ECMO – Custom Exam Questions and
Answers (Most Recent Version, Complete
Study Material)
The three shunts in the fetal circulation which allow
oxygenated blood to flow to the heart and brain are?
A. IVC, SVC and ductus venosus
B. ductus venosus, foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus
C. placenta, kidney and lung
D. ductus arteriosus, SVC, dectus venosus - Correct
Answers ✅B. ductus venosus, foramen ovale and ductus
arteriosus
Infants with persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) have?
A. elevated pulmonary vascular resistance
B. All of the above
C. Hypoxemia
D. shunting right-to-left through the foramen ovale and
patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) - Correct Answers ✅B. All of
the above
Which of the following does not decrease pulmonary vascular
resistance?
A. arterial oxygen (PaO2)
B. endothelin
C. rise in pH
D. nitric oxide (NO) - Correct Answers ✅B. endothelin
, ECMO – Custom Exam Questions and
Answers (Most Recent Version, Complete
Study Material)
What is the most common immediate postoperative
complication following repair of TAPVD which necessitates the
use of ECMO?
A. Refractory pulmonary hypertension and hypoxemia
B. Pulmonary venous obstruction
C. Incomplete repair
D. Arrythmias - Correct Answers ✅A. Refractory pulmonary
hypertension and hypoxemia
When placing a single ventricle patient with a modified
Blalock-Taussig shunt on ECMO, signs of pulmonary
overcirculation include?
A. All of the above
B. Diffuse opacification on chest x-ray
C. Metabolic acidosis
D. Hypoxia
E. Persistently elevated oxygen saturations
F. B, C, and D only - Correct Answers ✅D. Hypoxia
The combination of cellular destruction and fluid-filled alveoli
is what interrupts gas exchange during viral pneumonia.
A. True
Answers (Most Recent Version, Complete
Study Material)
The three shunts in the fetal circulation which allow
oxygenated blood to flow to the heart and brain are?
A. IVC, SVC and ductus venosus
B. ductus venosus, foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus
C. placenta, kidney and lung
D. ductus arteriosus, SVC, dectus venosus - Correct
Answers ✅B. ductus venosus, foramen ovale and ductus
arteriosus
Infants with persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) have?
A. elevated pulmonary vascular resistance
B. All of the above
C. Hypoxemia
D. shunting right-to-left through the foramen ovale and
patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) - Correct Answers ✅B. All of
the above
Which of the following does not decrease pulmonary vascular
resistance?
A. arterial oxygen (PaO2)
B. endothelin
C. rise in pH
D. nitric oxide (NO) - Correct Answers ✅B. endothelin
, ECMO – Custom Exam Questions and
Answers (Most Recent Version, Complete
Study Material)
What is the most common immediate postoperative
complication following repair of TAPVD which necessitates the
use of ECMO?
A. Refractory pulmonary hypertension and hypoxemia
B. Pulmonary venous obstruction
C. Incomplete repair
D. Arrythmias - Correct Answers ✅A. Refractory pulmonary
hypertension and hypoxemia
When placing a single ventricle patient with a modified
Blalock-Taussig shunt on ECMO, signs of pulmonary
overcirculation include?
A. All of the above
B. Diffuse opacification on chest x-ray
C. Metabolic acidosis
D. Hypoxia
E. Persistently elevated oxygen saturations
F. B, C, and D only - Correct Answers ✅D. Hypoxia
The combination of cellular destruction and fluid-filled alveoli
is what interrupts gas exchange during viral pneumonia.
A. True
