Unit 1
The comparatively high rate of infant ____________ is believed to be related to the high incidence of low-birth weight infants being born.
What is Mortality?
_________ is the pain rating scale that is used for children that uses photographs of facial expressions?
What is the Oucher pain scale
The proximal segment of the bowel telescoping into a more distal segment of the bowel is known as ____________.
What is intussusception?
___________ pressure is inversely related to level of cnsciousness.
What is Intracranial?
Pervasive developmental disorder is another name for _________.
What is Autism?
What does the term "child mortality rates" refer to?
What is the number of deaths per 100,000 population in children between 1 and 14 years of age?
_________ is considered the "gold standard" for all opioid agonists and is the drug to which all other opioids are compared?
What is morphine?
A creatinine (serum) clearance test is used to diagnose impaired _________ function.
What is renal?
The _______ is where ossification of new bone occurs.
What is epiphysis?
The assessment and management of the _________ of a prearresting or arresting child is always the first intervention in a pediatric emergency situation.
What is airway?
The ability to apply knowledge about a child's culture to adapt to their health care accordingly is known as cultural _________?
What is cultural competency?
Auscultation of the lungs might reveal __________ or rales in the younger child with pneumonia
What is wheezes?
Desmopressin is a medication commonly used to treat nocturnal __________.
What is enuresis?
Twitching of the extremities, referred to as __________, is related to hypocalcemia in children with hypoparathyroidism.
What is tetany?
Slow, deep ____________ respirations are characteristic of air hunger during metabolic acidosis.
What is Kussmaul?
The education of parents about what to expect in the next phase of development is referred to as __________ guidance?
What is anticipatory guidance?
Examples of defects with increased __________ blood flow are patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), atrial septal defect (ASD), and ventricular septal defect (VSD)?
What is pulmonary?
____________ is the most frequently occurring type of childhood cancer.
What is leukemia?
The most common initial symptoms of diabetes mellitus reported are _______ and ________
What are polyuria and polydipsia?
The structural disorders of spina bifida occulta, meningocele, and myelomeningocele are all considered _____________.
What are neural tube defects?
During the ___________ stage of development, according to Piaget, children begin to become more sophisticated with symbolic thought.
What is the preoperational stage?
Serum _________ may be elevated in the child with atopic dermatitis.
What is IgE?
In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), autoantibodies react with the child's _______ to form immune complexes.
What is self antigens?
A disorder in which an adult meets her own psychological needs by having an ill child is known as ______________.
What is Munchausen?
Vomiting is a reflex with three different phases. The first phase is the prodromal period, the second phase is __________, and the third phase is vomiting.
What is retching?