Artificially acquired passive immunity, 303
Aspirin
on platelet function, 138
Reye syndrome from, 152
Assessment, pediatric, 31–47
client history in, 33–37
communication in, 33–34
family assessment in, 36–37, 37f
nursing history in, 34
nutritional assessment in, 35–36
psychosocial assessment in, 34
diagnostic procedures in, 44–46
FOR allergies, 45
electromyography, 45
imaging, 45
laboratory tests, 44–45
nursing implications of, 45–46
scope, 45
nursing process in, 32
physical examination in, 38–44 (See alsoPhysical
examination)
use and value of, 32
Asthma, 82–83
Astrocytoma, 215
Ataxic cerebral palsy, 217–218
Athetoid cerebral palsy, 217–218
Atonic seizure, 202, 203
Atria, 92, 93f, 94f
Atrial septal defect (ASD), 96–100
causes and mechanisms of, 96, 96f
nursing interventions for
with cardiac catheterization, 98–99
with cardiac surgery, 99–100
signs and symptoms of, 96
test results in, 97
treatment of, 97, 97f
Autoimmune thyroiditis, 181
Autonomic nervous system (ANS), 198, 200–201
Axons, 199
B
Back and extremities examination, 43–44
Bacteria, 305
Bacterial endocarditis (BE), 121
Bacterial meningitis, 205–208. See alsoMeningitis
Basal ganglia cells, 199
B cells, 304
(^364) Index
Behavior, 38
Behavioral disorders, in school-aged child, 24
Behaviors, high-risk, 6
in preteens, 24
in teens, 27
Benign, 149
β-hemolytic streptococci (GABHS), group A
infection with, 75
rheumatic fever from, 122
Beta cells, 184
Beta-thalassemia, 140–142
Bile, 231–232
Binocularity, 54
Binuclear family, 5
Biochemical tests, 35–36
Biological age, 15
Birthmarks, 39
Bisexuality, in preteens, 25
Bladder, 258f, 259–260
Bladder exstrophy, 263
Blanching, 39
Blast stem leukemia, 155
Blended family, 5
Blood.See alsoHematologic system
bone marrow production of, 126
function of, 92
spleen filtration of, 126
Blood cells, 126
Blood pressure, 41
Blood pressure examination, 41
Body mass index (BMI), 35
Body, stomach, 231
Bonding, poor parent–child, 17
Bone marrow, 126, 260
Bone marrow transplantation (BMT), for leukemia,
157
Bones, 278–279, 280f
Borborygmi, 237
Bordetella bronchiseptica,308–309
Bordetella parapertussis,308–309
Bordetella pertussis,308–309
Borrelia burgdorferi,333–334
Bowlegs, 43
Bowman capsule, 259
Bradycardia, 98
Brain, 199–200
Brainstem, 198f, 200