Pediatric Imaging
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must be imobilized - infant
- priciple stress factors: pain, seperation, immobilization
- 6 mo's to 3 years
- fear of unknown, explanation important, bandaids important
- 3-5 years
- Experiences and looks for lies, honesty best policy 7-8 years old must not be forced.
- school age
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Only in life threatening situations should they be forced
very modest (pregnancy) - Adolescents
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talk on the patients level, parents and attendants may be necessary
Sedation: used on rare occasions - Mental Retardation
- For immediate danger when doing pediatrics what should you do?
- immobilize
- What should you do for delayed dangers when examining children?
- Shield, collimate, lowest possible mAs,
- What are Latent Somatic Effects?
- Effects that occur years later including leukemia
- What is most at risk for Latent effects?
- Thyroid and bone marrow
- below normal body temperature for premature infants?
- hypothermia
- congenital defect characterized by cystic protrusion of meningest as a result of spina bifida
- myelomeningocele
- congenital defect resembles enormous umbilical hernia
- omphalocele
- brittle bones
- osteogenesis imperfecta
- use of sheets to immobilize
- mummy "bunny" technique
- for congenital clubfoot
- Kite position
- Ap of wrists or knees to check epiphysis
- Bone age
- Fractures through epiphysis are called what?
- Salter Harris type fractures
- One of the most dangerous causes of acute airway obstruction in children and should be treated as an emergency.
- Epiglottitis
- Cause of epiglottitis?
- Haemophilus influenza
- Chest immobilization device
- Pigg-o-stat
- lateral rotatory curvature of the spine
- scoliosis
- What do you need for scoliosis?
- Right and Left bending films