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100

pH 7.2

PC02 60

PA02 80

HCO3 25

Respiratory acidosis

100

What rate would you set your pump at to run fluid for a 3kg baby at 80/ml/day?

10ml/hr

100

Proper placement of an Umbilical Artery catheter on xray is:

A. Thoracic vertebrae 3-4

B. Thoracic vertebrae 6-9

C. Lumbar vertebrae 1-3

B is correct

100

A full term infant has apnea at 10 hrs of life. The most likely cause is:

A. sepsis

B. placement on the back to sleep

C. hyperglycemia

D. apnea of prematurity

A. sepsis

100

I'm a ball, but you cannot kick me, throw me, bounce me, or play with me. What am I ?

an eyeball!

200

pH 7.1

PC02 40

PA02 85

HCO3 15

Metabolic acidosis

200

4.5 kg baby to get 65ml/kg/day?

12.18ml/hr

200

Proper ETT placement per Xray:

A. 1cm below carina

B. Midway between thoracic inlet and carina

C. Level of the clavicles

200

Which of the following conditions has a high association with other congenital anomalies?

A. Malrotation

B. Omphalocele

C. Gastroschisis

D. volvulus

B. Omphalocele

200

What country did Halloween originate in?

A. Japan

B. USA

C. Ireland

C. Ireland

300

pH 7.15

PCO2 65

PA02 90

HCO3 14

Mixed respiratory and metabolic acidosis

300

3.5kg baby at 100ml/kg/day?

14.58ml/hr

300

An infant is on PGE1 at 0.1mcg/kg/min. Which side effects should be considered?

A. Hyperthermia

B. Hypertension

C. Hyperglycemia

D. Hypercalcemia

A. Hyperthermia

300

Which of the following statements regarding neonatal seizures is most accurate?

A. they often are the sequela of meningitis

B. they mimic those of an older child

C. metabolic disturbances are the most common

D. seizures can't be stopped with limb reposition or restraint

D.

300

Pumpkins also come in white, blue, and ?

A. Green

B. Yellow

C. Pink

A. Green

400

pH 7.5

PCO2 20

PA02 85

HCO3 24

Respiratory Alkalosis

400

How fast would you run a Dopamine infusion to give: 

5mcg/kg/min?

wt-3kg

standard dopamine bag of 1600mcg/ml

0.56ml/hr

400

Term infant with Resp distress. O2 sats on right hand are 75% and left foot 92%. Likely condition:

A. Sepsis

B. RDS

C. TGA

D. Truncus arteriosus

C. TGA

400

An infant is diagnosed with TGA. Which radiograph findings would you expect to see?

A. Egg on a string

B. Wall to wall heart

C. Boot-shape

D. Narrow cardiac silhouette

A. Egg on a string

400

Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy. # 1 for trick-or-treaters is:

A. Butterfinger

B. Snickers

C. Kit Kat

D. Reese's

B. Snickers

500

pH 7.36

PC02 33

PA02 80

HCO3 17

compensated metabolic acidosis

500

Epi drip at 0.1mcg/kg/min

wt 2kg

Epi concentration- 32mcg/ml

0.375ml/hr

500

The primary action of Dobutamine is to improve cardiac output by predominantly increasing:

A. contractility

B. vascular resistance

C. Heart rate

D. pulmonary vascular resistance

A. contractility 

500

Which of the following heart lesions shows a chest radiograph with a heart that encompasses the entire chest?

A. Pulmonary atresia

B. Tricuspid atresia

C. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome

D. Ebstein malformation

D. Ebstein malformation

500

What was the original name of Candy corn?

A. Candy pellets

B. Chicken feed

C. Sugar corn

B. Chicken feed