key test: ultrasound
• For infants with open fontanelles
• Noninvasive
• Can identify ventricular enlargement
• Other tests: head CT or MRI
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Failure to Thrive
• Poor growth
• No formal definition
• Fall off weight curve first then height then head
• Organic causes
• Chronic medical illness
• Non-organic causes
• No underlying medical disorder
• Malnutrition
• Poor caregiver support
• Treatment: interdisciplinary care, high calorie feedings
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Pediatric Dehydration
Severity Symptoms
Sticky or slightly dry oral mucosa
Increased thirst
Mild (3-5%)
Normal vitals
Normal/slightly decreased urine output
Dry oral mucosa
Increased thirst, irritable
Moderate (6-9%) Sunken eyes/fontanelle, reduced skin turgor
Tachycardia, tachypnea, possible hypotension
Decreased urine output
Very dry oral mucosa
Lethargy, coma
Sunken eyes/fontanelle, reduced skin turgor
Severe (>10%)
Cool skin, acrocyanosis
Tachycardia, tachypnea, hypotension
Anuria
Fluid Replacement
• Mild to moderate dehydration: oral fluids
• Moderate to severe: intravenous fluids
• 20mL/kg bolus of isotonic fluids
• Repeat as needed
Diet
• Breastfeeding recommended
• Can feed on demand
• Feeds should occur every 2 to 4 hours
• 8 to 12 feeds per day
• Start iron-fortified cereals ~ 6 months
• Baby must be able to sit, hold head up
• Whole milk may be consumed ~12 months
• Avoid juices, sweets
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Bowel Movements
• First bowel movement usually within 36 hours of birth
• Ninety percent newborns pass meconium within 24 hours
• First week: about 4 stools per day
• First three months: 2 to 3 stools/day
• Breastfed infants have more stools/day on average
• By two years : mean number of bowel movements under two per day
• After four years : mean number of bowel movements ~ one per day
Urine
• First week: # wet diapers = age in days
• After first week: > 4 wet diapers per day
• Can start toilet training 18 months
• Most toddlers trained by 3 to 4 years
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Sleeping
• Newborns sleep 3 to 4 hours at a time for about 18 to 20 hours/day
• Sleep through the night by 6 months (usually)
• 1 to 2 naps/day normal up to 4 years of age
• As child gets older: less overall sleep, longer sleep duration
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Car Seats
• Age < 2 years: rear-facing car seat in back
• Age 2 – 4 years: forward-facing car seat in back
• Age 4 – 8 years: booster seat in back until 4’9” tall
• Older children < 12 years: back seat belt
• Air bags (front seat) dangerous for < 12 years
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Injuries
• Leading cause of death
• Often predictable and preventable
• Car injuries: car seats and seat belts
• Firearms (guns)
• Gun avoidance (most effective means of prevention)
• Safe handling and storage of firearms
• Bicycle Injuries
• Usually head injuries
• Prevention with bicycle helmets
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SIDS
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• Sudden death of infant < 1 year of age
• Unexplained by other causes
• Risk factors
• Stomach sleeping
• Maternal smoking during/after pregnancy
• Very young maternal age (< 20)
• Bed sharing (infant/parent)
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SIDS Prevention
• Smoking avoidance
• Sleeping prone or on side
• Firm sleep surface
• No extra blankets or pillows
• No bed sharing
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BRUE
Brief Resolved Unexplained Event
• Sudden, brief episode of:
• Cyanosis or pallor
• Absent, decreased, or irregular breathing
• Marked change in tone (hyper- or hypotonia)
• Altered level of responsiveness
• Parents often concerned for SIDS
• No known association between low-risk BRUE SIDS
BRUE
Brief Resolved Unexplained Event
• Evaluation: history and physical exam
• Low risk features
• Age > 60 days
• Born at gestational age ≥32 weeks
• Only 1 BRUE (no prior BRUE or clusters)
• Duration of BRUE < 1 minute
• No CPR required
• No concerning historical features or physical examination findings
• If all low-risk features: reassurance
• No further testing indicated
• Remind parents of standard SIDS prevention
Ear Infections and Fever
Jason Ryan, MD, MPH
Otitis Media
• Acute infection of the middle ear
• Usually preceded by viral upper respiratory tract infection
• Inflammatory edema obstructs Eustachian tube drainage
• Upper respiratory tract bacteria enter middle ear
• Microbial growth occurs
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Otitis Media
Diagnosis
• Clinical diagnosis
• Middle ear effusion PLUS signs of middle ear inflammation
• Tympanic membrane erythema, fever, ear pain
• If signs of inflammation are absent diagnosis is OME
• Bulging of the tympanic membrane
• Most specific sign of acute inflammation
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Otitis Media
Complications Mastoid Process of Temporal Bone
• Tympanic membrane perforation
• Mastoiditis
• Infection of mastoid process
• Labyrinthitis
• Vertigo, nausea, vomiting
• Intracranial infection
• Conductive hearing loss
Mastoiditis Mastoiditis
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Otitis Media with Effusion
Serous Otitis Media
• Middle ear serous effusion
• No evidence of infection
• Often develops after AOM
• Often asymptomatic
• Most common symptom: hearing loss
• Often resolves with observation
• Tympanostomy tubes used in some cases
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FWS
Fever Without a Source
• Acute febrile illness (temp > 100.4°F)
• Previously healthy child
• Etiology not apparent based on H&P
• Common problem in pediatrics
• Management varies by age
• Under 90 days: high risk sepsis
• 3 months and older: lower risk
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FWS in Infants
Up to 90 Days of Age
• High risk of sepsis or septic shock
• Many possible underlying infections
• Urinary tract infections
• Bacteremia
• Meningitis
• Pneumonia
• Septic arthritis
• Osteomyelitis
• Approach varies by specific age group
FWS
Infants < 7 Days
• High risk of infant bacterial infection
• Must consider neonatal sepsis and meningitis
• Blood, urine and CSF cultures
• Treatment: empiric antibiotics
• Usually ampicillin/gentamycin
• Covers GBS, Listeria, Enterococcus, and most E. coli
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FWS
Infants 7 to 90 Days
• Work-up based on age
• Younger infants (< 60 days)
• Full sepsis workup most cases
• Hospitalization often necessary
• Empiric antibiotics often used
• Older infants (60 to 90 days)
• Limited workup in some cases
• Inpatient or outpatient management
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FWS
Children 3 to 36 Months
• Management based on child appearance
• Ill-appearing
• Weak cry
• Constant cry
• Falls to sleep or will not rouse
• Pale, cyanotic, mottled or ashen skin
• Dry mucous membranes
• Sunken eyes
• No smile
• Anxious, dull, or expressionless face
• Well-appearing
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FWS
Children 3 to 36 Months
• Most well-appearing children have self-limited viral illness
• In many cases, can be monitored as outpatients without further testing
• Ill-appearing children may have occult bacterial infections
• May require full work-up, hospitalization, empiric antibiotics
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FUO
Fever of Unknown Origin
• Fever > 101°F
• At least eight days
• No apparent diagnosis
• Broad differential
• Unusual infections (mycobacterial, fungal)
• Autoimmune disease (SLE, Kawasaki)
• Malignancy
• Detailed history and physical
• Many additional tests possible
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Vaccination
Jason Ryan, MD, MPH
Types of Vaccines
• Toxoid vaccines
• Chemically modified protein toxin
• Cannot cause infection (non-toxic)
• Elicits strong immune response
• Tetanus, diphtheria
• Conjugate vaccines
• Bacterial polysaccharide
• Conjugated to protein (e.g., tetanus toxoid)
• Hemophilus influenza type B
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Types of Vaccines
• Killed (inactivated) viral vaccines
• Virus killed (inactivated) by a chemical
• Viral replication not possible Rs are Alive
• Polio, hepatitis A, influenza (shot), rabies
• Can be used in immunocompromised MMR
• Live, attenuated viral vaccines
• Weakened viral vaccines
Varicella
• Replicate poorly inside the body Rotavirus
• MMR, varicella, rotavirus
• Others: oral polio, intranasal influenza
• Cannot be given to immunocompromised
• Not used in pregnancy
Types of Vaccines
• Monovalent
• Protects against a single strain/pathogen
• Polyvalent
• Protects against two or more strains/pathogens
• Divalent
• Trivalent
• Quadrivalent
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Childhood Vaccines
Contraindications and Precautions
• Contraindications
• Prior severe allergic reaction to vaccine
• Precautions
• Moderate to severe febrile illness
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Childhood Vaccines
• Immunization before 6 weeks: weak response
• Magnitude of antibody response higher with older age at first dose
• Vaccines in babies require multiple doses to generate lasting response
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Hepatitis B
• “Recombinant vaccine”
• Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
• Produced through recombinant DNA in yeast cells
• Only vaccine given first 24 hours of life
• Infection can be passed mother to baby
• Newborn infection often leads to chronic disease
• Booster doses 1 month and 6 months
• Hepatitis B is for newborn Babies
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Hepatitis B
• If mother is known HepB +
• HBIG + HBV vaccine
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1-Year Vaccines
• Must wait until 12 months of age
• Avoid neutralization by maternal antibodies (disappear by 6-9 months)
• Earlier age for vaccination increases risk of vaccine failure
• MVA vaccines
• Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
• Varicella
MVA1
• Hepatitis A
MMR Measles
Measles, Mumps, Rubella
• Live, attenuated virus vaccine
• Combined to decrease number of shots
Mumps
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Varicella
Chickenpox
• Prevents chickenpox
• Live, attenuated virus vaccine
• May cause mild illness
• Licensed in 1995
• Given at 12 months and 4 years
• Post-exposure prophylaxis
• Give vaccine
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Hepatitis A
• Self-limited hepatitis: symptoms resolve < 6 months
• Inactivated hepatitis A vaccine (most formulations)
• More common outside US
2-4-6 Month Vaccines
• DTaP
• Hib
• Pneumonia (PCV13)
• Polio (IPV)
• Rotavirus
• All given at 2, 4 and 6 months
• Most require a booster dose later
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DTaP Vaccine
Diphtheria
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DTaP Vaccine Whooping Cough
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Acellular Pertussis
• Bordetella pertussis
• Causes whooping cough
• Initial vaccines (1900s): killed whole-cell B. pertussis
• Often caused fever, drowsiness, and anorexia
• Rare cases of encephalopathy
• Acellular vaccines (1990s)
• Purified bacterial components and inactivated toxin
• Fewer side effects
• Special contraindication: encephalopathy
• Rare cases of pertussis vaccine encephalopathy
• Occurs within 7 days
• Should not receive additional doses of pertussis vaccines
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Hib Vaccine
Hib Chocolate Agar
• Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib)
• Bacterial meningitis and pneumonia
• Epiglottitis
• Fever, sore throat, stridor
• Conjugate vaccine
• Hib capsular polysaccharide with protein carrier
• Either tetanus toxoid or N. meningitidis protein complex
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PCV13 Vaccine
• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• Causes pneumonia, meningitis, bacteremia and otitis media
• Conjugate vaccine Pneumonia
• Polysaccharides from 13 serotypes
• Conjugated to diphtheria toxoid
• Adult vaccine: PPSV23
• Contains 23 pneumococcal polysaccharides
• Does not elicit immune response in children under 2
• Asplenia: both vaccines administered
IPV Vaccine Child with Polio
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Influenza Vaccine
• Influenza A and B viruses
• Quadrivalent
• Two strains of influenza A and two strains of influenza B
• Updated each year with new strains
• Contain strains expected in flu season (fall/winter)
• Given annually to children > 6 months old
• Vaccine Influenza = VI months
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Influenza Vaccine
• Inactivated influenza vaccines (IIV)
• Intramuscular injection
• Only contraindication: prior severe allergic reaction to vaccine
• Live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV)
• Licensed in 2012
• Administered intranasally
• Must be healthy and nonpregnant
• Only ages 2 through 49
• No thimerosal
• May contain residual amounts of egg protein
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Influenza Vaccine
Cautions
• Sensitivity to thimerosal
• Preservative used in multi-dose vials
• Can use single-dose vials without thimerosal
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Eggs
• Most flu vaccines manufactured using eggs
• Contain small amounts of egg protein ovalbumin
• Amount of egg proteins very low in modern vaccines
• Studies indicate severe allergic reactions unlikely
• Patients with allergies can receive influenza vaccine
• No need for skin testing or special observation
• No need to screen for egg allergies
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Meningitis Vaccines
• Neisseria meningitidis
• Polysaccharide vaccines with toxoid
• MenACWY
• Quadrivalent vaccine: types A, C, W, and Y
• Infection requires throat colonization
• Does not occur until adolescence
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• All patients 11 to 18 years old
• Others at increased risk for invasive meningococcal disease
• Neisseria = 11 years old
Meningitis Vaccines
• MenB
• Monovalent vaccine against type B
• Newer vaccine
• ≥ 10 years old at increased risk
• Complement component deficiencies
• Anatomic or functional asplenia
• Exposed to an outbreak
HPV Vaccine HPV
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
• HPV types 16 and 18
• 70 percent of cervical cancers worldwide
• 90 percent of anal cancers
• HPV types 6 and 11
• Anogenital warts
• 9-valent vaccine available since 2016 in US
• Types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52, and 58
• ACIP Guidelines
• Ages 11 to 12 years
• Females (1A) and males (1B)
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Pediatric Rashes
Jason Ryan, MD, MPH
Impetigo
• Superficial bacterial skin infection
• Macules → papules → rupture → erosions
• “Honey-colored” crust
• Highly contagious
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Impetigo
Impetigo contagiosa (non-bullous)
• Traditional, most common form
• Face and extremities
• Caused by S. aureus
• Also “Beta-hemolytic step” – mostly S. Pyogenes
• Treatment: antibiotics
• Limited: topical antibiotics (Mupirocin)
• Extensive: dicloxacillin or cephalexin
• Return to school 24 hours after starting treatment
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Bullae
Impetigo
Other Forms
• Bullous impetigo
• Trunk commonly involved
• S. aureus
• Ecthyma Public Domain
• Crusted sores with ulcers
Ecthyma
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Morbilliform Rash
• Resembles measles
• Diffuse maculopapular rash
• Macule: flat skin lesion ≤ 1 cm
• Papule: raised bump ≤ 1 cm
• Adults: usually drug reaction
• Children: usually viral infection Public Domain
• Roseola
• Measles
• Rubella
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Roseola Infantum
• Five days of high fever
• May develop febrile seizures
• Fever breaks → rash develops
• Child feels well with rash
• Parents may worry child has measles
• In measles: sick during rash
• Benign, self-limited
• No longer contagious when afebrile 24hrs
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Measles
Rubeola
• RNA viral infection
• Highly contagious – respiratory/airborne spread
• Incubation: 6 to 21 days after exposure
• Prodrome: 2 days to 1 week
• Fever (may be as high as 104°F)
• 3C’s: Cough, Coryza, Conjunctivitis
• Koplik spots: small, white lesions in mouth
• Koplik spots precede exanthem
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Measles
Rubeola
• Exanthem: days after fever onset
• Classic maculopapular rash
• Starts at head → spreads to feet
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Measles Viral Pneumonia
Complications
• Diarrhea (most common complication)
• Otitis media: 5 to 10 percent of cases
• Pneumonia
• Most common cause of death in children
• Measles encephalitis
• Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
• Demyelinating disease triggered by infection
• Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)
• YEARS after infection
• Personality changes, odd behavior, dementia
Measles
Outbreaks
• 2014 outbreaks in U.S. among unvaccinated children
• Can spread to vaccinated children
• Vaccine 95% effective
• Test of choice:
• Measles IgM
• Not positive first few days of infection
• Treatment: mostly supportive
• Vitamin A
• Deficiency prolongs infection
• Virus may cause deficiency
• Ribavirin: weak evidence of benefit
Rubella
German measles; 3-day measles
• Also acquired by inhalation of respiratory droplets
• Mild, low-grade fever
• Maculopapular rash (1-5 days after fever)
• Starts on face, spreads to trunk and extremities
• Characteristic lymphadenopathy
• Posterior cervical
• Posterior auricular
• No cough, coryza, conjunctivitis or Koplik spots
• No specific treatment
• Causes congenital rubella syndrome
Scarlet Fever
Strawberry Tongue
• Rash following pharyngitis
• Skin reaction to S. pyogenes erythrogenic toxin
• Fever, sore throat, diffuse red rash
• Many small papules (“sandpaper” skin)
• Starts head/neck → expands to cover trunk
• Classic finding: strawberry tongue
• Eventually skin desquamates
• Palms and soles are usually spared
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Parvovirus
• Single-stranded DNA virus
• B19 is predominant parvovirus in humans
• Four important syndromes
• Fifth disease in children
• Arthritis in adults
• Aplastic crisis in sickle cell anemia
• Hydrops fetalis
Fifth Disease
Erythema infectiosum; slapped cheek disease
• Mild fever and rash in children
• Outbreaks among school aged children
• Fever, runny nose
• Followed by rash (few days later)
• Cheeks look like they have been slapped
• Face rash often followed later by rash on trunk/limbs
• Self-limited: no diagnostic test or treatment
• Adults may catch this: mild arthralgia/arthritis
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Contact Dermatitis
• Type IV hypersensitivity reaction Contact Dermatitis
• Many possible allergens:
• Poison ivy or oak
• Iodine
• Rubber
• Nickel or other metals
• Erythematous papules and vesicles
• Oozing may occur
• Severe pruritus
• Treatment: topical or oral corticosteroids
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Diaper Rash
• Most common skin rash infants
• Usually form of contact dermatitis
• Moist environment irritates skin
• Erythematous patches
• Spares inguinal creases
• Diagnosis: clinical
• Treatment:
• Maintain clean skin
• Topical barriers/ointments
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Molluscum Contagiosum
• Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV)
• Highly contagious
• Transmitted skin to skin
• Firm, dome shaped papules
• Central umbilication/indentation
• Resolves over weeks/months
• Treatment (optional):
• Cryotherapy
• Curettage
• Cantharidin (topical agent)
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Acne
• Inflammation of hair follicles and sebaceous glands
• Exocrine glands in skin in dermis
• Secrete oily substance called sebum
• Often contain hair follicles (“Pilosebaceous unit”)
• Complex, multifactorial etiology
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Acne
• Sebaceous glands enlarge at puberty
• ↑ androgens → ↑ sebum
• Adolescent acne: boys > girls
• Men with androgen insensitivity: no acne
• Women with excess androgens (PCOS): acne
• Increased sebum and keratin
• Keratinocytes line hair shafts → keratin
• Blocks ducts
• Bacterial growth behind blockage
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Acne
Propionibacterium acnes
• Sebum: growth medium for bacteria
• Propionibacterium acnes
• Cutibacterium acnes
• Anaerobic bacterium
• Normal skin flora
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Acne
• Comedones: small, flesh-colored papules
• Clogged pores
• Open comedones: blackheads
• Closed comedones (by skin): whiteheads
• Inflammatory lesions (papules/pustules)
• Scarring and hyperpigmentation may occur
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Acne
• Affects most hormone-responsive glands
• Face, neck, chest, upper back
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Acne
Treatment
• Benzoyl peroxide (topical)
• Breakdown keratin, unblocks pores (comedolytic)
• Bactericidal to P. acnes
• Antibiotics
• Decrease P. acnes colonization of skin
• Clindamycin and erythromycin
• Oral contraceptive pills
• Progestins: antiandrogen effects
• Retinoids (vitamin A derivatives)
Benzoyl Peroxide
Isotretinoin
Accutane
• 13-cis-retinoic acid
• Decreases keratin production in follicles
• Less follicular occlusion Before Isotretinoin After Isotretinoin
• Highly teratogenic
• OCP and/or pregnancy test prior to use
• Topical or oral forms
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Newborn Hyperbilirubinemia
Jason Ryan, MD, MPH
Bilirubin Metabolism
Unconjugated Bilirubin
(Indirect Bilirubin)
Indirect Hyperbilirubinemia
• Commonly causes neonatal jaundice
• Jaundice usually develops > 2 to 3 mg/dL
• Jaundice below umbilicus or icterus
• Signs of markedly increased bilirubin
• Bilirubin measurement
• Bilirubinometer (shines light on skin)
• Blood test
• Neurologic damage: bilirubin level > 25mg/dl
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Bhutani Nomogram
• Used to identify infants at risk of severe hyperbilirubinemia
• Interventions and follow-up testing based on risk zone
Andwhatsnext/Wikipedia
Opisthotonos and Retrocollis
• Opisthotonos
• Spasm of back
• Head and legs bend backward Opisthotonos
• Trunk arches forward
• Retrocollis
• Backward arching of neck
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Kernicterus
Chronic bilirubin encephalopathy (CBE)
• Permanent neurologic damage from hyperbilirubinemia
• Cerebral palsy
• Hearing loss
• Gaze abnormalities
• Dental hypoplasia
Indirect Hyperbilirubinemia
Treatment
• Phototherapy
• Exposes skin to light of specific wavelength
• Converts bilirubin to lumirubin
• Isomerization (same chemical formula; different structure)
• More water soluble
• Allows excretion without conjugation
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Indirect Hyperbilirubinemia
Causes
• Physiologic
• Breast milk jaundice
• Breast feeding jaundice
• Hemolysis
• Rare causes
Breast Milk Jaundice
• Persistence of benign neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
• Occurs in breast-fed babies
• Beta-glucuronidase in breast milk
• Increase in GI absorption of unconjugated bilirubin
• Jaundice appears day 3 to 4
• Bilirubin peaks within 2 weeks
• Declines to normal levels by 12 weeks
• Baby will be feeding well and appear healthy
• Usually mild and does not require treatment
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Breast Milk Jaundice
Unconjugated Bilirubin
Enterohepatic
Circulation
Conjugated Bilirubin B-glucuronidase
Liver
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Hemolysis
• Often causes jaundice first 24 hours of life
• Feared cause: erythroblastosis fetalis
• Rh-negative mother
• Rh-positive baby
• Maternal IgG crosses placenta
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Delivery Room Care
Jason Ryan, MD, MPH
Delivery Room Care
• Dry and stimulate
• Clear airway if needed
• Provide warmth (blankets)
• Skin-to-skin contact with mother (warmth)
• Additional interventions after mother-child bonding
• Vitamin K
• Eye ointment
• Hepatitis B vaccine
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Apgar Scores
• Assigned to children at time of birth
• Assessed at 1 and 5 minutes after birth
• Score of 0, 1, or 2 for each of the following:
• Appearance
• Pulse
• Grimace
• Activity
• Respiratory
• 90% newborns have scores 7 – 10
• Scores < 7 require further evaluation
Apgar Scores
Neonatal Resuscitation
• Normal newborn vitals:
• RR: 40 to 60/min
• HR: 120 to 160/min
• Bradycardia
• Marker of baby’s respiratory efforts
• Major cause in newborns: hypoxia
• Primitive “diving reflex”
Neonatal Resuscitation
• Apnea/gasping and heart rate < 100 bpm
• First step: positive pressure ventilation
• Intubation
• Chest compressions
• Epinephrine via umbilical vein Neonatal Resuscitation Program
Patrick J. Lynch
TTN
Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn
• CXR: pulmonary edema
• Usually benign and self-limited condition
• Treatment: supportive
• Oxygen/CPAP if needed
• Rarely requires high oxygen (>40%)
• Should resolve within 24 hours
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Neonatal Hypoglycemia
• Transient low blood sugar: normal after birth
• Maternal glucose lost → baby begins glycogen breakdown
• Usually falls first 2 hours then recovers
• Persistent hypoglycemia can occur
• Preterm infants or fetal growth restriction
• Large for gestational age
• Diabetic mothers
• May cause irritability, lethargy, rarely seizures
• Blood sugar not routinely checked unless symptoms
• Treatment: feedings
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Polycythemia of the Newborn
• Newborns normally have increased red cell mass
• Fetus in a relatively hypoxic environment in utero
• Usual hematocrit healthy infants: 61%
• Splenomegaly normal in newborns
• Polycythemia: hematocrit > 65%
• Occurs in 1 to 5% of newborns
• Most common cause: delayed cord clamping
• Delayed cord clamping (↑ cord RBCs)
• More likely with IUGR/placental insufficiency
• Preeclampsia, SGA, post-term babies
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Neonatal Sepsis
• Diagnosis: blood culture
• Treatment: antibiotics
• Usually ampicillin/gentamycin
• Covers GBS, Listeria, Enterococcus, and most E. coli
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PPHN
Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn
• Pulmonary vascular resistance should fall at birth
• Oxygen to lungs → PVR falls
• Persistent high PVR → shunting → hypoxemia
• Fetal shunts persist (foramen ovale, ductus arteriosus)
• Apparent during first 24 hours of life
• Respiratory distress and cyanosis
• Low Apgar scores
• Often co-occurs with meconium-stained amniotic fluid
• Usually occurs in term infants
PPHN
Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn
• CXR: usually clear lungs
• Diagnosis: echocardiography
• Treatment:
• Supportive care
• 100% oxygen (↓ PVR)
• Inhaled nitric oxide
• Intravenous sildenafil
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Neonatal Respiratory Distress
• Transient tachypnea of the newborn
• Caesarean delivery without labor
• Respiratory distress syndrome
• Preterm infants
• Persistent pulmonary hypertension
• Term infant
• Meconium-stained amniotic fluid
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Newborn Nursery
Jason Ryan, MD, MPH
Newborn Nursery
Eye Care
• Erythromycin ophthalmic ointment
• Prevents gonococcal eye infection
• Not effective against chlamydial conjunctivitis
• Prevention is diagnosis/treatment of chlamydia in mother
Neonatal Conjunctivitis
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
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Newborn Nursery
Hepatitis B Vaccine
• Only vaccine given first 24 hours of life
• Infection can be passed mother to baby
• Newborn infection often leads to chronic disease
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Umbilical Cord
• Clamp and cut at birth
• Keep stump dry
• No need to sterilize
• Bacteria can help cord separate
• Omphalitis:
• Infection of umbilicus/surrounding tissue
• Polymicrobial
• Risk of sepsis
• Treatment: IV broad-spectrum antibiotics
Umbilical Granuloma
• Most common cause of an umbilical mass
• Soft, moist, and pink
• Treatment: topical silver nitrate
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Newborn Nursery
Screening
• Pulse oximetry
• Screen for hypoxemia
• Congenital heart disease
• Blood spot test
• Many conditions
• Congenital hypothyroidism
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• Phenylketonuria
• Hearing
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Feeding
• Frequent feeding to avoid hypoglycemia
• Full-term babies lose weight after birth
• Up to 10 percent of birth weight
• Occurs in first few days of life
• Usually regained by 10 to 14 days
• Infants double birth weight by four months
• Triple birth weight by one year
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Newborn Nursery
Monitoring
• Glucose
• Monitor for hypoglycemia in high-risk infants
• Preterm
• Large for gestational age
• Small for gestational age
• Infants of diabetic mothers
• Bilirubin
• Bilirubin-induced neurologic dysfunction (BIND)
• Visual assessment for jaundice
• Transcutaneous bilirubin measurement
• Total serum bilirubin measurement
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Newborn Nursery
Circumcision
• Elective procedure
• May reduce risks of:
• Penile cancer
• UTIs
• Foreskin disorders (inflammation/fibrosis)
• Transmission of HIV/HPV/HSV
• Procedural risks
• Bleeding/infection
• Glans injury
• Urethrocutaneous fistulas (urine leakage)
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Breastfeeding
Breast Milk Contents
• Lactose
• Antimicrobial components
• Antibodies (mostly IgA – passive immunization)
• Macrophages
• Lymphocytes
• Lactoferrin (anti-microbial)
• Lysozymes (breaks down bacterial cell walls)
• Low vitamin D content
• Vitamin D supplementation recommended for breast-fed babies
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Breastfeeding
Benefits to Child
• Lowers risk of infant infections (GI, pulmonary)
• Possible long-term benefits
• Some studies show reduced allergies, diabetes, obesity
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Breastfeeding
Benefits to Mother
• Decreased risk of breast and ovarian cancer
• Possible decreased risk of cardiovascular disease
• Maternal-infant bonding
• Faster childbirth recovery
• Enhanced weight loss
• Longer postpartum anovulation
• Cost saving compared to formula
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Breastfeeding
Contraindications
• Herpetic breast lesions
• HIV or HTLV infections
• Chemotherapy or radiation
• Drug or alcohol use
• Galactosemia in infant
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FPIAP
Food Protein-Induced Proctocolitis
• Also food hypersensitivity reaction to protein
• Also starts shortly after birth
• Half of affected babies are exclusively breast fed
• Cow’s milk: most common trigger
• Consumed by mother or from formula
• Infant appears well
• Main clinical feature: blood-streaked loose stools
• May have other evidence of allergic disease (eczema)
• Diagnosis: clinical
• Treatment: elimination of trigger substance
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Preterm and Postterm Infants
Jason Ryan, MD, MPH
Special Newborn Groups
• Prematurity
• Postterm pregnancy
• Small for gestational age
• Large for gestational age
Prematurity
• Birth before 37-weeks gestation
• Term: 38 weeks or more
• “Late preterm:” 34 to 37 weeks
• “Extremely preterm:” <28 weeks
• Associated with many newborn complications
• Milestones may be delayed during childhood
• Use corrected age for milestones until 2 years old
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Prematurity
Immediate Newborn Complications
• Hyperbilirubinemia
• ↑ unconjugated bilirubin
• May lead to newborn jaundice
• Hypocalcemia
• In utero calcium from mother
• Newborn hypocalcemia common
• Usually recovers over 24 hours
• More common in premature babies
Neonatal RDS
Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Lungs “mature” when adequate surfactant present
• Occurs around 35 weeks
• Lecithin–sphingomyelin ratio (L/S ratio)
• Both produced equally until ~35 weeks
• Ratio > 2.0 in amniotic fluid suggests lungs mature
Neonatal RDS
Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Surfactant deficiency
• High surface tension → atelectasis
• Decreased lung compliance
• Hypoxemia/↑ pCO2 (poor ventilation)
• Poorly responsive to O2
• Lungs collapsed (alveoli)
• Intrapulmonary shunting
• Diagnosis: clinical plus CXR
• CXR: diffuse ground glass appearance
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Neonatal RDS
Risk Factors
• Prematurity
• Maternal diabetes
• High insulin levels decrease surfactant production
• Cesarean delivery Cesarean Delivery
• Baby spared stress response at delivery
• Reduced fetal cortisol
• Reduction in surfactant
Neonatal RDS
Prevention and Treatment
• Preterm delivery: betamethasone
• Corticosteroid
• Given to mother to stimulate surfactant production
• Treatment: surfactant
• Administered via endotracheal tube
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Neonatal RDS
Complications
• Patent ductus arteriosus
• Hypoxia keeps shunt open
• Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Oxygen toxicity
• Alveolarization does not progress normally
• Respiratory problems during infancy
• Often improves during childhood
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Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Underdeveloped retinal vessels before birth
• Neovascularization in the retina
• Increased risk: exposure to high oxygen content
• Retinal detachment → blindness
• Diagnosis: retinal exam
• Treatment (severe cases):
• Laser therapy
• VEGF inhibitors
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Apnea of Prematurity
• Immature respiratory control
• Cessation of breathing for at least 20 seconds
• Respiratory pauses with desaturation and/or bradycardia
• Treat with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP)
• Methylxanthine therapy
• Caffeine or theophylline
• Blocks adenosine receptors
• Adenosine inhibits respiratory drive
• Treatment will cause tachycardia
Patrick J. Lynch
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
• Intestinal necrosis and obstruction
• Usually terminal ileum or colon
• Can lead to perforation and infection
• Most (90%) cases in preterm infants
• Associated with antibiotic therapy
• Often in formula-fed babies
• Risk factor: Non-human milk
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GERD
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder
• Can occur in any newborn
• More common in premature babies
• Multifactorial mechanisms
• Clinical manifestations
• Nonspecific irritability
• Vomiting
• Failure to thrive Wikipedia/Public Domain
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Prematurity
Immune Function
• Cellular immunity impaired
• ↓ T-cells and B-cells at birth
• Some babies have neutropenia
• Risk of infection/sepsis
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Prematurity
Long-term Complications
• Increased mortality and morbidity
• SIDS
• Leading cause infant mortality 1 month to 1 year in US
• Increased risk with preterm birth or low birth weight
• Increased risk of neurocognitive problems
• Cognition
• Social skills
• Behavioral and emotional skills
• Growth impairment
• Impaired respiratory function
Postterm Pregnancy
• Delivery at > 42-weeks gestation
• ↑ risk of short-term newborn complications
• Usually results in macrosomia (large baby)
• Fetal growth restriction may occur beyond 40 weeks
• Placental insufficiency
• Fetal malnourishment may occur
• Rarely causes umbilical cord compression
• Leads to neonatal asphyxia
• Possible neurologic damage
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Dysmaturity Syndrome
• Occurs in babies with marked intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)
• Can occur in postterm pregnancies and SGA babies
• Rarely seen in modern era due to elective delivery
• Placenta insufficiency and malnourishment Newborn Vernix
• Characteristic appearance at birth:
• Long, thin arms and legs
• Dry, “parchment-like” skin
• Peeling, loose skin
• Long toenails and fingernails
• Baby alert with “wide-eyed” look
• Decreased/absent vernix
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Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
Meconium
• Respiratory distress
• Meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) at birth
• Tachypnea and cyanosis
• More common if pregnancy lasts beyond 40 weeks
• Treatment: supportive
• Maintenance oxygenation and ventilation
• Empirical antibiotics
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Small for Gestational Age
Low Birth Weight
• Less than 2500 grams (5.5lbs) or 10th percentile
• Occurs in ~10% of term babies
• Caused by IUGR
• Increased risk of:
• Neonatal mortality
• Newborn complications
• Lower birth weight → greater risk complications
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Small for Gestational Age
Newborn Complications
• Perinatal asphyxia
• Chronic undernourishment from placenta
• Contractions at birth → hypoxia
• Hypothermia
• Hypoglycemia
• Impaired immune function
• Hypocalcemia
• Polycythemia
Nevit Dilmen/Wikipedia
Large for Gestational Age
• Greater than 4000 grams (8.8lbs) or 90th percentile
• Associations:
• Maternal diabetes (gestational or preexisting)
• Maternal pre-pregnancy weight
• Excessive maternal weight gain
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Large for Gestational Age
Complications
• Macrosomia associated with birth injuries Shoulder Dystocia
• Maternal complications
• Vaginal lacerations
• Severe postpartum hemorrhage
• Increased likelihood of cesarean delivery
• Infant complications
• Shoulder dystocia
• Brachial plexus injury
• Clavicular fracture
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Child Abuse
Jason Ryan, MD, MPH
Child Maltreatment
• Child (physical) abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Emotional abuse
• Child neglect
Child Abuse
• Injury to a child by parent or caregiver
• Commonly affects children under 1 year of age
• Perpetrator usually closest family member (mother)
• Often identified by healthcare providers
Child Abuse Injuries
History
• Reported minor trauma → major injury
• Caregiver history changes over time
• Severe injury blamed on siblings/pets
Child Abuse Injuries
Bruising
• Most common abuse injury
• Multiple bruises
• Buttocks, trunk, ear, neck
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Child Abuse Injuries
Fractures
• Often identified by skeletal survey
• X-rays of all bones
• Multiple fractures in different healing stages
• Rib fractures
• Long bone fractures in baby
Gilo1969/Wikipedia
Child Abuse Injuries Retinal Hemorrhage
Head Trauma
• “Abusive head trauma”
• “Shaken baby syndrome”
• Retinal hemorrhages
• Subdural hematoma
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Child Abuse
Selected Risk Factors
• Parent factors
• Single, young parents
• Lower parental level of education
• Parental substance or alcohol abuse
• Parental psychiatric illness
• Child factors
• Unplanned pregnancy
• Unwanted child
• Learning disabilities, behavioral problems
Child Abuse
Diagnosis and Management
• Standard imaging tool: skeletal survey
• X-rays of all bones in the body
• Head CT if head trauma suspected
• Ensure child safety
• Remove child from caregiver
• Contact authorities
• Treat injuries
Child Sexual Abuse
• Most common pre-puberty (9-12 years old)
• Perpetrator usually male known to child
• Trauma to mouth, anus, genitals
• Sexually transmitted infection
Emotional Abuse
Psychological Abuse
• Child feels worthless, unloved
• Verbal abuse
• Criticism
• Intimidation (scaring child)
• Humiliation
• Confinement for prolonged periods as punishment
Child Neglect
• Common form of child maltreatment
• 50% cases reported to child protection services
• Inadequate food, shelter, supervision, affection
• Poor clothing and hygiene
• Underweight or malnourished
• Must be reported to protective services
• All 50 states have laws requiring physician reporting
Pediatric Orthopedics
Jason Ryan, MD, MPH
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
• Abnormal development of acetabulum and proximal femur
• Hip laxity common in newborns
• Most will outgrow this
• Persistent laxity may require treatment
• Mechanical instability of hip
• Often detected in 1st months of life
• Leg length discrepancy
• Asymmetric inguinal folds
• Hip instability on exam
• Can lead to early osteoarthritis in adulthood
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Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
• Ortolani
• Hip abducted while pushing trochanter anteriorly
• Dislocated hip: palpable clunk
• Barlow
• Hip adducted
• Unstable hip: palpable clunk
• American Academy of Pediatrics:
• Screen infants up to three months of age
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Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Diagnosis
• Often runs in families
• Clinical diagnosis with imaging confirmation
• Less than 4 months: ultrasound of hip Hip Ultrasound
• X-rays have limited value
• Bones are cartilaginous and not ossified
• More than 4 months: X-ray
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Treatment
• Abduction splint (Pavlik harness)
• Reduction
• Surgery
• Complications:
• Early osteoarthritis
• Avascular necrosis
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SCFE
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
• Slippage of overlying end of femur
• Epiphysis slips posteriorly
• Most common hip disorder in adolescence (~13 yrs)
• Periods of rapid growth shortly after puberty onset
• Groin pain and limp on affected side
Normal SCFE
• Limited hip motion
• Orthopedic emergency
• Diagnosis: X-ray (ice cream falling off cone)
• Treatment: surgical femoral head pinning
Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease
• Idiopathic avascular necrosis Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease
• Hip disorder in children (~6 years)
• Abnormal blood flow to femoral head
• Often presents as a painless limp
• Contrast with SCFE
• Subacute/insidious onset
• Usually over 1 month
• Contrast with other hip disorders
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Adams Forward Bend Test
• Patient bends forward at waist until spine parallel ground
• Patient observed from the back
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Scoliosis
Treatment
• Based on Cobb angle and skeletal maturity
• Smaller angles may not progress
• Skeletally immature patients may outgrow scoliosis
• Observation
• Smaller angles (< 20°)
• Bracing
• Surgery
• Larger angles (> 50°)
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Osgood-Schlatter Disease
Tibial tuberosity avulsion
• Overuse injury in children (usually 9 to 14)
• Pain and swelling at tibial tubercle
• Insertion point of patellar tendon
• Secondary ossification center of tibia
• Chronic avulsion (pulling)
• Diagnosis: clinical
• Usually benign, self-limited condition
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Metatarsus Adductus
• Most common congenital foot deformity
• Medial deviation of forefoot (“C shape”)
• Toes point inward
• Usually resolves spontaneously
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Talipes equinovarus
Club Foot
• Evident at birth
• Caused by deformity of talus
• Medial deviation of forefoot
• Foot supination
• Plantar surface turned inward
• Usually isolated (80% cases)
Talus Bone
• Non-isolated cases:
• Trisomy 18
• Spina Bifida
• Other disorders
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Talipes equinovarus
Treatment Ponseti Method Casting
• Stretching
• Casting and bracing
• Ponseti method
• Achilles tenotomy
• Done after casting
• Releases tightness in Achilles tendon
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Lower Extremity Alignment
• Varus: bow-legged
• Valgus: knock-kneed
• At birth varus alignment is normal
• Standing/walking: amount of varus increases
• Early walkers have more varus alignment
• By 24 months: alignment usually neutral
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Lower Extremity Alignment
• After 24 months: alignment becomes valgus
• Maximum valgus at 4 years
• After 4 years valgus alignment decreases
• By 7 years: permanent slight valgus
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Genu Varum
• Genu = knee
• Genu varum normal from birth until ~ 3 years
• Pathologic after 3 years
• Blount disease (most common cause)
• Skeletal dysplasia
• Rickets
• Systemic diseases affecting bone
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Blount Disease
• Abnormal growth plates near medial tibia
• Etiology poorly understood
• Diagnosis: clinical plus X-ray
• Treatment: bracing or surgery
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Skeletal Dysplasias
• Disorders of skeletal development
• Achondroplasia
• Pseudoachondroplasia
• Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia
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Rickets
• Calcium, phosphate or vitamin-D deficiency
• Poor mineralization of bone in children
• Bowed legs is a classic finding
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Flat Feet
Pes Planus
• Normal in babies
• Does not cause pain
• Requires evaluation only if limited range of motion
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Child Psychiatry
Jason Ryan, MD, MPH
Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Neurodevelopmental disorder
• Exact cause unknown
• Associated with TORCH infections
• Rubella, CMV
• Abnormal social skills
• Communication/interaction
• Repetitive behavior patterns
• Limited interests and activities
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Autism Spectrum Disorder
Diagnostic Criteria
• Clinical diagnosis
• Deficits in social interaction in multiple settings
• Failure of back-and-forth conversation
• Reduced sharing of interests, emotions
• Abnormal eye contact or body language
• Difficulty making friends
• Lack of interest in peers
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Diagnostic Criteria
• Restricted, repetitive patterns
• Repetitive movements, use of objects
• Insistence on sameness, unwavering adherence to routines
• Preoccupation with certain objects
• Symptoms must impair function
• Symptoms must be present in early development
• Often diagnosed about 2 years of age
• Symptoms sometimes present earlier but unnoticed
• Symptoms not accounted for by other causes
• Intellectual disability, learning disorder, deafness
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Other Features
• Intellectual impairment
• Variable
• Some skills weak (i.e. verbal communication, reasoning)
• Savants
• Some patients have special skills in one area
• Memory, music, art, math
• Classic example: determining day of week for given date
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Clinical Features
• Often identified by pediatrician
• Issues with behavior, language, socialization
• Failure to reach developmental milestones
• Not gesturing or babbling by 12 months
• No two-word phrases at 2 years
• Referral to ASD specialists for diagnosis
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Clinical Features
• More common among males
• Four times > females
• Increased head circumference
• 25% of cases: greater than the 97th percentile
Ephert/Wikipedia
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Associated Disorders
• Fragile X syndrome
• X-linked trinucleotide repeat disorder
• Long face, big ears, large testes
• Down’s syndrome
• Rett’s syndrome
• Neurodevelopmental disorder of girls
• Initially normal development
• Regression of cognitive/motor skills
• Repetitive hand movements
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Treatment
• Early behavioral intervention
• Behavioral management
• Occupational therapy (teaching skills for daily activity)
• Speech therapy
• No specific effective medical therapy
• Medications only for symptoms
• Hyperactivity
• Depression
• Two FDA-approved medications (antipsychotics)
• Risperidone
• Aripiprazole
ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Exact cause unknown
• Limited attention
• Hyperactivity
• Poor impulse control
• Normal intelligence on testing
• But may have difficulty in school
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ADHD
Diagnostic Criteria
• Frequent symptoms of hyperactivity/impulsivity
• Present in more than one setting (school/home)
• Persist for at least six months
• Present before age of 12
• Impairs social/school functioning
• Excessive for developmental level of the child
ADHD
Diagnostic Criteria
ADHD
Epidemiology
• Four times more common in males
• Most cases among children 6 to 12 years old
• Symptoms persist to adulthood up to 2/3 of cases
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ADHD
Treatment
• Behavioral interventions (rewards, time out)
• Behavioral therapy
• Stimulants
• Atomoxetine
• Alpha-2 agonists
• Best treatment: therapy plus medication
• Better than either alone
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Stimulants
• ADHD associated with decreased CNS dopamine activity
• Increase CNS dopamine and norepinephrine activity
• Increase CNS levels in synapses
• Improve ADHD symptoms
• ADHD children stimulated by activity
• Drugs relieve need to self-stimulate
Dopamine Norepinephrine
Stimulants
• Methylphenidate (Ritalin)
• Amphetamine (Adderall)
• Dexmethylphenidate (Focalin)
Amphetamine
Methylphenidate Dexamethylphenidate
Stimulants
Adverse Effects
• Loss of appetite
• Weight loss
• Insomnia
• Abuse potential
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Atomoxetine
• Considered a non-stimulant treatment for ADHD
• Selective norepinephrine re-uptake inhibitor
• No direct effects on dopamine systems in CNS
• Dopamine effects may cause euphoria
• Less abuse potential
• May have less insomnia, loss of appetite
Norepinephrine Atomoxetine
Alpha-2 Agonists
• Clonidine
• Guanfacine
• Decrease norepinephrine release
• Sedating and calming
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Tourette Syndrome
Tic Disorder
• Neurologic disorder
• Occurs in children
• Hallmark: recurrent tics
• Sudden, quick repetitive movements or speech
• Commonly co-occurs with other disorders
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – 60%
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) – 30%
Tourette Syndrome
• Motor tics
• Sudden, quick movements
• Eye blink
• Head jerk
• Grimace
• Speech (phonic) tics
• Sudden, quick speech, usually few words
• Coprolalia: obscene language
Tourette Syndrome
Diagnostic Criteria
• Based on clinical criteria
• Tics for at least one year
• Onset before 18 years (DSM-5 criteria)
• Multiple motor tics
• One or more phonic tics
• Tics occur many times a day
• Tics not be explained by another cause
Tourette Syndrome
Treatment
• Behavioral therapy (especially if OCD, ADHD)
• Antipsychotics
VMAT
• Haloperidol, pimozide, and aripiprazole D
• Fluphenazine, Risperidone
• May cause tardive dyskinesia D
• Tetrabenazine (“dopamine depletion”) D D
• Inhibits VMAT-2 (vesicular monoamine transporter type 2)
• Blocks uptake of dopamine synaptic vesicles (pre-synapse)
• Less dopamine storage/release D2
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Angry, irritable child
• Argues with authority figures
• Defiant
• Vindictive toward parents/teachers
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Diagnostic Criteria and Treatment
• Occurs with at least one individual who is not a sibling
• Causes problems at work, school or home
• Not caused by substance use, depression or bipolar
• Lasts at least six months
• Treatment: Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Resolves in most children
DMDD
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
• New disorder
• Added to DSM-V in 2013
• Controversial
• Some symptoms common (irritability)
• Similarities to ODD
• Few established treatments
DMDD
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
• Childhood mood disorder
• Must occur before age 10
• Excessively irritable or angry behavior
• Frequent temper outbursts
• At least three times per week
• At least two settings (home, school, etc.)
• Behavior out of proportion to situation
DMDD
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Anti-psychotics
• Anti-depressants
• Stimulants
Separation Anxiety Disorder
• Childhood anxiety disorder
• Distress when separating home/parents
• Refusal to leave home
• Refusal to go to school
• Worry about losing major attachment figures
• Persistent reluctance/refusal to go out
Separation Anxiety Disorder
• Nightmares about separation
• Repeated complaints of physical symptoms
• Headaches, upset stomach, nausea
• Occurs with separation or in anticipation
• Treatment: psychotherapy
• Goal: teach children coping skills
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Parent-child interaction therapy
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Conduct Disorder
• Childhood behavioral disorder
• Repeated pattern of violating rights of others
• Aggression to people/animals
• Destruction of property
• Lying or stealing
• Adult version: Antisocial personality disorder
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Bad Behavior
ODD DMDD
Argues Temper tantrums
Defiant
Congenital Gastroenterology I
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Meconium Meconium
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Delayed Meconium Passage
• May indicate intestinal obstruction
• Many potential causes
• Must consider meconium ileus and Hirschsprung’s
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Meconium ileus
• Small bowel obstruction due to meconium
• Meconium too thick/sticky (“inspissated”)
• Meconium plug forms
• Abdominal distension
• Bilious vomiting (green-yellow color)
• Almost all cases associated with cystic fibrosis
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Meconium ileus
Diagnosis
Plain X-ray Contrast Enema
• Abdominal x-ray
• Identifies dilated bowel loops
• “Soap-bubble” sign
• Meconium mixed with air
• Excludes perforation
• Contrast enema x-ray
• Small colon (“microcolon” - unused)
• Partial small bowel filling
• Pellets of meconium
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Hirschsprung’s Disease
Clinical Features
• Failure to pass meconium
• Abdominal distention
• Bilious vomiting
• Examination: no stool in rectal vault
• Squirt or blast sign
• Rectal exam → temporary obstruction relief
• Rapid emptying of bowels
• Less severe disease (uncommon): chronic constipation
Hirschsprung’s Disease
Diagnosis and Treatment
• Abdominal x-ray
• Dilated bowel
• No air in rectum
• Contrast enema: “transition zone”
• Done after x-ray showing no perforation
• Proximal distended bowel (normal)
• Distal bowel small (abnormal)
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Hirschsprung’s Disease
Diagnosis and Treatment
• Rectal “suction” biopsy
• Rectum ALWAYS involved (other areas variable)
• Standard biopsy may only show mucosa
• Need to biopsy full thickness including submucosa
• Diagnosis confirmed by showing absence of ganglion cells
• Treatment: colon resection
• Removal of colon without ganglion cells
Intestinal Atresia
• Atresia = closed/absent opening
• Can occur anywhere in GI tract
• Duodenum is most common
• Colon rare
• Associated with polyhydramnios
• Bilious vomiting in newborn
• Abdominal distension
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Duodenal Atresia Double Bubble Sign
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Jejunal-Ileal Atresia
• Vascular disruption → ischemic necrosis of intestine
• Necrotic tissue resorbed
• Leaves blind ends of bowel
• Bowel distal to blind end may be curled
• “Apple-peel atresia”
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Jejunal-Ileal Atresia Triple Bubble Sign
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Malrotation
• Failure of embryonic gut to rotate normally
• Improper positioning of the bowel
• Fibrous adhesions of peritoneum (Ladd Bands)
• Can cause duodenal obstruction from bands
• May be asymptomatic throughout life
• Sometimes incidentally discovered
• Most common presentation in babies: midgut volvulus
Midgut Volvulus
• Small bowel (usually ileum) twists around SMA
• Causes small bowel obstruction
• Vascular compromise → ischemia
• Usually presents 3 to 7 days of life
• Bilious vomiting
• Mild abdominal distention
• Blood in stool
• Sepsis (bowel necrosis)
• Fever
• Signs of peritonitis or shock possible
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Midgut Volvulus
• Best initial test: abdominal x-ray
• Can be normal in early stages
• May show dilated bowel loops Malrotation with Midgut Volvulus
• Excludes perforation
• US: dilated duodenum
• Normal US does not exclude diagnosis
• Diagnosis: upper GI series with contrast
• “Corkscrew” appearance of proximal small bowel
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Midgut Volvulus
• Treatment: urgent surgery
• Ladd’s procedure
• Remove adhesions and appendix
• Put small bowel on right, colon on left
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Bilious Emesis in Newborns
Contrast Enema SD SD
Hirschsprung’s
Meconium Ileus
Upper GI Series
Small intestinal atresia
Malrotation/Volvulus
Congenital Gastroenterology II
Jason Ryan, MD, MPH
Biliary Atresia
• Biliary obstruction in newborns
• Biliary ducts do not form or degenerate early in life
• Presents 2 to 8 weeks after birth
• Jaundice
• Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
• Dark urine
• Pale stools (“acholic”)
• Elevated AST/ALT
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Biliary Atresia
Diagnosis and Management
• Initial diagnosis: ultrasound
• Gallbladder absent or abnormal
• Absence of common bile duct Small, Irregular Gallbladder
• No other causes of obstruction
• Treatment: surgery (Kasai procedure)
• Hepatoportoenterostomy (HPE)
• Create conduit for bile drainage using small intestine
• Followed by treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid
• Modifies balance of bile acids to protect conduit
• Most children eventually need liver transplant
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VACTERL Association
• Vertebral defects
• Anal atresia
• Cardiac defects
• Tracheoesophageal fistula
• Renal anomalies
• Limb abnormalities
• Anomalies that commonly occur together
• Babies with VACTERL have at least three
• Diagnosis of one → screen for others
CDH
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
• Developmental defect of diaphragm
• Defective formation pleuroperitoneal membrane
• Abdominal organs herniate into chest
• In utero herniation → pulmonary hypoplasia
• Can lead to fetal demise
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CDH
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
• Diagnosis in utero: ultrasound
• At birth: chest x-ray
• Abdominal contents in chest
• Initial stabilization and ventilation
• Definitive treatment: surgery
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Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis
• Hypertrophy of pylorus
• Gastric outlet obstruction
• “Projectile,” non-bilious vomiting (clear/yellow)
• Palpable mass – “olive sign”
• Feels like olive Pylorus
• Metabolic alkalosis from vomiting
• Usually presents three to six weeks of age
• “Hungry vomiting”
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Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis
• 30% are first-born children
• More common in males
• Macrolide antibiotics
• Erythromycin and azithromycin
• Increased risk when used before 2 weeks of age Pylorus
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Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis
Target or Donut Sign String Sign
• Diagnosis: ultrasound (ultrasound) (contrast X-ray)
• “Target sign” or “Donut sign”
• Hypertrophied hypoechoic muscle
• Surrounds mucosa
• Upper GI contrast X-ray
• Done if US equivocal
• String sign
• Elongated pyloric canal
• Treatment:
• Volume resuscitation
• Surgery
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Omphalocele
• Persistence of normal herniation
• Intestines covered by peritoneal membrane
• Usually herniate through umbilical cord
• Easily identified on fetal ultrasound
• Rarely involves liver
• Liver does not normally herniate
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Omphalocele
• Many associated genetic defects
• Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
• Trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome)
• Trisomy 13
• Many associated conditions
• Congenital heart defects (up to 50% babies)
• Orofacial clefts
• Neural tube defects
• Treatment: surgical closure
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Gastroschisis
• Extrusion of bowel through abdominal wall defect
• Not covered by peritoneum
• Free-floating bowel in amniotic sac on US
• Elevated maternal AFP
• Incomplete closure of abdominal wall
• Paraumbilical abdominal wall defect
• Usually on right side of umbilical cord
• Bowel ischemia and necrosis may occur
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Gastroschisis
• Usually an isolated defect
• Contrast with omphalocele
• Usually no trisomy or other defects
• Treatment: surgery
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Meckel’s Diverticulum
• Most common congenital GI anomaly
• Diverticulum of small bowel (ileum)
• Persistent remnant of vitelline duct
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Meckel’s Diverticulum
• “True diverticulum”
• Contains all layers of bowel wall: mucosa, submucosa, muscular
• Contrast with colonic diverticula
• Often contains stomach tissue
• “Ectopic gastric tissue”
• Origin unclear
• Sometimes pancreatic tissue also
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Meckel’s Diverticulum
Clinical Features
• Usually no symptoms
• Often incidental discovery on imaging or at surgery
• Can present at any age but 50% < 10 years
• Ectopic gastric tissue may secrete acid
• Ulceration
• Pain
• Bleeding
• Most common symptom: painless bleeding
• Potential cause of obstruction, diverticulitis
Meckel’s Diverticulum
Rule of 2’s
• 2 percent of population
• Male-to-female ratio 2:1
• Within 2 feet from the ileocecal valve
• Usually 2 inches in size
Meckel’s Diverticulum
Diagnosis and Treatment Meckel’s Diverticulum
(technetium scan)
• Technetium scan
• Also called a “Meckel’s scan”
• Tracer taken up by gastric cells in diverticulum
• Treatment (symptomatic): surgery
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Intussusception
• “Telescoping” of intestine
• Intestine folds into lumen
• Often near the ileocecal junction
• Common in children (often < 2 years old)
• Abdominal pain
• GI bleeding: “currant jelly” (rare)
• Mixture of blood and mucous
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Intussusception
Lead Point
• Underlying lesions often lead to intussusception
• Intestine trapped and dragged by peristalsis
• Meckel’s diverticulum
• Lymphoid hyperplasia (viral gastroenteritis)
• Strong association with enteric adenovirus infection
• In adults: tumors
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Intussusception
Diagnosis and Management
• Diagnosis: abdominal ultrasound Target Sign
• “Bull’s Eye” sign or “Target” sign
• Treatment: air enema
• Resolves in-folding of intestine
• Surgery in severe, refractory cases
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Annular Pancreas
• Congenital anomaly of ventral pancreatic bud
• Fuses around duodenum
• Ring of pancreatic tissue that surrounds duodenum
• Usually asymptomatic
• Can cause small bowel obstruction
• Rarely leads to recurrent pancreatitis
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Annular Pancreas
Barium X-ray
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Pancreas Divisum
• Dorsal and ventral pancreatic ducts do not fuse
• Two separate ducts
• Often asymptomatic
• May cause pancreatitis
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