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Opening between ventricles
Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
Tetralogy of Fallot "Four in One" is also called this...
Tet Spells
Joint pain, heart, CNS, skin and subcutaneous tissues are all signs and symptoms of this autoimmune disease which is a complication of strep
Rheumatic Fever
Unhealthy triglycerides, high cholesterol, some protein?
LDL
Abnormally small (incomplete tissue or organ)
Hypoplastic
You assess a patient and realize that there is an opening between the atriums of the patient's heart. What do you suspect is wrong with the patient?
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
A child shows up to the ER with all these symptoms included VD, Pulmonary Stenosis, Overriding Aorta, Right Ventricular Hypertrophy. What do you expect the patient is experiencing?
Tetralogy of Fallot (Tet Spells)
Tiredness during feedings (Biggest One)
Sudden weight gain
Sweating on forehead
These are all signs of what in an infant?
CHF
You are educating a patient about the foods that they can eat on their knew diet assigned to them presented as the dash diet. Which foods would you encourage to eat?
Low fat milk
Fruits and veggies
Fish and poultry
Low sodium
Mouth ulcers making it hard to eat so you would do meticulous oral hygiene for a patient with this disorder?
Leukemia
"King in the garden hose"- Pulmonary artery & aorta opening and doesn't close on own so oxygenated and unoxygenated blood mixes
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
Aorta x-ray after injecting opaque material
Aortagram (x-ray w/ contrast)
How would you anticipate that the treatment of an infant with CHF has been affective?
Consistent weight is a sign of proper medication administration
This is the first system to function inutero
Cardiac System
Helps by making normal RBCs to eliminate abnormal RBCs. What medication would be used from sickle cell anemia.
Erythropoietin
↑BP in upper extremities and lower in lower extremities
Check BP in all 4 extremities in newborn to rule out
Coarctation of Aorta (CoA)
A child who has cardiac issues and presents to the ER with dyspnea with suspected Tet Spells. As you assess the patient you notice a sudden drop in oxygen. What would you expect to do as the nurse?
Get knees up to chest or squat
Complications of CHF in an infant where Penicillin is used to prevent heart damage
Rheumatic fever
Fats in blood/ Excess lipids
Most common blood disorder in children (anemia).
Iron deficiency anemia
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
Baby left ventricle
Ultrasound of the heart and uses sound waves
Echo
Hypertension requires this diet
DASH diet
Healthy triglycerides, low cholesterol, high protein, carries cholesterol to liver for excretion?
HDL
Trauma due to major blood loss
Acute Anemia