Patho & Recognition
This defect causes upper body hypertension with weak femoral pulses.
What is Coarctation of the Aorta?
Infants with heart failure should receive feeds in this form to reduce fatigue.
What are small, frequent, high-calorie feeds?
Sudden relief of severe abdominal pain in appendicitis may indicate this.
What is rupture?
This common urinary infection requires catheter-obtained urine for accurate diagnosis in infants.
What is a UTI?
Children with cleft palate should avoid bottles with this type of nipple.
What is a hard or standard nipple?
This cyanotic condition requires ASD/VSD/PDA for mixing because the tricuspid valve is absent.
What is Tricuspid Atresia?
In a child with a ductal-dependent defect, oxygen should be used this way.
What is cautiously or only if ordered?
A newborn with no meconium in 24 hours should be evaluated for this disorder.
What is Hirschsprung disease?
This condition causes cola-colored urine and edema 1–2 weeks after strep infection.
What is Acute Post-infectious Glomerulonephritis (APIGN)?
This abdominal wall defect has fewer anomalies and significant fluid loss risk.
What is gastroschisis?
This acyanotic defect creates a left-to-right shunt between the atria.
What is an ASD?
This lab must be monitored closely when giving diuretics and digoxin together.
What is potassium?
This condition has bilious vomiting, but also a sausage-shaped mass in the abdomen.
What is intussusception?
This condition requires avoiding live vaccines for 11 months due to IVIG treatment.
What is Kawasaki disease?
A newborn with white or clay-colored stools and prolonged jaundice likely has this disease.
What is biliary atresia?
This mixed defect presents with two switched arteries and severe cyanosis shortly after birth.
What is Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA)?
After VSD surgical repair, nurses must monitor for this rhythm complication.
What are arrhythmias?
This condition is diagnosed and treated with an air or barium enema.
What is intussusception?
This renal disorder increases clotting and infection risk due to low albumin.
What is Nephrotic Syndrome?
This abdominal wall defect is midline and covered by a membrane.
What is omphalocele?
This syndrome is linked to ASD + VSD + AV canal defects.
What is Down syndrome?
This screening method is required when coarctation is suspected.
What are four-limb blood pressures?
Projectile vomiting, dehydration, and metabolic alkalosis are classic findings of this disorder.
What is pyloric stenosis?
Children with these characteristics (E. coli diarrhea + anemia + AKI + low platelets) have this life-threatening condition.
What is Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)?
These two GI disorders both require immediate NPO status and IV fluids as the first nursing action.
What are volvulus and intussusception?