Radiology modules 5&6

Question 1

A prenatal history of which of the following should alert the NNP to the potential of GI Obstruction?

Answer 1

Polyhydramnios

Question 2

How many hours post delivery should gas be present in the small intestine?

Answer 2

3

Question 3

In a neonate with normal lungs, the diaphragm is found at the level of

Answer 3

9th vertebra

Question 4

The “double wall” sign on an abdominal x-ray indicates?

Answer 4

free air in the peritoneum

Question 5

Calcifications around the bowel may be indicative of

Answer 5

meconium peritonitis

Question 6

Which of the following is a clinical feature of pyloric atresia

Answer 6

Visible peristalsis

Question 7

Radiographically, pyloric atresia appears as

Answer 7

gasless abdomen

Question 8

Multiple atresias should be suspected in the presences of

Answer 8

Abdominal calcifications

Question 9

During development the lumen of the bowel is blocked by

Answer 9

epithelial tissue

Question 10

Malrotation occurs as a result of the feature of which step in bowel development

Answer 10

fixation

Question 11

The most common site of small bowel obstruction is

Answer 11

ampulla of vater

Question 12

Duodenal obstructions may be caused by intrauterine

Answer 12

vascular ischemia

Question 13

Causes of extrinsic compression of the duodenum include

Answer 13

Ladd’s Bands

Question 14

Normally the duodenum is fixed at the

Answer 14

Ligament of Treitz

Question 15

Duodenal obstruction is associated with which of the following

Answer 15

esophageal atresia

Question 16

Clinical features of duodenal obstruction include

Answer 16

indirect hyperbilirubinemia

Question 17

Radiographically, duodenal atresia presents as a

Answer 17

double bubble

Question 18

Most common cause of jejunal obstruction is

Answer 18

intrauterine ischemic insult

Question 19

Radiographically, proximal jejunal atresia may present with

Answer 19

a triple bubble

Question 20

Anomalies that occur during migration of the midgut and hidgut into the umbilical cord is

Answer 20

omphalocele

Question 21

Which of the following is classified as a functional disorder of the bowel?

Answer 21

meconium plug syndrome

Question 22

Hirschprung’s disease is caused by the absence of

Answer 22

ganglion cells

Question 23

Hirschprung’s disease is associated with which of the following syndromes

Answer 23

Down’s syndrome

Question 24

In an infant with a normal bowel, contrast material should be expelled with in what time period?

Answer 24

24 hours

Question 25

In a high imperofrate anus, the rectum terminates above which landmark?

Answer 25

pubococcygeal line

Question 26

An invertogram is taken with the infant in what position?

Answer 26

upside down

Question 27

Which of the following landmarks is important when dx imperfortate anus

Answer 27

ischium point