Maths
There is a 24 kg child in the sedation room ready for some Demerol and Atarax. This is the max dosage for this child.
What is 48 mg of demerol and 25 mg of Atarax?
This is how a tongue presents in an infant compared to an adult.
What is appears larger?
This is the term for heat transfer between two touching objects.
What is conduction?
This medication is an opioid (narcotic) that requires a separate consent to be used in our dental clinic.
What is Meperidine?
This is the normal respiration rate for a child between ages 6 and 8.
What is 18-25 respirations per minute?
There is a 12 kg child in the sedation room ready for Versed. This is the max PO dosage for this child.
What is 6 mg of PO Versed?
An infant’s epiglottis is this shape.
What is omega or "U" shaped?
This is the term for the difference between vapor pressure of a surface and vapor pressure of the environment. It accounts for 10-20 percent of temperature loss in the OR.
What is evaporation?
This is a side effect in 50% of children who eat the once popular fentanyl lollipops.
What is vomiting?
This is a normal heart rate for a child between ages 6 and 8.
What is 70-120 bpm?
There is a 27 kg child in the sedation room ready for some Demerol and Atarax. This is the max mL dosage of Atarax for this child based on dosing in our clinic.
What is 12.5 mL go Atarax?
This the narrowest part of the infant’s larynx.
What is the cricoid cartilage BELOW the level of the vocal cords?
This is the term for a transfer of heat from the patient to the moving air.
What is convection?
Meperidine is metabolized into this metabolite, which has a long half life.
What is normeperidine?
This is a normal systolic blood pressure for a child between ages 6 and 8.
What is 80-122?
You are giving a 20 kg child a Narcan reversal. You have decided to give 0.4 mg of the reversal (appropriate dosage is 0.2-2.0 mg for this weight). This is the amount in mL that you are drawing up for IN reversal.
What is 1 mL?
This is the shape of a child’s airway.
What is funnel or cone shaped?
This is the transfer of heat between two objects that are not touching.
What is radiation?
These three medications are considered the “DPT” cocktail for sedation.
What is demerol, phenergan and thorazine (meperidine, promethazine and chlorpromazine)?
You would expect a younger child’s systolic blood pressure to be _______ compared to an older child.
What is smaller or less?
You are giving 0.2 mg of IN flumazenil. This is the number of mL you would draw up.
What is 2 mL?
Brown fat is more common in infants. This is the primary component of brown fat at a cellular level.
What is mitochondria?
This is the main form of heat loss in the OR environment, accounting for up to 70% of heat loss.
What is radiation?
This is the active metabolite for chloral hydrate.
What is trichlorothanol (ethanol)?
You would expect a younger child’s heart rate to be _______ compared to an older child.
What is higher?