🍼 Mastering the Newborn Physical Exam Pediatrics

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► Sign up here and try our FREE content: http://lectur.io/freecontentyt • ► If you’re an medical educator or faculty member, visit: http://lectur.io/medytb2u • ► Complete Pediatrics Course: http://lectur.io/pediatricscoursepage • ► In this comprehensive video, Dr. Brian Alverson, M.D. walks you through the essential components of the newborn physical exam, a crucial part of pediatric care. This exam helps identify any abnormalities or conditions in the newborn’s first days of life. Dr. Alverson provides valuable insights on performing the exam efficiently, focusing on the infant’s comfort and maintaining warmth throughout the process. • Starting with vital signs and growth parameters, you'll learn how to interpret critical metrics such as heart rate, respiratory rate, and pulse oximetry levels, particularly within the first 24 hours when these values may fluctuate. Dr. Alverson explains that, in some cases, blood pressure may not be necessary unless the newborn is unwell. • The video guides you through a head-to-toe examination, beginning with the cranial sutures and fontanelles to assess for conditions like craniosynostosis. The video also explains how to assess the red reflex during an eye exam to detect any potential issues like retinal blastoma or lens abnormalities. Dr. Alverson highlights key considerations for inspecting the ears, nose, and mouth, including palpating for a cleft palate and assessing nasal patency to rule out conditions like choanal atresia. • Moving further down, you’ll learn how to evaluate the neck for any masses or abnormalities such as branchial cleft cysts and check the clavicles for fractures that may occur during birth. Dr. Alverson emphasizes the importance of palpating the liver—a critical step as an enlarged liver may indicate underlying pathology—and inspecting the genitalia for abnormalities such as ambiguous genitalia, which could suggest congenital adrenal hyperplasia. • The video also covers the neurological exam, where Dr. Alverson demonstrates how to check the newborn's reflexes including the Moro reflex, rooting reflex, and grasp reflex. These reflexes are vital in determining the newborn's neurological development and potential injuries like brachial plexus damage. • Throughout the exam, Dr. Alverson shares practical tips, such as adjusting the timing of the exam if the infant is crying, and ensuring you double-check for sacral dimples or tufts of hair on the back, which could indicate conditions like spina bifida. • This video is an excellent resource for medical students, residents, and pediatricians aiming to strengthen their skills in performing the newborn physical exam. With step-by-step explanations and clear visuals, you’ll leave with a deeper understanding of what to look for in a healthy newborn and how to identify early signs of abnormalities. • ► CHAPTERS: • 00:00 Essential Tips for Performing the Newborn Exam • 01:12 Assessing Vital Signs and Growth Parameters • 02:25 HEENT Exam • 05:17 Chest Exam • 05:53 Abdominal and Genitalia Exam • 07:05 Extremities Exam • 07:49 Neurologic Exam and Reflexes • ► THE PROF: • Your lecturer is Brian Alverson, MD. He is the Director for the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Hasbro Children's Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Brown University in Providence, RI. He has been active in pediatric education and research for 15 years and has won over 25 teaching awards at two Ivy League Medical Schools. Dr. Alverson has extensive experience in preparing students for the USMLE exams and has test writing experience as well. • ► LECTURIO is your single-point resource for medical school: • Study for your classes, USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2, MCAT or MBBS with video lectures by world-class professors, recall USMLE-style questions and textbook articles. Create your free account now: http://lectur.io/newbornphysicalexam • Disclaimer: Lecturio offers educational content for healthcare students to prepare for exams and/or to review knowledge gained at a Medical School. This content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment suggestions. Our resources are strictly for educational purposes. Always consult healthcare professionals for medical concerns. • ► INSTALL our free Lecturio app • iTunes Store: https://app.adjust.com/z21zrf • Play Store: https://app.adjust.com/b01fak • ► LET’S CONNECT: • • Facebook: / lecturio.medical.education.videos • • Instagram: / lecturio_medical_videos • • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.de/lecturiomedical • • LinkedIn: / lecturio-medical

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