Neonatal infections — Flashcards

Flashcard 21: _____ is used for the **prophylaxis** of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (early) and the **treatment** of Chlamydia trachomatis D-K (late) neonatal conjunctivitis.

Answer: Erythromycin

Extra: Oral erythromycin is given for chlamydia to prevent pneumonia. Timing: - Neisseria (early): 2–5 days - Chlamydia (late): 5–14 days

Flashcard 22: What viral infection can present with ventriculomegaly, microcephaly and periventricular calcifications in the brain? _____

Answer: CMV

Flashcard 23: Newborns are routinely given a(n) vitamin K injection in the hospital, thus a risk factor for hemorrhagic disease of the newborn is _____

Answer: home birth

Extra: * Newborn unlikely to receive vitamin K injections during home births

Flashcard 24: In neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage, bleeding usually originates from the _____, highly vascularized layer of the subventricular zone that starts disappearing at 28 weeks gestation

Answer: germinal matrix

Flashcard 25: Group B strep (Streptococcus agalactiae) is part of the natural flora of the GI tract and _____

Answer: vagina

Flashcard 26: Newborns that are suffering from ABO hemolytic disease of the newborn can be treated with: _____ Exchange transfusion

Answer: Phototherapy

Flashcard 27: CMV in newborns can present with blueberry muffin rash, _____ and jaundice

Answer: hepatosplenomegaly

Flashcard 28: What pulse is associated with the following scores using the Apgar score? 0: _____ 1: _____ 2: _____

Answer: no pulse

Flashcard 29: Which demographic will show normal ALT levels in viral hepatitis? _____

Answer: Neonates (neonatal hepatitis)

Flashcard 30: Breast milk jaundice causes a(n) _____ hyperbilirubinemia that peaks at age 2 weeks

Answer: indirect