Hypoplastic Left Heart
This is the term for a defect that is present at birth.
What is congenital?
This is the term for having the ability to maintain a constant internal body temperature.
What is homeothermic?
This is the reversal for opioids.
What is Narcan (Naloxone)?
There is a 27 kg child in the sedation room ready for some Demerol and Atarax. This is the maximum dosage for the child of Demerol.
What is 50 mg of Demerol?
There is a 24 kg child in the sedation room ready for Versed. This is the max PO dosage for this child.
What is 12 mg of PO Versed?
This is a common additional defect in children with hypo plastic left heart, in which there is a hole between the left and right atria.
What is an ASD, atrial septal defect?
Infants have limited thermoregulatory range because of this.
What is: small body size with large surface to volume ratio and increased thermal conductance?
This is the reversal for benzodiazepines.
What is flumazenil?
There is a 12 kg child in the sedation room ready for Versed. This is the max IN dosage for this child.
What is 3.6 mg IN Versed?
There is a 27 kg child in the sedation room ready for some Demerol and Atarax. This is the max mL dosage of Demerol for this child based on dosing in our clinic.
What is 5 mL of Demerol?
This is the last procedure in a series of surgeries to repair hypo plastic left heart.
What is a Fontan?
Nonshivering thermogenesis is an important heat-generating mechanism in infants. This is due to this component of their body structure which is different than adults.
What is an increase in brown fat?
Ketamine is associated with a(n) (increase or decrease) in salivary secretions.
What is increase?
You have a 20 kg child in the chair who is having a paradoxical reaction to PO Versed. You have decided to reverse them. This is your med, route and dosage.
What is 0.2 mg, IN of flumazenil?
There is a 12 kg child in the sedation room ready for Versed. This is the maximum amount of mL of Versed to be given to her based on our clinic dosages.
What is 3 mL of PO Versed?
This is the word for the blue discoloration you may see in children with hypoplastic left heart.
What is cyanosis?
If using a Bair Hugger, this adjunct should be used to avoid burns.
What is a blanket?
Benzodiazepines work on these receptors.
What are GABA receptors?
There is a 27 kg child in the sedation room ready for some Demerol and Atarax. This is the max mL dosage of of Demerol and Atarax combined for this child based on dosing in our clinic.
What is 17.5 mL?
This is the dosage for the IN reversal for chloral hydrate.
What is there is no reversal for chloral hydrate?
This is the goal of a Fontan Procedure
What is make the blood from lower part of body bypass heart and go directly to lungs?
This is the recommended ambient room temperature in the OR for infants.
What is 75-80 degrees?
In addition to being an antihistamine, Atarax (hydroxyzine) is beneficial in sedation for this quality.
What is antiemetic? Also accept drowsiness.
You have a child in the chair who weighs 20 kg. This is your max dosage of lidocaine.
What is 2.59 carpules?
You have a child in the chair who weights 20 kg. This is your max dosage of septocaine.
What is 2 carpules?