CNS Examination in Newborn | Newborn Examination (Part-8) | Pediatrics — Transcript
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- 0:00hello
- 0:02everyone today in this video I'm going
- 0:05to tell you the details of CNS
- 0:08examination in the newborn baby and
- 0:10neetal reflexes it is a part of CNS
- 0:15examination so in the CNS examination in
- 0:18the new born first we have to assess the
- 0:21higher mental function then cranial L
- 0:23examination then motor system sensory
- 0:25system and Neal reflexes then in last
- 0:30skull and his spine should be
- 0:34examined so in higher mental function in
- 0:37newborn baby first we should assess the
- 0:40state of the baby the level of
- 0:42Consciousness then facial expressions
- 0:45then orientation and behavior then
- 0:47nature of cry then breathing and feeding
- 0:49pattern and
- 0:52habituation so in the state of baby here
- 0:55in this video you can see baby is fully
- 0:57active and crying and eyes are closed
- 1:02and respiration is regular so this is
- 1:05the state five so from State 1 to State
- 1:095 when baby is in quite deep
- 1:14sleep label as a state one then baby go
- 1:18into the RM sleep it is a state two then
- 1:22quite wakefulness is there state three
- 1:25then active wakefulness State four then
- 1:29baby becomes fully active and crying in
- 1:32state
- 1:33five so in the state one eyes are closed
- 1:39regular respiration no moments in RM s
- 1:42state to eyes closed but respiration is
- 1:46irregular no gross movements are there
- 1:49quiet wakefulness is state three when
- 1:52eyes open and regular respiration but no
- 1:55growth movement active wakefulness State
- 1:58four similar to the state three eyes
- 2:01open and regular respiration but there
- 2:05are gross M of the limbs present but no
- 2:09crying is there in fully active and
- 2:12crying estate five with this baby is
- 2:16crying
- 2:19also so here in this video baby is in
- 2:22the state
- 2:24five then assess the level of
- 2:26Consciousness baby is alert active as in
- 2:29this video or having a irritability
- 2:31lethargy or baby's drowsy or stuper or
- 2:36comos we label the normal Consciousness
- 2:40or normal alertness when the baby
- 2:42respond normally to the aerosal and
- 2:46having the normal movements of the limbs
- 2:49and face we label the irritability when
- 2:53uh neonate cannot be Soo or cannot be
- 2:57consolable and having the irrit able
- 3:00behavior and
- 3:02agitated cries with the minimal
- 3:04stimulation that means baby is
- 3:07irritable we label the lethargic neonate
- 3:11whenever neonate is unable to maintain
- 3:13the Alert state and but it is Eros but
- 3:18not having the
- 3:20alertness then we label the
- 3:22lethargy drowsiness and light coma when
- 3:26the baby is only Eros by sound verbal
- 3:29stimuli otherwise baby is Sleepy is
- 3:32stuper or moderate coma when baby is
- 3:35having the absent osal and motor
- 3:39response by the verbal stimuli or sound
- 3:41only Eros by the painful stimuli D
- 3:45stuper or coma or
- 3:49unconsciousness when baby cannot be
- 3:51arosed by the painful stimuli motor
- 3:55response are
- 3:56absent so these are the level of cons
- 3:59ious
- 4:02nness then observe the facial expression
- 4:05of the newborn baby either Bland or
- 4:07alert or fussing or crying or froing can
- 4:10be
- 4:11there then we have to assess the
- 4:14behavior of the newborn baby we can
- 4:17assess by the brazilan neetal behavior
- 4:20assessment scale in this we are
- 4:23assessing both cortical and subcortical
- 4:26function there are total 47 items we
- 4:29have to
- 4:3027 behavioral and 20 we have to elicit
- 4:34the response so in the behavioral
- 4:37various uh we have to see this response
- 4:40to the various
- 4:41stimuli uh example to the motor activity
- 4:44change in the skin color and we have to
- 4:47elicit the various response example
- 4:51grasp reflex rooting sucking Moro reflex
- 4:56and glab tape and we have to also see
- 4:59the uh patient orientation to the visual
- 5:04auditory so all are included in the
- 5:07Brazelton neetal Behavior assessment
- 5:09scale and for the behavioral item we
- 5:13have to uh give the score on the 9po
- 5:17scale and in the elicited response we
- 5:21have to give the score on the threo
- 5:25scale then we should do the assessment
- 5:28of the neetal cry quality
- 5:30type duration and intensity of the
- 5:33cry so the loud and Lusty cry is the
- 5:37normal cry for the full-term neonate
- 5:40whenever baby is depressed and having
- 5:43any illness then cry will be weak high
- 5:46pitch cry especially seen in the neetal
- 5:49condition example in
- 5:51menitis whenever there is a prolonged or
- 5:54excessive cry means baby is crying for
- 5:56more than 3 hours not consolable with
- 5:59the any measures and you had tried for
- 6:02the feeding and you have changed the
- 6:04diaper is still the baby is not
- 6:06consolable it suggest that baby is
- 6:08having the irritability and there are
- 6:10various causes of irritability in the
- 6:12newborn
- 6:14baby then we have to assess the
- 6:16breathing and the feeding pattern of the
- 6:18baby in breathing we have to check the
- 6:21rate Rhythm depth and any sign of
- 6:24respirative distress all will be
- 6:27included in the breathing pattern of the
- 6:29unit and in feeding pattern any abnormal
- 6:33feeding pattern is there example poor
- 6:35sucking refusal to feed should be
- 6:37mentioned
- 6:39here then we have to test the
- 6:41habituation normally newborn is having
- 6:44the capacity to habituate whenever we
- 6:46are giving the repeated stimuli example
- 6:49visual auditory or any painful
- 6:52stimuli uh then baby can adapt
- 6:55adequately to the stimulus and to test
- 6:58and to perform the test for the
- 7:01habituation we can perform the moro
- 7:04reflex or we can perform the gabula tap
- 7:07so here in this video you can see I'm
- 7:09performing repeatedly Moro
- 7:11reflex and shutdown of the body movement
- 7:14or we can say uh decrease response seen
- 7:19after 3 to four stimuli so if you are
- 7:22performing the gular tape then
- 7:24diamination in the blink response occur
- 7:27after 3 to four stimuli in the normal
- 7:30healthy fulltime baby if it is
- 7:32persisting that means baby is having the
- 7:35abnormal neurological
- 7:38function then we should assess the
- 7:40cranial nerve
- 7:42examination so first all Factory nerve
- 7:45for the smell it is rarely tested in the
- 7:47newborn baby and we can test this n by
- 7:52the CL or Min normal response in the
- 7:55newborn baby will be the change in the
- 7:57behavior example GRE missing strle resp
- 7:59response can be there in more than 32
- 8:01weeks of gestation age baby in less than
- 8:0532 weeks of gestation age no response
- 8:07will be
- 8:10present now second optic now for the
- 8:13vision it can be tested by shining the
- 8:17torch light in the peripheral visual
- 8:19field in more than 28 weeks of gestation
- 8:23age baby baby will blink in response to
- 8:26the light while in the more than 32
- 8:28weeks baby will turn the head toward the
- 8:31diffus
- 8:33light we have to move the bright object
- 8:37side by side we we can choose a red
- 8:40color ball or any other red color object
- 8:44and distance between the eyes of the
- 8:46newborn and the object at least 1 ft far
- 8:50from the new ey because visual equity in
- 8:53the term newborn is 6X 45 so we have to
- 8:56keep this distance the normal respon
- 8:59resps in more than 34 weeks of gastation
- 9:02age baby baby will follow the moving
- 9:05object red ball and able to
- 9:08fix here you can see this is the red
- 9:11object 1 ft far from the newborn's eye
- 9:15and we have to see newborn is moving the
- 9:18head toward the object or not to assist
- 9:21for the
- 9:24reason then we have to check the
- 9:27pupilary light reflects
- 9:29for this we have to shine the torch
- 9:32light and from the peripheral visual
- 9:35field and we have to see
- 9:37the uh pupilary Construction in response
- 9:41to the light in both the eyes so
- 9:43pupilary light reflects absent in less
- 9:46than 30 weeks of Gest age baby and
- 9:48completely develop in more than 35
- 9:52weeks we consider the direct pupilary
- 9:55light reflex when pupil constrict in
- 9:58response to the light in same eye and uh
- 10:02pupil constrict in the opposite eye is
- 10:06uh label as a indirect pupilary light
- 10:09reflex here in this video you can see
- 10:12how to perform the pupilary light reflex
- 10:14and also check the response to the light
- 10:16baby is blinking in response to the
- 10:19light and also turning the head toward
- 10:21the diffused
- 10:23light and for the pupilary light reflexs
- 10:26for the direct and indirect both we have
- 10:28to shine the torch light from the
- 10:32lateral position towards the pupil and
- 10:35we have to see the constriction of the
- 10:37pupil on the same side of eye mentioned
- 10:40as a direct pupilary light reflex and in
- 10:42the opposite eye indirect pupilary light
- 10:48reflex so abnormal response to the
- 10:52pupilary light reflex can be seen
- 10:54Whenever there is a leion in either in
- 10:57the Fint or E pathway way so F of
- 11:01pupilary Li reflex is second cranial now
- 11:04and E is third cranial now so an
- 11:08unresponsive direct and
- 11:10indirect both pupilary light reflex from
- 11:14light shined in the eye on the side of
- 11:18second Crane and down region example if
- 11:21the baby is having the Left sided optic
- 11:24nerve lesion then when you will shine
- 11:26the light in the left eye there will be
- 11:29no pupilary constriction occur in both
- 11:33the
- 11:34eyes and when you will shine the light
- 11:36in unaffected eye example when the left
- 11:39optic nve is damaged you are shining the
- 11:41light in the right eye then both the
- 11:44pupil will constrict both direct and
- 11:46indirect will be present when Eep
- 11:49pupilary defect is there when the leion
- 11:52in the third cranial n then unresponsive
- 11:55ipsilateral pupilary constriction on the
- 11:58affected side when the light is shined
- 12:01in either eye so if third left third is
- 12:05affected
- 12:09then left sided third cranial L if
- 12:12damage then in Left Eye there will be no
- 12:17direct no indirect pupilary response
- 12:20occur so absent pupilary light reflex in
- 12:25on the affected side will be present in
- 12:27third greenal l
- 12:32if pil is dileted and
- 12:35fixed when you are shining the light
- 12:38that means baby is having either optic
- 12:40atrophy or retinal
- 12:43detachment then we have to perform the
- 12:45fundal examination in fundal examination
- 12:48normal finding will be optic disc is
- 12:51pale whitish green
- 12:54color red reflects by+ 10 diopter L of
- 12:59the opthalmoscope at 10 in distance
- 13:02present of red reflex is normal whenever
- 13:05absent or abnormal red reflex we can see
- 13:10example in congenital CCT retinal
- 13:13abnormity retinoblastoma sismas or
- 13:16refractory error is
- 13:19there then we have to test the ocul
- 13:22motor nerve we can again check the
- 13:25pupilary light response for the third
- 13:27nerve because third is the e different
- 13:29for the pupilary light response and
- 13:31details I have already explained in the
- 13:33previous slides and also we have to
- 13:36check the spontaneous and symmetrical
- 13:38eye Ms of the both
- 13:42eyes for the fourth cranial n trar n
- 13:46again we have to observe the ey moment
- 13:48symmetrical eye
- 13:49moment as we know s so4 Superior obli is
- 13:54supplied by the fourth cranial nerve
- 13:57trar nerve
- 14:01for the sixth crer now abducens
- 14:04now we have to see the spontaneous eye
- 14:07moment because abducent n Supply the
- 14:10lateral rectus
- 14:12lr6 and we have to perform the
- 14:15vestibular ocular reflex Do's eye
- 14:18maneuver in this we have to gently
- 14:20rotate the head to the side and we have
- 14:22to assess the direction of I deviation
- 14:26normal response in the newborn baby I
- 14:29deviate away from the direction of
- 14:31rotation if you are turning the head
- 14:32toward the right I will be deviated
- 14:35toward the
- 14:37left dolai maneuver valid in more than
- 14:4025 weeks of gastation age always present
- 14:43in first 10 days of life and disappear
- 14:46when
- 14:46fixation
- 14:49develops here in this video you can
- 14:52see head is turned toward the left side
- 14:56and eyes are deviated toward the right
- 14:58side this is the Dual side
- 15:03Manu for the trial now we can perform
- 15:06the Gaba tape in the newborn baby we
- 15:09have to
- 15:10repeatedly tape the newborn's head
- 15:13between the eyebrows and
- 15:15naion here and we should perform from
- 15:20the above and behind the patient to
- 15:22remove the visual stimuli we have to
- 15:24remember that whenever we are performing
- 15:26the gular tape we should extend
- 15:29uh on the head
- 15:31side prompt closure of the both eyes in
- 15:35response to the tape
- 15:37Ur in normal newborn baby blinking
- 15:41response disappear after 3 to four TS as
- 15:44I have explained in the habituation
- 15:47also then we have to perform the coral
- 15:50blink reflex we have to touch the
- 15:52corneal lightly with the piece of coton
- 15:54wool normal response in healthy baby it
- 15:57will stimulate and eyes will be closed
- 16:01and F for the coral blink response trial
- 16:05sensory now and E is facial motor nerve
- 16:09which innervate the orbicularis oculi
- 16:13muscle see in this video how to perform
- 16:16the coral blink
- 16:19reflex for the tramol we have to check
- 16:22the facial sensation also we can uh
- 16:25lightly touch the face for all three
- 16:29subdivision of the trial n and rooting
- 16:33reflex we have to elicit here in this
- 16:35image you can see and sucking reflex
- 16:38also we have to
- 16:41check for facial now we have to observe
- 16:44the facial symmetry when the baby is at
- 16:47rest and when baby is crying so baby is
- 16:50closing both the eyes normally forehead
- 16:52Ringling is there nasolabial folds are
- 16:54bilaterally symmetrical that means
- 16:57seventh cranial now is
- 17:00normal and also gular tape and rooting
- 17:03reflex as the facial nerve is e for the
- 17:08glab
- 17:09tap see in this video how to perform the
- 17:13glab
- 17:17tap then for the vestibular CA now we
- 17:20have to assess the hearing and for the
- 17:23assessment of hearing we have to uh
- 17:26stand behind the baby and we have to
- 17:29clap this will uh create the 60
- 17:34DB
- 17:38sound more than 28 weeks of gestation
- 17:41age baby will show the response by
- 17:44blinking the eyes or a startle response
- 17:47or Sudden Change in the activity or some
- 17:50body movements can be there in response
- 17:53to the
- 17:55sound we can check the Fingal gig reflex
- 17:58whenever we are performing the suction
- 18:01and we have to observe the when baby is
- 18:04taking the
- 18:05breastfeeding so we can check the
- 18:08sucking swallowing and breathing
- 18:10coordination in more than 34 weeks of
- 18:12gestation age Baby by observing the B
- 18:15baby is taking the
- 18:18feed then for the spinal love 11th kenal
- 18:22love stoco asid and trapes muscle we
- 18:26have to turn the gently heads side to
- 18:29side and we have to also compare the
- 18:31shoulder height of the normal newborn
- 18:35baby for the hypoglossal now tongue
- 18:39function tongue symmetry when the baby
- 18:41is taking the feed we can observe the
- 18:43tongue movements and tongue Symmetry and
- 18:45tongue
- 18:48fasiculations today in this video I have
- 18:51covered the higher mental function and
- 18:53the cranial nve examination in the
- 18:55newborn baby the rest of the part I will
- 18:57cover in next week video thank you so
- 19:00much
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