Peds Test 2 Review Q's

Question 1

Up to what age should you expect to use a catheter to obtain a u/a specimen?

Answer 1

2 years (CDC says 3)

Question 2

Antipyretics accomplish everything except….

Answer 2

distinguishing between the seriously ill and the critically ill

Question 3

In a 2 month old with salmonella, what do you do?

Answer 3

treat with antibiotics

Question 4

whats the best way to assess the development of the child?

Answer 4

parents

Question 5

how much sodium is in NS?

Answer 5

154 meq

Question 6

in a bolus, do we push potassium?

Answer 6

no

Question 7

Which are the signs of CHD?

Answer 7

Sweating at night, delayed growth (failure to thrive), poor feedind, rales.

Question 8

How does a baby increase cardiac output?

Answer 8

by increasing the heart rate

Question 9

treatment for thumb sign

Answer 9

IV ceftriaxone, airway precautions

Question 10

organism that causes croup

Answer 10

parainfluenza

Question 11

organism that causes pertussis

Answer 11

Bordetella pertussis

Question 12

organism that causes epiglottitis

Answer 12

H Flu

Question 13

organism that causes bronchiolitis

Answer 13

RSV

Question 14

most common finding on xray in asthma?

Answer 14

flattened diarphragms, air trapping, hyperinflation

Question 15

most common age to diagnose asthma?

Answer 15

4-5 years old

Question 16

what physiologic newborn murmur is heard only in systole?

Answer 16

stills murmur

Question 17

what is you hear a murmur in diastole?

Answer 17

thats always pathological

Question 18

normal respiratory rate for a baby

Answer 18

30-60

Question 19

nocturnal coughing indicates?

Answer 19

asthma

Question 20

Acute otitis media has a _______ TM

Answer 20

red

Question 21

Chronic otitis media has a ______TM

Answer 21

thickened

Question 22

the most common bug in otitis media

Answer 22

strep pneumo

Question 23

the most common bug in otitis externa

Answer 23

P. Aurginosa

Question 24

the most common bug in peds PNA?

Answer 24

Strep pneumo

Question 25

Myalgias, mild chills, and a headache, you should be thinking of….they present atypically

Answer 25

walking pneumonia
( "Walking pneumonia" is a term that is used to describe pneumonia in which the respiratory symptoms do not interfere with normal activity"

Question 26

chart used to determine gestational age

Answer 26

Ballard - Dubowitz score

Question 27

which affects gestational size?

Answer 27

diabetes
TORCH infection
substance abuse

Question 28

what are the 4 newborn rashes of concern?

Answer 28

Hemangiomas
Vesicles
Harlequin
Hairy Nevus
(vesicles/herpes is the most concerning)