PNCB AC-701 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Which method provides the BEST estimate of energy requirements for enteral feeding
of a school-age
child mechanically ventilated for respiratory failure?
a. Harris-Benedict Equation
b. indirect calorimetry measurement
c. schofield equation
d. WHO equation - Answer -indirect calorimetry measurement
The primary characteristics of the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis (SIAD/SIADH)
are:
a. hyponatremia & euvolemia
b. hyponatremia & hypovolemia
c. hypernatremia & euvolemia
d. hypernatremia & hypovolemia - Answer -hyponatremia & euvolemia
A child with Ebstein anomaly and Wolffe-Parkinson-White syndrome fell while playing
and presents with
a closed fracture of the humerus. Physical exam reveals mild bradycardia and a
moderate pain score.
Which of the following medications would MOST likely explain this child's bradycardia?
a. enalapril
b. furosemide
c. losartan
d. propranolol - Answer -propranolol
A child is struck in the face with a baseball resulting in an orbital blow out fracture.
Which examination
finding is the PRIORITY concern?
a. blurred vision
b. bradycardia with eye movement
c. layered blood in the anterior chamber
d. photosensitivity - Answer -bradycardia with eye movement
A child who is post-operative day 2 following repair of tetralogy of Fallot has moderate
chest tube
drainage output that has become cloudy in color following initiation of enteral feeds.
Which of the
following pleural fluid analysis results would confirm the suspected diagnosis?
a. cholesterol level exceeding serum cholestrol
b. LDH more than 3 times the upper normal limit for serum LDH
c. triglyceride level greater than 110 mg/dL
Which method provides the BEST estimate of energy requirements for enteral feeding
of a school-age
child mechanically ventilated for respiratory failure?
a. Harris-Benedict Equation
b. indirect calorimetry measurement
c. schofield equation
d. WHO equation - Answer -indirect calorimetry measurement
The primary characteristics of the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis (SIAD/SIADH)
are:
a. hyponatremia & euvolemia
b. hyponatremia & hypovolemia
c. hypernatremia & euvolemia
d. hypernatremia & hypovolemia - Answer -hyponatremia & euvolemia
A child with Ebstein anomaly and Wolffe-Parkinson-White syndrome fell while playing
and presents with
a closed fracture of the humerus. Physical exam reveals mild bradycardia and a
moderate pain score.
Which of the following medications would MOST likely explain this child's bradycardia?
a. enalapril
b. furosemide
c. losartan
d. propranolol - Answer -propranolol
A child is struck in the face with a baseball resulting in an orbital blow out fracture.
Which examination
finding is the PRIORITY concern?
a. blurred vision
b. bradycardia with eye movement
c. layered blood in the anterior chamber
d. photosensitivity - Answer -bradycardia with eye movement
A child who is post-operative day 2 following repair of tetralogy of Fallot has moderate
chest tube
drainage output that has become cloudy in color following initiation of enteral feeds.
Which of the
following pleural fluid analysis results would confirm the suspected diagnosis?
a. cholesterol level exceeding serum cholestrol
b. LDH more than 3 times the upper normal limit for serum LDH
c. triglyceride level greater than 110 mg/dL
