NPS KETTERING EXAM UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
High risk maternal age - ANS <16 or 40<
teratogenic - ANS Fetal malformation
Teratogenic- fetal alcohol syndrome - ANS Facial anomilies, growth restriction, cns
dyafunction
-gravida - ANS Any Pregnancy total (including current)
Para - ANS Births after >20 weeks (Alive or not)
primigavida - ANS first pregnancy
LGA - ANS large for gestational age
SMA - ANS small for gestational age
consequence of gestational diabetes - ANS Large baby, or IRDS
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,Perinatal - ANS Acquired during or after birth
If mom has a fever expect - ANS Group b streptococcus
PIH Pregnancy Induced Hypertension - ANS Eclampsia or pre eclampsia
Pre-eclampsia - ANS Hypertension, proteinuria and edema in pregnancy
eclampsia - ANS toxemia of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure, albuminuria,
edema of the legs and feet, severe headaches, dizziness, convulsions, and coma
L/S ratio - ANS Lung maturity
L/S 2:1< - ANS Good decrease risk of RDS
L/S 2:1> - ANS Bad indicates RDS. Give surf
Treatment for eclampsia/pre eclampsia - ANS Bed rest, diet, anti hypertensive, mag sulfate
Delay preterm delivery and lower BP - ANS Mag sulfate
AFI (amniotic fluid index) - ANS 8-18
S/a ratio. (Surfactant/albumin) - ANS >55 lung maturity indicated
AFP (alfa-fetoprotein) - ANS <10
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, Transillumination "lighted halo" - ANS Normal
Transillumination hemithorax brightly illuminated - ANS Pneumo
Transillumination bilateral brightly illuminated - ANS PIE
Transillumination decrease or dark - ANS CDH. Pneumonia, secretions.
scaphoid abdomen - ANS CDH
Checking pulse at delivery - ANS Umbilical.
Checking pulse <1 year - ANS Brachial
Checking pulse >1 year - ANS Carotid
Weak pulses - ANS Hypoplastic left heart
Poor femoral pulses may indicate: - ANS Coarctation of the aorta
Bounding pulses - ANS PDA, a-v fistula, heart defect TOF
Pulses aternans - ANS Heart failure
Bradycardia caused by - ANS Hypoxia, apnea, drugs, sepsis, hypothermia
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
High risk maternal age - ANS <16 or 40<
teratogenic - ANS Fetal malformation
Teratogenic- fetal alcohol syndrome - ANS Facial anomilies, growth restriction, cns
dyafunction
-gravida - ANS Any Pregnancy total (including current)
Para - ANS Births after >20 weeks (Alive or not)
primigavida - ANS first pregnancy
LGA - ANS large for gestational age
SMA - ANS small for gestational age
consequence of gestational diabetes - ANS Large baby, or IRDS
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,Perinatal - ANS Acquired during or after birth
If mom has a fever expect - ANS Group b streptococcus
PIH Pregnancy Induced Hypertension - ANS Eclampsia or pre eclampsia
Pre-eclampsia - ANS Hypertension, proteinuria and edema in pregnancy
eclampsia - ANS toxemia of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure, albuminuria,
edema of the legs and feet, severe headaches, dizziness, convulsions, and coma
L/S ratio - ANS Lung maturity
L/S 2:1< - ANS Good decrease risk of RDS
L/S 2:1> - ANS Bad indicates RDS. Give surf
Treatment for eclampsia/pre eclampsia - ANS Bed rest, diet, anti hypertensive, mag sulfate
Delay preterm delivery and lower BP - ANS Mag sulfate
AFI (amniotic fluid index) - ANS 8-18
S/a ratio. (Surfactant/albumin) - ANS >55 lung maturity indicated
AFP (alfa-fetoprotein) - ANS <10
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, Transillumination "lighted halo" - ANS Normal
Transillumination hemithorax brightly illuminated - ANS Pneumo
Transillumination bilateral brightly illuminated - ANS PIE
Transillumination decrease or dark - ANS CDH. Pneumonia, secretions.
scaphoid abdomen - ANS CDH
Checking pulse at delivery - ANS Umbilical.
Checking pulse <1 year - ANS Brachial
Checking pulse >1 year - ANS Carotid
Weak pulses - ANS Hypoplastic left heart
Poor femoral pulses may indicate: - ANS Coarctation of the aorta
Bounding pulses - ANS PDA, a-v fistula, heart defect TOF
Pulses aternans - ANS Heart failure
Bradycardia caused by - ANS Hypoxia, apnea, drugs, sepsis, hypothermia
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