PAEDIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY END SEMESTER EXAM REVISION QUESTIONS. ALL EXAM REVISION QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (ALREADY GRADED A+) (2024 UPDATE) 100% GUARANTEED
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PHYSIOTHERAPY
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PHYSIOTHERAPY
S&S of FASD - ANSWER- LBW, small head circumference, failure to thrive, organ
dysfunction, epilepsy
Poor socialisation skills - difficulty building and maintaining friendships and relating to groups
Learning difficulties, including poor memory, inability to understand concepts such as time and
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S&S of FASD - ANSWER- LBW, small head circumference, failure to thrive, organ
dysfunction, epilepsy
Poor socialisation skills - difficulty building and maintaining friendships and relating to groups
Learning difficulties, including poor memory, inability to understand concepts such as time and
money, poor language comprehension, poor problem solving skills, lack of imagination or
curiosity
Behavioural problems, including hyperactivity, inability to concentrate, social withdrawal,
stubbornness, impulsiveness and anxiety
Three key diagnostic features of FASD - ANSWER- Facial dysmorphology
Growth restriction
CNS functional impairment - emphasis in diagnosing now on CNS functional impairment.
PT management of FASD - ANSWER- Assessment and treat what you find
- Developmental delay
- Low muscle tone
,- Poor balance and coordination
- Gait abnormalities
- Postural deformities
- Poor muscle strength - especially core muscles
Adolescence - ANSWER- Starts with puberty when hormone levels rise and start the body
changes needed to turn you in to a young woman/man
Stage 1: letting childhood go - early: 9-13
2: Forming family of friends: mid: 13-15
3: acting more grown up: late: 15-18
4: stepping off on own: 18-25
Understanding adolescents - ANSWER- Will not talk- grunts
Argue to sake of it
Jump to conclusions - logic can be hard to follow
Self-centred
Find fault with adult position
Overly dramatic
Risk taking behaviour
Assessment and treatment can be challenging
,Will not simply 'open up'
Be flexible to accomodate wide range of adolescents
Communication - ANSWER- Maintain frequent eye contact, be prepared to share info about
self
Use approximate manner, convey warmth, show respect
Match adolescents emotional state unless hostile
Don't appear bored/impatient/threatening
Be brief -have short attention spans
Listen: carefully, non-judgementally and listen more than you speak, listen for what is left unsaid,
pay attention to emotion behind words, emphatic, ensure congruence between verbal and non-
verbal communication, don't interrupt
Gestational age (GA) - ANSWER- How nany weeks gestation the baby was when they were
born
EDB/EDA - ANSWER- Estimated date of birth/arrival
When is a foetus considered viable? - ANSWER- >23 weeks gestation
At how many weeks is a baby called premature? - ANSWER- < 37 weeks
At how many weeks is a baby called a 'term baby' - ANSWER- 37-40 weeks
Plurality - ANSWER- Multiple births
, Term for 0-4 week y/o - ANSWER- Neonate/newborn
Term for 4 week - 1 y/o - ANSWER- Infant/baby
Term for 1-2 y/o - ANSWER- Toddler
Term for 3-5 y/o - ANSWER- Pre-scholar
Term for 6-12 y/o - ANSWER- School aged child
Term for 13-18 y/o - ANSWER- Adolescent
LBW - ANSWER- Low birth weight
SGA - ANSWER- Small for gestational age
IUGR - ANSWER- Intrauterine growth retardation
HIE - ANSWER- Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy - type of brain damage that occurs when
an infant's brain doesn't receive enough O2 and blood
NICU - ANSWER- Neonatal intensive care unit
SCN - ANSWER- Special care nursery
HDU - ANSWER- High dependency unit
PICU - ANSWER- Paediatric intensive care
TPN - ANSWER- Total paternal nutrition - the feeding of a person intravenously, bypassing
the usual process of eating and digestion, Person receive nutritional formulae.
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