Pediatrics Final/ATI| Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified

Most common post op complication of tonsillectomy? - hemorrhage Risk time for hemorrhage after tonsillectomy? - 10 days to 2 weeks post op Signs and symptoms of hemorrhage after tonsillectomy? - restlessness, swallowing frequently, low BP (late sign) How should child lay post op to prevent hemorrhage from tonsillectomy? - side lying or on abdomen What should the child avoid after a tonsillectomy post op? - coughing or blowing nose How should xrays be taken to see the section of the lung behind the heart (lingual)? - Laterally Why are lateral xrays needed to view the lingual area? - a common site for pneumonia If a child is "barking" and has hoarseness and inspiratory stridor what might they have? - croup What does inspiratory stridor sound like? - a gasp If stridor reduces in a child previously showing stridor, what can that mean? - blockage and imminent respiratory failure Do not put anything in the __________ of a child with acute epiglottitis. - Mouth Acute LTB - Croup symptoms, Inflammation mucosa lining larynx & trachea causing narrowing airway-subglottic area narrowest part causes respiratory acidosis