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1
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RDS.

a) Cause and clinical features
b) Appearance on CXR
c) Management

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a) Inadequate surfactant (usually premature infants):
b) Ground glass appearance

c) SOS CpAp:
o Surfactant via ETT
o Oxygen (target: 91 – 95%)
o Supportive (nutrition, hydration, temperature, glucose, electrolytes)
o CPAP (non-invasive) or IPPV (invasive)
o Antibiotics (if culture negative, can discontinue)

2
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Neonatal jaundice.

a) Early (< 24h) - causes
b) When is jaundice normal?
c) Late (> 2 weeks) - causes
d) Investigations

A

a) Haemolysis (unconjugated): ABO incompatibility, Rhesus disease, G6PD deficiency
b) 2 days - 2 weeks: usually physiological (in breastfed infants)

c) - Unconjugated:
- Conjugated: biliary atresia (urgent surgical intervention)

d) BLITH:
o Bilirubin level (transcutaneous or serum if < 24h/preterm)
o LFTs
o Infection screen (TORCH, septic screen)
o TFTs
o Haemolytic causes (Maternal and foetal ABO/Rh, peripheral blood film, Coombs test, red cell enzyme assays, reticulocyte count)

3
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Problems of prematurity.

A
  • Chronic lung disease,
  • retinopathy
  • NEC - stop feeds, ABx, inotropes, surgery if required
  • ## Intraventricular haemorrhage (grading; risk of spastic cerebral palsy), periventricular leukomalacia
4
Q

Meconium aspiration.

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5
Q

Transient tachypnoea of the newborn.

a) Who gets it?
b) Sign on CXR
c) Management

A

a) Term CS babies
b) Fluid in horizontal fissure
c) Ambient O2

6
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Congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

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7
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NEC

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