Cardiovascular paediatrics Flashcards
1
Q
Most common congenital heart defects
A
VSD
PDA
ASD
Pulmonary stenosis
2
Q
VSD
A
Ventricular septal defect
3
Q
PDA
A
Patent ductus arteriosus
4
Q
ASD
A
Atrial septal defect
5
Q
Sx of babies with congenital heart defects
A
SOB Poor feeding Cold peripheries Sweating Cyanosis
6
Q
Sx of children with congenital heart defects
A
Poor exercise tolerance
7
Q
Features of Innocent murmurs
A
Soft
Systolic
Asymptomatic
Left Sternal edge
8
Q
Mx of Innocent murmurs
A
Nothing, they are physiologically normal
9
Q
Categories of congenital heart defects
A
Left to right shunt Right to left shunt Mixed Well children with obstructions Sick children with obstructions
10
Q
Sx of Left to right shunts
A
Breathless
Pink
11
Q
Left to right shunts
A
VSD
ASD
PDA
12
Q
Sx of right to left shunts
A
Cyanosis
13
Q
Right to left shunts
A
Tetralogy of Fallot
TGA (transposition of the Great arteries)
14
Q
Sx of mixed defects
A
Breathless
Cyanosis
15
Q
Mixed defects
A
AVSD
Complex defects
