Heart Failure
Early S/S of heart failure in infants includes what?
Tachycardia and Tachypnea
This is disorder occurs when the fetal shunt between the aorta and the pulmonary artery fails to close at birth.
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
This disease leads to damage of the heart valves.
Rheumatic Disease
How much blood is usually in a bag for a pediatric blood transfusion?
Varies because it is weight based.
Your patient receiving chemotherapy begins to wheeze. What do you do?
Stop the infusion immediately.
Which is more common in children, left side or right side heart failure?
Usually a combination of both
This defect occurs when there is an abnormal opening between the upper chambers of the heart.
Atrial Septal Defect
Patients with rheumatic disease need this before procedures.
Antibiotic prophylaxis
Oral iron should be given with this supplement to improve absorption.
Vitamin C
This lab value indicates an increased risk of infection.
ANC < 500
This medication is used to improve contractility of the heart.
Digoxin
You see a child squatting and trying to catch his breath. Which defect do you suspect?
Tetralogy of Fallot
This complication can occur with Kawasaki Disease.
Aneurysms
You are caring for a child with sickle cell disease and they begin to complain of chest pain. What do you do?
Call a rapid response. This is an emergency!
Reed Sternberg cells indicate which type of lymphoma?
Hodgkin's
These medications are used to improve afterload in heart failure.
Vasodilators (captopril or enalapril)
Your patient has been diagnosed with Coarctation of the Aorta. What assessment finding do you anticipate you will find?
Blood pressure higher in upper extremities than lower extremities. Bounding pulses in the arms. Weak or absent femoral pulses.
This treatment for Kawasaki Disease should be used with caution in children due to the risk of complications.
Aspirin
This bleeding disorder can cause intracranial hemorrhage during childbirth.
Hemophilia
This cancer is associated with the adrenal glands.
Neuroblastoma
In infants, if the pulse rate is less than this, then you should hold digoxin.
< 90 bpm
This medication is used to keep the PDA open prior to cardiac surgery?
Prostaglandin E1
Parent of a child with a cardiac disorder should take this training?
CPR
This is used treat complications of Cooley's Anemia.
Iron chelation
This cancer is associated with the kidneys.
Wilm's tumor