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Others reasons for brain ultrasound? |
Hypoxia event, trauma, cranionsyntosis, large HC, bulging fontanels or persisting large fontanel, suspecting infection or mass |
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Most common indicator for neonatal brain ultrasound? |
Premature infants and follow up to monitor intracranial hemorrhage. |
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What clinical Sx will you encounter for neonate exam? |
Seizure, low APGAR score, failure to thrive, neurologic physical exam changes |
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When scanning head, careful with amount of pressure, can cause? |
Brachycardia |
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When scanning head, careful with amount of pressure, can cause? |
Brachycardia |
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Clogging of foramen or arachnoid granulation? Can get assoc chemical ventriculitis ependymal lining of the ventricles inflamed From blood products |
Hydrocephalus |
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67% incidence of intracranial hemorrhage with? Highest risk? |
< 32 weeks < 30 weeks |
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Which acoustic window provides better visual of 3rd and 4th ventricle and avoids the tentorium? |
Mastoid fontanel. |
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Most affected is the peritrigonal of the posterior lateral ventricles and the white matter around the frontal horns. Preemies, this is watershed, end arteries that lack collateral circulation. |
PVL |
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Most affected is the peritrigonal of the posterior lateral ventricles and the white matter around the frontal horns. Preemies, this is watershed, end arteries that lack collateral circulation. |
PVL |
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Pericerebral fluid collections for the neonatal brain include? |
Extraaxial, subarachnoid, subdural |
