12-25 Flashcards
Coarctation of the aorta
Congenital heart defect, constriction or narrowing of aorta
Cardiomyopathy
Disease of the heart, muscle, large, thick or stiff heart muscle increased overload and left side of heart
Dislipidemia
Metabolic disorder with abnormal levels of lipids in the blood, such as cholesterol
Hemophilia
Inherited bleeding disorder not enough clotting factors to stop bleeding
Sickle cell anemia
Genetic blood disorder that affects red blood cells, causing rigid sickled c shaped
Intussusception
Part of the intestine slides into an adjacent part of the intestine, cutting off blood supply, blocking food and fluids
Nephrotic syndrome
Chronic kidney condition that produces too much protein in the urine. edema, fatigue decreased appetite, dark urine
Acute Otitis media (AOM)
Middle ear infection that causes inflammation and fluid buildup
Pertussis
“Whooping cough” bacterial infection, highly contagious polymerase chain reaction test
Oseltamivir medication
Medication for flu, serious, side effects, seizures, hallucinations confusion
Cystic fibrosis
Genetic disorder that causes thick mucus to build up in the lungs, pancreas and other organs sweat test sodium levels due to lowering of the sodium and affected patient
Croup
Infection of the upper airway barking like cough, labored breathing
Ineffective endocarditis
An infection of the endocardium caused by blood-borne bacteria that settles in the heart lining
Kawasaki disease
Rare childhood illness causes inflammation of the blood vessels and a high fever weaken the coronary muscles
Ventricular septal defect
Hole in the heart that is present at birth allows low oxygen blood to pump back into the lungs increase his blood pressure requires lungs to work harder
Atrial septal defect
Hole in the septum that divides the upper chambers of the atria congenital heart defect present at birth
Aplastic anemia
When the bone marrow doesn’t produce enough new blood cells caused by loss of hematopoietic stem cells
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
We’re clotting disorder causes organ damage, and uncontrollable bleeding two stages first stage overactive clotting second stage overactive bleeding
Immune thrombocytopenia
Disorder leads to bruising and bleeding low levels of platelets that help blood clot
Beta thalassemia
Inherited blood disorder passed down from one or both parents body makes less hemoglobin two types, alpha beta
Pyloric stenosis
Narrowing of the opening between the stomach and the small intestine, persistent, hunger, dehydration, projectile, vomiting
Ulcerative colitis
Inflammation and sores called ulcers in part of the digestive tract affects the muscle lining of large intestine colon
Acute cystitis
UTI that causes a bladder infection
Strabismus
Cross eye or lazy eye
Tetralogy of fallot
Congenital heart defect, pulmonary stenosis, ventricular hypertrophy overriding aorta, right ventricular hypertrophy