Birth Defects Flashcards
Determine a symptom of spina bifida.
Atony
Hydrocephalus
Poor weight gain
Fatigue
Hydrocephalus
Propose a maternal illness condition that predisposes a baby to a congenital heart defect.
Hardikar syndrome
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Stickler syndrome
Hypertelorism
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Predict how the clinician will determine a diagnosis of a septal detect and whether it is atrial or ventricular.
Auscultation
Guthrie test
Computerized tomography (CT)
Immunoassay
Auscultation
Combination of genetics and environment
Low birth weight
Hyperactivity
Female gender
Combination of genetics and environment
Identify one of the components of a club foot deformity.
Abductus
Valgus
Aquinas
Adductus
Adductus
Recommend how the clinician can confirm a diagnosis of spina bifida.
Physical assessment
Maternal serum testing for alpha-fetoprotein
Immunoassay
Spine X-ray
Maternal serum testing for alpha-fetoprotein
Determine a risk factor for spina bifida.
Phenylketonuria
Low levels of alpha-fetoprotein levels
Folic acid deficiency before and during pregnancy
Lithium exposure
Folic acid deficiency before and during pregnancy
Identify a type of neural tube defect.
Microcephaly
Spina bifida occulta
Tales valgus
Micrognathia
Spina bifida occulta
Identify one of the components of a club foot deformity.
Valgus
Abductus
Adductus
Aquinas
Adductus
Propose what the clinician should assess in a child with clubfoot.
The presence of scoliosis
The extent of poor muscle consistency
The sensitivity to light touch
The Achilles reflex
The extent of poor muscle consistency
Propose what can result from uncorrected club foot.
Metatarsal fracture
Walking on the instep of the foot
Inability to wear shoes
Calluses
Calluses
Establish how phenylketonuria (PKU) is detected.
History and physical assessment
Fetal serum taurine measurement
Maternal serum testing for acetylcholinesterase
Tandem mass spectrometry
Tandem mass spectrometry
Some congenital heart defects can present as cyanotic and acyanotic depending upon which part of the heart is affected. Determine which is categorized as both cyanotic and acyanotic.
Ebstein’s anomaly
Levo-transposition of the great arteries
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
Ventricular septal defect
Ventricular septal defect
Predict how the clinician will determine a diagnosis of a septal detect and whether it is atrial or ventricular.
Guthrie test
Photometric detection
Immunoassay
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Predict what can happen in a child with untreated phenylketonuria (PKU).
Weight loss
Microcephaly
Macrocytosis
Currarino syndrome
Microcephaly
Determine a syndromic cleft associated with a genetic syndrome.
Patau syndrome
Sjogren’s syndrome
Myasthenia gravis
Turner syndrome
Patau syndrome
Recommend an effective treatment modality in children with club foot.
Achilles tendon release
ORIF of the ankle
Spica casting
The Kite method
Achilles tendon release
Recommend how the clinician can confirm a diagnosis of spina bifida.
Tandem mass spectrometry
Physical assessment
Spine X-ray
Maternal serum testing for acetylcholinesterase
Maternal serum testing for acetylcholinesterase
Establish a food that is high in phenylalanine.
Dark leafy greens
Ham
Soybeans
Strip steak
Soybeans
Determine a risk factor for spina bifida.
Lithium exposure
Phenylketonuria
Female gender of the baby
Rubella infection
Female gender of the baby
Recommend how the clinician can confirm a diagnosis of spina bifida.
Tandem mass spectrometry
Physical assessment
Immunoassay
Amniocentesis
Amniocentesis
Some congenital heart defects can present as cyanotic and acyanotic depending upon which part of the heart is affected. Determine which is categorized as both cyanotic and acyanotic.
Mitral stenosis
Tetralogy of Fallot
Levo-transposition of the great arteries
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
Tetralogy of Fallot
