First Lecture by Dr. Bernstein Flashcards
What is the most frequent cause of cardiac cyanosis in the first week of life?
D-transposition of the great arteries
What is levocardia?
The heart sits reversed of where it should be in the chest.
What is dextrocardia?
Heart is situated on the right side of the body
What is mesocardia?
The apex of the heart sits midline in the throrax.
What does solitus mean
Normal arrangement
T/F: Right ventricle delivers blood to both pulmonary and systemic circulation.
TRUE
T/F: Left ventricle delvers blood to the systemic and placental circulation.
TRUE
What is the normal Po2 from the plecenta?
32-35 mmHg
What is the normal O2 sat from the placenta?
80 %
T/F: Over 3/4 of the umbilical vein bybpasses the hepatic veins and portal venous system via the ductus venosus into the inferior vena cava (IVC).
FALSE (Over 1/2 of the umbilical vein….)
T/F: Fetal pulmonary vascular resistance is low.
FALSE
How much blood bypasses the pulmonary circulation from the right ventricle to the ductus arterioles to the descending aorta?
90 %
T/F: Right ventricle has a higher output than the left ventricle in FETAL circulation.
TRUE
AFTER birth which atrium of the heart has higher pressure?
LEFT atrium
Left atrium pressure _________ the right atrium pressure, the flap valve of the ______ _____ closes against the septum secundum, eliminating shunting at the atrial valve
exceeds, foramen, ovale
What does the ductus arteriosus connect?
The pulmonary arteries to the aorta
The functional closure of the muscular wall of the ductus arteriosus usually takes how long?
10-15 hours
What causes closure of the ductus arteriosus?
Increase
- Arterial O2 tension
- Bradykinin
Decrease
-prostaglandins
What can cause the foramen ovale to reopen after birth?
- Crying
- Pain
- hypoxia,
- hypercarbia
- acidosis,
- lung diseaase,
- sepsis
How long until anatomic closure of the foramen ovale?
3 months to 1 year
How long until the anatomical closure of the ductus arteriosus?
-1 month to 3 months
What would be used to keep the ductus arteriosus open after birth?
- Prostaglandin E1 infusion
- Alprostadil 50-100 ng/kg/min (0.1 mcg/kg)
What would be used to close ductus arteriosus?
-Indomethacin (potent prostaglandin inhibitor)
What is the blood volume of a premature?
100-120 ml/kg
What is the blood volue of <3 month old?
90 ml/kg
What is the blood volume of a 3 - 12 month old?
80 ml/kg