MAS-SIDS-RDS-HYPOGLYCEMIA

Question 1

airways fully developed at?

Answer 1

16 weeks

Question 2

production of surfactant begins at

Answer 2

23-24 weeks of gestation

Question 3

any surface acting material or agent that is responsible for lowering surface tension of fluid

Answer 3

surfactant

Question 4

the surfactant present in the alveoli of lungs

Answer 4

pulmonary surfactant

Question 5

• inappropriate respiratory adaptation to extrauterine life
• referred to hyaline membrane disease

Answer 5

Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Question 6

Signs and symptoms

Answer 6

• cyanosis
• nasal flaring
• tachypnea
• difficulty in establishing normal respiration
• expiratory grunting

Question 7

treatment for RDS

Answer 7

• thermoregulation
• fluid balance and nutrition
• skin care
• pain assessment
  -family care

Question 8

primarily indicated for use in treating respiratory distress

Answer 8

continuous positive airway pressure (cpap)

Question 9

is a routinely used when ventilating preterm infants and high levels are recommended in those with severe respiratory distress

Answer 9

positive and expiratory pressure (peep)

Question 10

contributing factors in IUGR

Answer 10

• maternal vascular disease
• hypertension
• intrauterine infection
• chromosomal abnormalities

Question 11

an abnormal increase in the number of total red blood cells

Answer 11

polycythemia

Question 12

first feces (stool) of the newborn

Answer 12

meconium

Question 13

a serious condition in which a newborn breathes a mixture of? and?

Answer 13

• meconium aspiration syndrome
• meconium
• amniotic fluid

Question 14

MAS signs and symptoms

Answer 14

• tachypnea
• nasal flaring
• grunting
• retraction
• barrel chest
• apnea

Question 15

used to dilute the amount of meconium in the amniotic fluid

Answer 15

amnioinfusion

Question 16

treatment of MAS

Answer 16

• suctioning at birth before the first breath
• endotracheal intubation
• mechanical ventilation
• supplemental oxygen
• nitric oxide treatment
• IV antibiotics to treat infection

Question 17

causing blood to shunt from the pulmonary artery into the aorta and compromising cardiac efficiency and increasing hypoxia

Answer 17

open ductus arteriosus

Question 18

a sudden unexplained death in infancy

Answer 18

sudden infant death syndrome

Question 19

the peak age of incidence is

Answer 19

2-4 months

Question 20

SIDS cause

Answer 20

• brainstem abnormalities
• decreased arousal responses
• sleeping in a room without moving air
• heartrate abnormalities

Question 21

prevention of SIDS

Answer 21

• use of pacifiers
• proper bedding
• good prenatal care
• sleep position-lying or supine
• controlled environment temp