CHILD LIFE EVALUATION EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
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✔✔ALL prognosis - ✔✔- Children generally have a good prognosis
- 98% of children diagnosed enter remission
✔✔ALL common procedures/treatments - ✔✔- Chemotherapy
- Radiation
- Stem cell transplant
✔✔Radiation therapy - ✔✔- Use of high energy x-rays to kill cancer cells that have
spread to the brain and spinal cord
✔✔Chemotherapy - ✔✔Drugs that kill cancer cells but also some good cells (which
cause side effects) but typically administered in 3 stages: induction, consolidation, and
maintenance
✔✔CT scan - ✔✔A medical imaging test that uses x-rays to create detailed images of
the inside of your body
✔✔MRI - ✔✔A medical imaging technique that uses strong magnetic fields and radio
waves to create detailed images of the inside of your body
✔✔Type 1 diabetes - ✔✔- Chronic autoimmune disorder
- Caused by body attacking islet cells, pancreas not producing enough insulin
- Body is not able to regulate blood sugar levels
- Causes: not full known
✔✔Type 1 diabetes prognosis - ✔✔- Good if there are minimal complications before the
age of 20
✔✔Type 1 diabetes common procedures/treatments - ✔✔- Blood draw
- Insulin injections
- Monitoring carbs, fats, and protein
- Blood sugar monitoring
- Eating healthy foods
- Maintaining a healthy lifestyle
✔✔Glucose, blood sugar, insulin in terms of type 1 diabetes - ✔✔The body doesn't
produce enough insulin, leading to build up of glucose in the blood. This is because
insulin is needed to help glucose enter cells for energy. Without insulin, glucose stays in
the bloodstream and causes high blood sugar levels
✔✔Scoliosis defined - ✔✔- Medical condition where there is a sideways curvature of the
spine, that is most often diagnosed in adolescents
, - Instead of the spine being straight it has a curve shaped like a S or a C
- Symptoms include back pain, leg pain or numbness, uneven shoulders or waist, and
more
✔✔Scoliosis prognosis - ✔✔- In most cases is not life threatening and many children
with the condition will carry on with very normal lives
- It is progressive, so if not treated there is a high possibility that it will worsen
✔✔Scoliosis common procedures and treatment - ✔✔- Back brace
- Spinal fusion
- Surgery
- Physical therapy
✔✔Anesthesia - ✔✔A state of controlled unconsciousness used to prevent pain during
procedures
✔✔Physical therapy - ✔✔Helps people recover from injuries or disabilities by using
exercises, massage, and other techniques to improve movement, strength, and overall
function
✔✔Occupational therapy - ✔✔Help individuals, of all ages, participate in and be
independent in the activities of daily living
✔✔Dilated cardiomyopathy defined - ✔✔When the hearts chambers enlarge, affecting
the heart's ability to contract and pump blood throughout the body. As the hearts ability
to pump blood worsens, fluid can start to back up in the lungs and body. Considered a
form of heart failure
✔✔Dilated cardiomyopathy prognosis - ✔✔1/3 children get better, 1/3 children stabilize,
and 1/3 children get worse
✔✔Dilated cardiomyopathy common procedures/treatments - ✔✔- Cardiac
catheterization
- Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
- Heart transplant
✔✔Cardiac catheterization - ✔✔A procedure that can be done to test for certain heart
condition, this is done by inserting a small tube into blood vessels to enter the heart
✔✔Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) - ✔✔Procedure that is used to help the
weakened heart pump blood, this procedure is used when a patient is not responding to
other procedures or are awaiting a heart transplant
✔✔PICU - ✔✔pediatric intensive care unit
WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔ALL prognosis - ✔✔- Children generally have a good prognosis
- 98% of children diagnosed enter remission
✔✔ALL common procedures/treatments - ✔✔- Chemotherapy
- Radiation
- Stem cell transplant
✔✔Radiation therapy - ✔✔- Use of high energy x-rays to kill cancer cells that have
spread to the brain and spinal cord
✔✔Chemotherapy - ✔✔Drugs that kill cancer cells but also some good cells (which
cause side effects) but typically administered in 3 stages: induction, consolidation, and
maintenance
✔✔CT scan - ✔✔A medical imaging test that uses x-rays to create detailed images of
the inside of your body
✔✔MRI - ✔✔A medical imaging technique that uses strong magnetic fields and radio
waves to create detailed images of the inside of your body
✔✔Type 1 diabetes - ✔✔- Chronic autoimmune disorder
- Caused by body attacking islet cells, pancreas not producing enough insulin
- Body is not able to regulate blood sugar levels
- Causes: not full known
✔✔Type 1 diabetes prognosis - ✔✔- Good if there are minimal complications before the
age of 20
✔✔Type 1 diabetes common procedures/treatments - ✔✔- Blood draw
- Insulin injections
- Monitoring carbs, fats, and protein
- Blood sugar monitoring
- Eating healthy foods
- Maintaining a healthy lifestyle
✔✔Glucose, blood sugar, insulin in terms of type 1 diabetes - ✔✔The body doesn't
produce enough insulin, leading to build up of glucose in the blood. This is because
insulin is needed to help glucose enter cells for energy. Without insulin, glucose stays in
the bloodstream and causes high blood sugar levels
✔✔Scoliosis defined - ✔✔- Medical condition where there is a sideways curvature of the
spine, that is most often diagnosed in adolescents
, - Instead of the spine being straight it has a curve shaped like a S or a C
- Symptoms include back pain, leg pain or numbness, uneven shoulders or waist, and
more
✔✔Scoliosis prognosis - ✔✔- In most cases is not life threatening and many children
with the condition will carry on with very normal lives
- It is progressive, so if not treated there is a high possibility that it will worsen
✔✔Scoliosis common procedures and treatment - ✔✔- Back brace
- Spinal fusion
- Surgery
- Physical therapy
✔✔Anesthesia - ✔✔A state of controlled unconsciousness used to prevent pain during
procedures
✔✔Physical therapy - ✔✔Helps people recover from injuries or disabilities by using
exercises, massage, and other techniques to improve movement, strength, and overall
function
✔✔Occupational therapy - ✔✔Help individuals, of all ages, participate in and be
independent in the activities of daily living
✔✔Dilated cardiomyopathy defined - ✔✔When the hearts chambers enlarge, affecting
the heart's ability to contract and pump blood throughout the body. As the hearts ability
to pump blood worsens, fluid can start to back up in the lungs and body. Considered a
form of heart failure
✔✔Dilated cardiomyopathy prognosis - ✔✔1/3 children get better, 1/3 children stabilize,
and 1/3 children get worse
✔✔Dilated cardiomyopathy common procedures/treatments - ✔✔- Cardiac
catheterization
- Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
- Heart transplant
✔✔Cardiac catheterization - ✔✔A procedure that can be done to test for certain heart
condition, this is done by inserting a small tube into blood vessels to enter the heart
✔✔Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) - ✔✔Procedure that is used to help the
weakened heart pump blood, this procedure is used when a patient is not responding to
other procedures or are awaiting a heart transplant
✔✔PICU - ✔✔pediatric intensive care unit
