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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
✓ Cortisol deficiency can be associated with aldosterone deficiency=
salt wasting
✓ Salt wasting results in circulatory collapse- shock
✓ Ambiguous genitalia
✓ Treat with IV glucocorticoids
Ambiguous genitalia
✓ 21OH Deficiency- decreased cortisol production leads to increased
testosterone and androgens
✓ congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia electrolye imbalances
✓ hyponatremia and hyperkalemia
hydronephrosis
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✓ kidney swelling with urine due to blockage or obstruction
✓ common cause uteropelvic junction obstruction
✓ treat with prophylactic antibiotics to prevent infection of urine backing
up
✓ evaluate using VCUG
PUV
✓ Posterior urethral valves
✓ Affects males only
✓ Tissue blocks urethral valve and urine can't flow out of bladder
✓ Causes: oligohydramnios, hydronephrosis, bladder distention, and lung
hypoplasia
prune belly syndrome
✓ underdeveloped abdominal wall
✓ undescended testes (cryptorchidism)
✓ urinary tract problems
Stages of lung development (5)
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✓ 1. Embryonic
✓ 2. Pseudoglandular
✓ 3. Canalicular
✓ 4. Saccular
✓ 5. Alveolar
Embryonic stage of lung development
✓ Up to 5 weeks
✓ Development of major airways, trachea, and bronchi
Pseudoglandular lung development stage
✓ 6-16 weeks
✓ Formation of bronchi and bronchioles
Canalicular lung stage development
✓ 16-25 Weeks
✓ Viable lungs with gas exchange
✓ Surfactant begins forming; acini forming; capillaries forming
Saccular lung stage development
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✓ 26-35 Weeks
✓ Final branching of air spaces
Alveolar lung stage development
✓ 35 weeks-term
✓ Alveoli increasing until age 8
Type 1 Pneumocytes
✓ Line alveoli; responsible for gas exchange between alveoli and
capillaries
Type 2 pneumocytes
✓ Surfactant production
What is surfactant made up of
✓ Phospholipids (lecithin) and proteins
L/S ratio
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