Unit I
Unit II
Unit III
Cardiac
Other
100
What is the course of action when a newborn presents with secondary apnea?
What is Initiate positive pressure ventilation.
100
Which drug is considered the safest and most effective in treating apnea in premature infants?
What is caffeine citrate
100
In which type of drowning does laryngospasm persist after a person loses consciousness?
What is dry drowning
100
Which of the following can be a short term solution for a patient with Tetralogy of Fallot?
What is Blalock-Tausig Shunt
100
Acrocyanosis is defined as:
What is cyanosis of the hands and feet.
200
The germinal matrix has a fragile network of capillaries within the brain that are prone to rupture. What physiological changes can cause inadequate blood flow to the brain resulting in cerebral palsy? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY I. Rapid change in PaCO2 II. Rapid change in blood volume III. Rapid change in blood pressure
What is all of the above
200
What is the first action a clinician needs to perform for a patient experiencing apnea?
What is tactile stimulation
200
Supraglottic swelling is consistent with:
What is epiglottitis
200
Strong peripheral pulses, Boot-shaped heart, and a Right-to-left shunt are present with what cardiac defect?
What is tetrology of fallot.
200
Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN) is respiratory distress due to what?
What is retained fetal lung fluid
300
During high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, what two parameters can be adjusted to change ventilation?
What is Hz and Amp
300
An infant has a feeding intolerance. You also noticed an increased amount of gastric aspirates and blood in the stool. You notice that the patients abdomen appears to be distended. What is the most likely diagnosis?
What is NEC
300
A child in the ER has an abrupt high fever that developed along with a severe sore throat, dysphagia with drooling, and cough. In the ER, the girl exhibits stridor, muffled voice without hoarseness, air hunger, and cyanosis. She also has suprasternal, substernal, and intercostal retractions, with nasal flaring, bradypnea, and dyspnea. The child is sitting upright with her chin thrust forward and her neck hyperextended
What is epiloglotittis
300
What condition is characterized by the reversed position of aorta and pulmonary arteries?
What is transposition of the great vessels
300
A premature infant is born requiring intubation. The child is 25 weeks and weighs approximately 1000 g. What is the appropriate tube size and depth?
What is 2.5 ET tube 7 cm at the lip
400
What are the three fetal shunts?
What is foramen ovale, ductus arteriosus, ductus venosus
400
A patient who presents with decreased femoral pulses, brachiofemoral delay, and continuous flow murmur suggest which abnormality?
What is coarctation of the aorta
400
What are the four Ds for epiglottitis?
What is dysphagia, drooling, dyspnea, dysphonia
400
Tetralogy of Fallot includes what four defects
What is overriding aorta, VSD, Obstruction of the right ventricle outflow tract (pulmonary stenosis), right ventricular hypertrophy
400
In PPHN, blood bypasses the infant’s lungs through what two shunts?
What is patent foramen ovale and ductus arteriosis
500
What appears to be the reason for the infrequent need to administer chest compressions and cardiopulmonary resuscitative drugs to neonates in the delivery rooms (i.e. what is the primary factor of effective resuscitation)?
What is The delivery of adequate ventilation is the primary factor in effective resuscitation of a neonate.
500
What is deemed the industry standard for diagnosis and differentiation of congenital cardiac malformation?
What is an echocardiogram
500
What arterial blood gas result is evidence of a diagnosis of cyanide poisoning?
What is metabolic acidosis
500
In which cardiac condition would increasing the oxygen be possibly harmful in closing the PDA?
What is complete transposition of the great vessels.
500
The main cause for the development of RDS is:
What is surfactant deficiency
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