Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
URI? / 2/1000 leading COD in infants 1 mo to 1 year
chronic hypoxia? / sleep apnea? /
Reduce risk by sleeping in prone position
Pediatric Hematologic
Apt test – distinguishes fetal from maternal blood – useful in situations like vasa previa
Hyperbilirubinemia
Physiologic jaundice
physiologic jaundice occurs day 3-4 / 8-10mg/dL
2.5 kg infants – 6% have level above ?
12.9 mg/dl –– peak 4th day – cephalopedal progression / increased production, higher hematocrit (40-60 normal), decreased red cell survival (80 days), decreased ligandin, decreased glucoronyl transferase, decreases EH circulation
Asian >> Caucasian >> black
breastfeed > formula
males >> females
premature >> term
diabetic mother
Pathological jaundice
Definitions: clinical jaundice in 1st 24 hours
total bilirubin level rate of rise > 5 mg/dl/day
total serum bilirubin > 13 mg in term infant
direct serum bilirubin > 2 mg/dl at any time
clinical jaundice for > 1-2 weeks in a term infant
Mechanism: glucuronide transferase activity- adequate after several days / pregnanediol in mother’s milk inhibits conjugation
Causes:
excessive RBC breakdown (e.g. sepsis, erythroblastosis)
defects in uptake (galactosemia, tyrosinemia, hypo/hyperpituitary, breast milk jaundice, prematurity
Presentation:
Early: lethargy, poor feeding, loss of Moro reflex (usu. present to 6 months)
Later: rigidity, opisthotonos, cry, choreoathetosis, more
Course: 50% mortality, 80% of survivors with neurological sequelae (kernicterus - bile staining of CNS gray matter)
Treatment: phototherapy, hydration (not too much), exchange transfusion, phenobarbital?, albumin?
Photoisomerization
(blue light range) changes ZZ to ZE, which is excreted into bile
Also converted to lumirubin, which is excreted into the urine
Efficiency based on skin exposure, 15-20 cm from baby, eyes patched, turned frequently, bili blankets use fiberoptics and may increase the exposed surface area
Exchange transfusion
double volume exchange done through the umbilical vein and artery, infection,
hypocalcemia, hyperkalemia
Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Diagnosis: LFT, liver ultrasound, bacterial and viral cultures, HIDA scan (biliary atresia, HIDA won’t be excreted into intestine)
More on Bilirubin Metabolism
unconjugated – indirect, lipid soluble
conjugated – direct, water soluble
Physiologic Jaundice
late onset breast milk jaundice
elevated 1st week
10-30 mg/dl by 10-15 days, continues for 3-12 weeks, levels normalize 48 hrs stopping breast feeding / can occur early – possibly related to dehydration
ABO incompatibility (see transfusion medicine)
most common hemolytic disease of newborn (HDN)
Most infants have only mild jaundice, observe for late onset of anemia
Some develop hyperbilirubinemia and require phototherapy
exchange transfusion is needed only occasionally
AO is the most common form
Rh incompatibility
Mild – phototherapy
Moderate – exchange transfusion
Anti-D globulin (RhoGAM), given at 28 weeks and at birth if infant is Rh+
Given to Rh- women who have miscarriages, abortions
Kleihauer-Betke test measures amount of fetal Hb in mother [wiki]
1 ml can eliminate 10 ml of antigenic fetal cells
Congenital Disorders of Bilirubin Metabolism
Crigler-Najjar – infant death
absent UDP-glucuronide transferase / unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia / jaundice, kernicterus
Gilbert’s disease
milder form / unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia / Ddx: hemolysis
Treatment: plasmapheresis, phototherapy
Dubin-Johnson
conjugated bilirubinemia, defective secretion of bile / black liver, obstruction
Rotor’s syndrome
milder form
Pediatric GI
Necrotizing enterocolopathy (NEC)
80% are premature / susceptibility requires GI colonization
dive reflex lowers perfusion, lowers mucous / enzymes degrade, bacteria invade / perforation / DIC follows necrosis / fibrin covers perforation / pneumatosis intestinalis / multiple segments / reepithelialization 3 days / granulation 8-9 days / scar formation 6 months
Tracheoesophageal fistula (1/1000)
90% esophageal atresia w/ tracheal-lower esophageal fistula / H-type compatible w/ life
50% have associated malformations
Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (1/1000)
2-3 wks onset / 80% males / 1/3 first born / 10% associated malformations
Cleft palate
children with cleft palate or submucosal cleft palate should not have adenectomy because the adenoids help close of nasopharynx during speech
Duodenal
associated malformations / Down’s syndrome
Jejunum/Ileum
associated malformations rare / hydramnios / ischemia / acquired in utero / idiopathic < 2yrs old
Congenital Malrotations
associated with Ladd’s bands (cecum to ULQ, obstruct duodenum) / most cases present with vomiting in first few weeks (can be months, rarely up to 1 year) from Ladd’s band or midgut volvulus / a few remain asymptomatic / all infants with bilious vomiting are malrotation until proven otherwise
Congenital annular pancreas
most commonly presents with vomiting from duodenal obstruction
Meckel’s diverticulum (1/50) rule of 2’s
50% are gastric epithelium (can be other type) / males > female / 40-90 cm (2 feet) proximal to ileocecal valve on antimesenteric side / remnant of vitelline duct / 2% incidence (90% asymptomatic)
fixed duct volvulus
inverted lead point intussusception
Imaging: pertechnetate Tc-99 scan for gastric mucosal /barium may be useful
Complications: bleeding (50%, ulceration from acid), obstruction (25%), intussusception, volvulus, incarceration), perforation (20%)
Presentation: bleeding (1st LGI bleed in < 2 yrs), obstruction / may present w/ granuloma at umbilicus / associated malformations?
Ddx: celiac disease, others
Treatment: resection
Hirschprung’s (megacolon)
1 in 5000, 4:1 males
aganglionosis with hypertrophy of muscularis occurring in rectum (26%), sigmoid (53%), descending colon (10%) / dilatation of proximal segment / how far did the neurons not get?
meconium plug syndrome (not that common) – liberated by barium enema? -
20-25% of neonatal obstructions
trisomy 21 / 2.5% w/ megaloureters
Presentation: FTT, constipation, distention, vomiting, perforation, enterocolitis / 70% 0-3 months / 10% 4-12 months 17% 1-5 yrs
enterocolitis has a 30% mortality; 20-30% of mortality? is GN sepsis (rarely over 2 yrs old, 2/3 under 3 months), 50% pseudomembranous – (maybe C. difficile, other normal flora in many cases)
Diagnosis:
barium enema (send to pediatric radiologists)
anorectal manometry
suction biopsy (sub-mucosal plexus, 3-4 cm proximal to pectinate line, don’t do it too distally)
full thickness biopsy (myenteric plexus, again use experienced pediatric pathologist, ganglion cells, nerve trunks, etc.)
Acquired megacolon
Chagas disease - trypanosomes destroy plexi
obstruction -neoplasm or inflammatory stricture
toxic megacolon - ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease
psychosomatic disorder
?idiopathic megacolon – common – onset 2-3 yrs – fecal soiling (never in HD) - even from 0-12 yrs age – abdominal distension rare – infrequent, hard stools
cholase DOES NOT really work for constipation
the case against mineral oil – pt’s don’t like leaking, staining clothes
stimulant cathartics are not recommended for long term use
Lactulose – stool softener / biofeedback has similar success (more cumbersome therapy)
Encoprosis (very common)
Atresia and stenosis
duodenum (most common) / atresia more than stenosis / double-bubble (air in proximal duodenum and stomach, associated with Down’s)
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
usually occurs on left, posterolateral defect (foramen of Bochdalek) / heart pushed to the right side / unilateral pulmonary hypoplasia other malformations / eventration (elevated diaphragm with attenuated muscle) / scaphoid abdomen / 100% mortality if left untreated
Omphalocele
Membrane covering / larger defect, may contain liver / associated abnormalities in 50% (pentalogy of Cantrell: diaphragmatic hernia, cardiac, omphalocele, pericardial defect, sternal cleft) / 1 in 5000
Treatment: fluids, antibiotics, surgery
Gastroschisis
No membrane covering, thickened bowel / R > L (of cord) / 2-4 cm / less common than
omphalocele, intestinal atresia in 10-15% (but no other associations) / complications: hypothermia,
hypovolemia, sepsis, metabolic acidosis, NEC, prolonged ileus
Treatment: similar to omphalocele (90% survival)
Pediatric Liver Disease (see liver)
Neonatal hepatitis - good prognosis
most common cause of infantile cholestasis / giant cell transformation
Extrahepatic biliary atresia
fibrosis obliterates bile ducts / bile duct proliferation / biliary cirrhosis w/ remaining parenchyma susceptible to ischemia / Treatment: Kasai procedure, liver transplant
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
PiMM is normal genotype / PiS and Piz abnormal / emphysema in adults / chronic liver disease in children / portal hypertension, cirrhosis (50%) / PAS positive globules in periportal hepatocytes
Treatment: liver transplantation
Tyrosinemia
fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase def. / death < 1 (acute) <10 (chronic) / fatty change
Treatment: transplant
Hemochromatosis (neonatal)
iron overload / liver fibrosis / central vein necrosis / early death / Treatment: transplant
Other Causes of Cholestasis
Alagille’s syndrome (paucity of ducts) / Byler’s disease / Caroli’s disease / errors of metabolism
Congenital Heart Disease
ASD, VSD, TOF, transposition, AV valve malformations, PDA, coarctation,
Genetic Syndromes
Down’s, Turner’s, Edward’s, Marfan’s, Prader-Willi, congenital deafness, JLN, William’s
1 in 50 births / ¼ of all major malformations
1) VSD
2) HLH
3) TOF
there are some lesion that are difficult to detect by fetal echo, such as small to moderate size VSD’s, coarctation, minor valve abnormalities, and of course, persistence of an ASD or a PDA (can be diagnosed after the baby is born)
ASD
Ostium secundum (most common) / Lutembacher’s – secundum defect and acquired MS
Ostium primum defect – endocardial cushion / MR
Sinus venosus (2-3%)
Usually asymptomatic until 40s / DOE, RHF, pulmonary HTN (50% over 40 yrs)
Complications: MR, MS, paradoxical embolism,
Findings: wide fixed (or not), split S2, incomplete RBB on ECG (rSr or rsR)
Treatment: surgical correction (risk 1-3%) or catheter based insertion of corrective device / treatment is recommended even in patients from time of diagnosis to over 60 yrs
VSD
Infracristal (80%) - 4 other defects
Supracristal - truncus arteriosis
Single ventricle - transposition of great arteries
Course: may close spontaneously before < 10 yrs / L to R shunt with Qp:Qs > 1.5 will cause problems
Findings: loud pansystolic murmur and/or systolic thrill on LLS border, increased pulmonary arterial pressure, PaO2 from RA to RV increases from 60 to 80 mm Hg / S2 splitting?
Treatment:
afterload reduction (nitrates, intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation)
repair VSD at earliest sign of heart failure (urgent)
Small shunt usually do not repair small defects / small minority can develop TR/AR
Moderate shunt catheterization for evaluation and surgical or balloon repair / post-repair residual patency rate (20%), re-operation rate (5%), RBB (30-60%), heart block (10%), SCD (2%)
Eisenmenger’s syndrome
may occur from ASD > VSD or aortopulmonary shunt / progressive increase in pulmonary vascular resistance leads to reversal of shunting / leads to progressive AR from prolapse of aortic valve leaflet / no longer candidates for surgery, so no need for invasive studies / clubbing in toes > left arm > right arm
Ddx (for cyanosis): Ebstein’s anomaly, TOF, truncus arteriosis
Truncus Malformations
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
Dextroposition of aorta (overriding aorta)
right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH)
pulmonary valve stenosis
infracristal VSD
cyanosis within 1 day, may be late in TOF (mild case may present up to 2 yrs old)
RV tap +/- thrill
loud & single S2, +/- murmur
EKG shows RAD + RVH (? LVH in pulmonary artery)
CXR – boot-shaped heart
Echocardiogram - ?
TOF hypoxic spells (blue or tet spells)
precipitating causes: bowel movement, crying with hunger, finger stick, etc
leads to irritability, loss of consciousness, acidosis, tachypnea, air hunger, increasing cyanosis
Treatment: rest, oxygen, knee-chest position (squatting), morphine, bicarbonate, beta-blockers, general anesthesia, emergency shunt (thought to increase systemic resistance and decrease R-L shunting)
Treatment:
Treat hypoxic spells (above), PGE1 (opens ductus arteriosis), balloon atrial septostomy
surgery – switch (RV is not capable, long term develops aortic insufficiency)
venous – mustard or senning
arterial – before 2-3 weeks of life
Must increase blood flow to lungs!
before 6 months – systemic (aorta or subclavian if older) to pulmonary artery shunt (Blalock-Taussig or modification, Waterston-Cooley or modification, Pott’s)
after 6 months - corrective surgery (switch has been done 15-18 yrs, so far with good success?)
Truncus Arteriosus
supracristal VSD / single artery to aorta, lungs / pulmonary HT / death < 1yr
Transposition of Great Arteries
incompatible with life in absence of communication
TGA + Intact ventricular septum male predominance, h/o diabetes, newborn cyanosis
TGA + defective septum cyanotic at one month?
AV, Semilunar Valve malformations
Endocardial cushion defect
(foramen primum, VSD, etc.) / Trisomy 21 (Down’s)
Endocardial fibroelastosis
usually causes CHF in 1st year of life
Tricuspid valve atresia
all have ASD
Presentation: cyanosis or heart failure, overactive cardiac impulse, holosystolic murmur
CXR shows prominent RAD, ?EKG RAE, LAD + LVH
Treatment: PGE1, decongestive therapy, balloon atrial septostomy, SHUNT, BT
SVC to pulmonary artery shunt
At 3-4 months, bi-directional Glenn – bring SVC blood into pulmonary arteries
At 4-6 months – Fontan procedure - bring IVC blood into pulmonary arteries
Ebstein’s anomaly
Downward displacement of tricuspid (lithium)
ECG: peaked P waves, wide, bizarre QRS
Findings: pre-excitation (20%), SVT, Afib/flutter (30-40%)
Pulmonary valve stenosis CHF
Pulmonary valve atresia – death w/out shunt
Mitral valve atresia – hypoplastic LV - fatal
Aortic valve atresia – same
Patent Ductus (PDA)
Findings: Continuous murmur from L-R shunt (1st or 2nd left ICS), systolic murmur from high pulmonary vascular resistance, widened pulse pressure
ECG: LA enlargement and LVH / prolonged PR in 20%
CXR: calcification at PDA, dilated ascending aorta and pulmonary artery, LA/LV enlargement
Course: 1/3 die from infective endocarditis (0.45%/yr after 20 yrs) / 2/3 die by age 60 yrs / causes congestive heart failure in premature infants
Treatment: closure recommended even for small defects / surgery or catheter-implanted Rashkind prosthesis (residual shunt rate < 10% at 3 yrs) / 5% develop Eisenmenger’s (operation not recommended)
Coronary arteries
- origin from pulmonary artery - angina, MI sooner or later
- fistula from coronary artery to right ventricle - L-R, R-L shunt
anomalies of aortic arch
ductus arteriosus
aortic arch obstruction
hypoplasia or interruption is associated with other intracardiac defects
Coarctation of the aorta (localized)
7% of cardiac malformations / men 2x > women / most common distal to origin of left subclavian / lower incidence of associated intracardiac defects (mostly: gonadal dysgenesis/Turner’s and bicuspid aortic valve and also: aberrant subclavian artery, PDA, VSD, parachute mitral valve, berry aneurysm)
Presentation: HTN in upper body, epistaxis, leg claudication
Findings: LVH, enlarged collateral vessels in upper body, reduced development of lower limbs; may be no murmur or midsystolic murmur over anterior chest and back
Diagnosis: clinical or TEE or CT/MRI of chest
Course: leads to CHF early (3-6 months) or late (adulthood) / made worse when ductus closes
anomalous venous connection
-many types
TAPVR (with and without obstruction)
With obstruction will produce pulmonary congestion with reticular pattern on CXR
Will be benefit from balloon opening an ASD to allow mixing?
Pediatric Neuro
Intraventricular (germinal matrix) hemorrhage
terminal veins subject to anoxia (or pressure ?) and rupture into ventricles
Grade I - IV (IV involves cerebral parenchyma) / associated with RDS
Periventricular leukomalacia
hypoxic-ischemic injury / coagulation, liquefactive necrosis of white matter / effects full-term too
Childhood Tumors
Unsorted:
leukemia
CNS
lymphoma (Hodgkin’s)
Histiocytoses
Renal
Other
hemangioma - appears invasive, but is not
neuroblastoma - may regress even w/ mets
juvenile melanoma - anaplasia w/out malignant behavior
Note: histology and progression do not always correlate
Histiocytoses
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
children of any age / solitary form, eosinophilic granuloma occurs in children > 2 yrs
Letterer-Siwe (fatal < 2 yrs)
Acute disseminated histiocytosis X (type of Langerhans cell histiocytoses) / infancy, behaves malignant although not cytologically malignant / primary visceral RES (lymph nodes, liver, spleen / lungs (diffuse honeycombing) and skin (greasy, scaly, hemorrhagic or petechial, maculopapular, NOT urticarial) [dermis], lytic lesions in skull or long bones / can mimic almost any type of neoplasm
Course: death within months left untreated
Treatment: responds to vincristine or methotrexate
Farquhar’s
familial phagocytic reticulocytosis
Localized eosinophilic granuloma
long bone or rib, necrosis
Disseminated eosinophilic granuloma (Hand-Schüller-Christian)
bone and viscera, diabetes insipidus
Fibromatoses
quasi-neoplasia / locally invasive / may recur / do not metastasize
Infantile myofibromatosis
Multiple (90%) lesions of skin, subcutaneous tissue, soft tissue, bone, viscera
Nonossifying fibroma
Usually eccentric, can cause deviation of cortex
Ossifying fibroma (osteofibrous dysplasia)
Almost always < 20 yrs (usually < 10 yrs)
Lytic lesions, sclerosis, bowing deformity of tibia / usually tibia/fibula / often intracortical with intramedullary extension
Hemangiomas
capillary - localized, regression
cavernous - not localized, no regression / large vascular sinusoids
mixed - not localized, no regression / thrombocytopenia
gonadal teratoma (2 tissue layers in pediatrics)
ovary - malignant, testis - benign (opposite of adult)
sacrococcygeal - females, highly malignant after 4 months old
yolk sac tumor - malignant after 1 year / Schiller-Duval bodies / elevated aFP
Renal Tumors of Childhood
Wilm’s tumor - good prognosis
90% renal tumors in < 5 yrs old / abdominal pain, hematuria, anemia, fever / 10% bilateral pattern: undifferentiated, epithelial, stromal or anaplastic associated with aniridia (20% will have Wilm’s tumor, absence or hypoplasia of iris)
Radiology: distorts renal image (whereas neuroblastoma will displace entire kidney downward)
Congenital mesoblastic nephroma
most common congenital renal tumor / appears early
nephroblastomatosis - trisomy 18 / diffuse, subcapsular clusters / good survival
clear cell sarcoma
rhabdoid tumor
Childhood Neural tumors
Children (infratentorial)
cerebellar astrocytoma (benign) > medulloblastoma > ependymoma
Prognosis: < 1 yr old onset - better prognosis / adrenal origin - poor prognosis / triploid is good, di/tetraploid is bad / chromosome 1 or n-myc is bad
Staging: Evan’s staging / Stage IVS (small resectable primary w/ bone marrow, skin, liver mets / usually regress spontaneously)
Clinical: may produce compensatory head tilt from cranial nerve involvement with strabismus
Neuroblastoma (2nd most common childhood neoplasm)
Childhood (< 5 yrs) tumor of adrenal medulla, abdomen, mediastinum / secrete NE
Location: adrenal > abdomen, pelvis > cervical, thorax
Labs: VMA, HVA, n-myc are elevated
Pathology: Homer-Wright pseudorosettes surround a central fibrillar material / mitoses present small blue cell tumor / widespread mets
Course: spontaneous regression (even stage IVs with micromets) / may differentiate to ganglioneuroma (benign)
primary tumor abdominal mass, RDS, paralysis, bowel/bladder dysfunction, Horner’s, heterochromia of iris (affected side), incidental finding on CXR
metastatic hepatomegaly, bone pain (up to 50% of cases involve bone diffusely), ecchymoses, subcutaneous nodules (purpuric rather than diffuse, greasy as in histiocytosis), anemia, fever, FTT
paraneoplastic VIP (diarrhea, abdominal distension), opsonoclonus (myoclonus, cerebellar ataxia), catecholamine overproduction
Ganglioneuroblastoma
nodular, intermixed, borderline (more NB component)
Ganglioneuroma - prognosis?
posterior mediastinum / differentiated, benign / plasma, lymphocyte infiltrate / may occur in isolation or as part of MEN III
Craniopharyngiomas
rare - benign but invasive tumor of children (7-12 yrs) / increased ICP, calcifications of sella turcica (75%), visual deficits, endocrine dysfunction (most common pituitary tumor in children, causes growth failure) / post-surgical radiation
Other Childhood Tumors
Hepatoblastoma - poor prognosis
< 2-3 yrs old / hepatocellular or mixed / aggressive, lung mets / 30-50% 5 yr survival in young children with surgery (slower metastasis in children) and chemotherapy / Labs: elevated a-FP and AP / associated with hemihypertrophy, Beckwith-Wiedermann syndrome, diaphragmatic and umbilical hernias
Rhabdomyosarcoma
most common soft tissue sarcoma of childhood / may arise anywhere / 18% mets at presentation orbital, GU primaries do better / relapse carries poor prognosis
embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma - better prognosis / younger children / head, neck
alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma - worse prognosis / older children
Cystic hygroma (benign)
lymphangioma of infancy and early childhood / ¾ present in head/neck / easy to diagnose on physical exam do not regress, must be surgically removed
Retinoblastoma
40% genetic basis / siblings get eye exams until 7 yrs
Genetic Syndromes
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| Autosomal Dominant |
Autosomal Recessive
| GI |
Gilbert’s
Familial polyposis, Gardner’s, Peutz-Jeghers, Juvenile polyposis
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Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
Hemochromatosis
Wilson’s disease
| Renal |
Adult polycystic kidney disease (APKD)
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| Endocrine |
Familial combined hypercholesterolemia
Familial hypertriglyceridemia
MEN
Benign familial hypocalciuria
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Dysbetalipoproteinemia
Vitamin D dependent rickets
| Heme |
von Willebrand disease
C/S/ATIII deficiency
Dysfibrinogenemias
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Sickle cell anemia
Beta-thalassemia
Factor deficiency (5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13)
Glanzman thrombasthenia
Bernard-Soulier
| Neuro |
Charcot-Marie Tooth I (some II)
Huntington’s chorea
Myotonic dystrophy
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Charcot-Marie Tooth II
| Other |
Marfans
HOCM (IHSS)
Neurofibromatosis
Hereditary angioedema
mastocytosis
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Cystic fibrosis
Homocystinuria
Albinism
Deafness
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