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NPS Exam Comprehensive Neonatal & Pediatric
Respiratory Care Exam With Rationales Newest
2025/2026 Complete 100 Questions And Correct
Detailed Answers (Verified Answers) |Newest
Version!!!
The neonatal/pediatric specialist attends a high-risk
delivery in which the newborn's buttocks and lower
extremities present first. This fetal presentation is best
referred to as - Answer-Complete Breech (correct)
Frank Breech only the buttocks
Incomplete Breech only lower legs
Transverse lie shoulder presents first
Protruding intestines contained within a translucent
membrane or sac best describes which of the following
conditions? - Answer-Omphalocele (correct)
Gastroschisis Lateral to the umbilical stump and the
intestines are not in a sac
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Myelomeningocele spina bifida: defect of the the central
nervous system where a herniated sac contains portions
of the spinal column
DiGeorge Syndrome congenital defect on chromosome
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Following a motor vehicle accident, an 11-year-old girl
presents with a Glasgow Coma Scale of ten (10). This
would indicate - Answer-Moderate Head injury (correct) 9-
12
no head injury
mild head injury 13-15
severe head injury 3-8
Which of the following should the neonatal/pediatric
specialist suspect in a 1-year-old child with a gradual
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onset of symptoms? - Answer-Respiratory Syncytial Virus
RSV (correct)
Foreign body aspiration
Asthma
Epiglottitis
Which of the following treatment options should the
neonatal/pediatric specialist recommend for a newborn
with hyperbilirubinemia? - Answer-Phototherapy, Vitamine
E, Exchange transfusion
Which of the following procedures would be helpful to
differentiate between Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
of the Newborn (PPHN) and right-to-left shunting resulting
from a congenital heart defect? - Answer-Hyperoxia-
Hyperventilation Test (correct); infant placed on 100% O2
and manually ventilate for 5 to 10 minutes watching for an
improvement in PaO2. If the PaO2 rises above 100 torr
then the baby has PPHN. If the PaO2 does not improve
the infant has a heart defect
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Oxygen Challenge test; neonate placed on 100% oxygen,
change in PaO2 is evaluated. In lung disease the PaO2
will rise, little or no change shows shunting but we cant tell
the difference between PPHN or cardiac defects
Silverman-Anderson score; used to assess the severity of
respiratory destress in neonates
Fiberoptic Transillumination; only for pneumothorax
During assessment of an infant's nutritional status, the
neonatal/pediatric specialist notes that the infant has a
protruding belly with edematous face and limbs. This
condition is best described as - Answer-Kwashiorkor
(correct) sudden lack of proteins
Potter Syndrome atypical appearance caused by pologo
hydrannis
Scaphoid Syndrome diaphragmatic hernia
NPS Exam Comprehensive Neonatal & Pediatric
Respiratory Care Exam With Rationales Newest
2025/2026 Complete 100 Questions And Correct
Detailed Answers (Verified Answers) |Newest
Version!!!
The neonatal/pediatric specialist attends a high-risk
delivery in which the newborn's buttocks and lower
extremities present first. This fetal presentation is best
referred to as - Answer-Complete Breech (correct)
Frank Breech only the buttocks
Incomplete Breech only lower legs
Transverse lie shoulder presents first
Protruding intestines contained within a translucent
membrane or sac best describes which of the following
conditions? - Answer-Omphalocele (correct)
Gastroschisis Lateral to the umbilical stump and the
intestines are not in a sac
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Myelomeningocele spina bifida: defect of the the central
nervous system where a herniated sac contains portions
of the spinal column
DiGeorge Syndrome congenital defect on chromosome
22
Following a motor vehicle accident, an 11-year-old girl
presents with a Glasgow Coma Scale of ten (10). This
would indicate - Answer-Moderate Head injury (correct) 9-
12
no head injury
mild head injury 13-15
severe head injury 3-8
Which of the following should the neonatal/pediatric
specialist suspect in a 1-year-old child with a gradual
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onset of symptoms? - Answer-Respiratory Syncytial Virus
RSV (correct)
Foreign body aspiration
Asthma
Epiglottitis
Which of the following treatment options should the
neonatal/pediatric specialist recommend for a newborn
with hyperbilirubinemia? - Answer-Phototherapy, Vitamine
E, Exchange transfusion
Which of the following procedures would be helpful to
differentiate between Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
of the Newborn (PPHN) and right-to-left shunting resulting
from a congenital heart defect? - Answer-Hyperoxia-
Hyperventilation Test (correct); infant placed on 100% O2
and manually ventilate for 5 to 10 minutes watching for an
improvement in PaO2. If the PaO2 rises above 100 torr
then the baby has PPHN. If the PaO2 does not improve
the infant has a heart defect
, 4|Page
Oxygen Challenge test; neonate placed on 100% oxygen,
change in PaO2 is evaluated. In lung disease the PaO2
will rise, little or no change shows shunting but we cant tell
the difference between PPHN or cardiac defects
Silverman-Anderson score; used to assess the severity of
respiratory destress in neonates
Fiberoptic Transillumination; only for pneumothorax
During assessment of an infant's nutritional status, the
neonatal/pediatric specialist notes that the infant has a
protruding belly with edematous face and limbs. This
condition is best described as - Answer-Kwashiorkor
(correct) sudden lack of proteins
Potter Syndrome atypical appearance caused by pologo
hydrannis
Scaphoid Syndrome diaphragmatic hernia
