GESTATIONAL AGE AND SIZE (NEONATOLOGY)
INFANT MORTALITY 9-10/1,000 births causes • congenital • prematurity (RDS, intracranial hemorrhage) • asphyxia •...
ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE
premature separation of a normally implanted placenta after 20 weeks OF gestation incidence = 0.5-1.5% Classificati...
PLACENTA PREVIA
abnormal location of the placenta at or near the internal cervical os 1/200 at time of delivery many are low lying in early pregnancy...
Types of Abortions
Types of Abortions THERAPEUTIC ABORTIONS Medical management < 9 weeks use methotrexate plus misoprostol (experimental) ...
PNEUMONIA and ASTHMA ( Pediatrics )
PNEUMONIA Clinical Features incidence is greatest in first year of life fever, cough, crackles tachypnea, tachycar...
LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES ( WHEEZING,BRONCHIOLITIS )
WHEEZING Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing asthma: recurrent wheezing episodes pneumonia: fever, cough, malaise ...
UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES (STRIDOR,CROUP AND EPIGLOTTITIS,FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION)
STRIDOR Common Causes of Stridor lumen: foreign body, hypertrophic tonsils or adenoids respiratory wall: croup, epiglot...
GENITAL ABNORMALITIES
Hypospadias 1:500 newborns urethral meatus opens on the ventral side of the penis,proximal to the glans may be associated w...
URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION and VESICOURETERAL REFLUX (VR)
URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION Posterior Urethral Valves 1/50 000 most common obstructive urethral lesion in male infants muco...
HEMOLYTIC UREMIC and NEPHRITIC/NEPHROTIC SYNDROMES
HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME acquired renal insufficiency triad: nephropathy, thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemi...
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