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An increase in _______ is the chief compensatory mechanism in
children to increase end-organ perfusion and to maintain blood
pressure.
A. Heart rate
B. Stroke volume
C. Contractility
D. Peripheral vasoconstriction Corect Answer A. Heart rate
Epiglottitis is a medical emergency in the pediatric population.
Remember the four Ds, which stand for:
A. Dysphagia, dysphonia, drooling, and distress
B. Diaphoresis, diplopia, diarrhea, and distress
C. Dilated (pupils), drooling, distress, and diaphoresis
,D. Drooling, dysphagia, distant lung sounds, and distress Corect
Answer A. Dysphagia, dysphonia, drooling, and distress
Options to relieve a foreign body airway obstruction in a pediatric
includes:
A. Abdominal thrusts only
B. One attempt at nasotracheal intubation
C. Carotid massage
D. Chest thrusts, Heimlich maneuver, and laryngoscopy with
Magill forceps Corect Answer D. Chest thrusts, Heimlich
maneuver, and laryngoscopy with Magill forceps
A child in shock will fail quickly when the child's compensatory
systems:
A. Are in overdrive
B. Fail
C. Thrive
D. Are functioning normally Corect Answer B. Fail
,In a child in shock, the heart rate is the:
A. Only compensatory mechanism
B. Last compensatory mechanism
C. Primary compensatory mechanism
D. None of the above Corect Answer C. Primary compensatory
mechanism
Trauma is the pediatric patient is the most common cause of
___________________ shock.
A. Anaphylactic
B. Hypovolemic
C. Neurogenic
D. Cardiogenic Corect Answer B. Hypovolemic
Causes of cardiogenic shock in the pediatric patient include all of
the following EXCEPT:
A. Hyperammonemia
, B. Drug toxicity
C. Myocarditis
D. Arrhythmias Corect Answer A. Hyperammonemia
The primary treatments for distributive / neurogenic shock include:
A. Lasix and nitroglycerin
B. Volume replacement and epinephrine
C. Dobutamine and metoprolol
D. Albuterol Corect Answer B. Volume replacement and
epinephrine
An example of a cardiac defect that does not cause cyanosis in
the pediatric patient is:
A. Transposition of the Great Arteries
B. Tetralogy of Fallot
C. Pulmonary Stenosis
D. All of the above Corect Answer C. Pulmonary Stenosis