NR328 Pediatrics Quizzes with 100% Correct
Solutions
Therapeutic management for _____ include: being managed at home. Antipyretics for
fever, decongestants, cough suppressants used with caution. - ✔✔Acute Viral
Nasopharyngitis (Common Cold)
Clinical manifestations of _____ include: Cough that is worse during the night: "Barking"
or "Brassy" cough with varying degrees of inspiratory stridor, varying degrees of
respiratory distress resulting from swelling or obstruction in the region of the larynx and
subglottic airway. - ✔✔Croup
Treatment for _____ includes: Cool mist tent and possibly steroid treatment -
✔✔Croup
This is a MEDICAL EMERGENCY, where the patient presents with a thick and muffled
voice, with a froglike croaking upon inspiration. - ✔✔Epiglottitis
Treatment for _____ includes: DROPLET PRECAUTIONS! Airway protection, HAVE AN
INTUBATION AND TRACH SET AT THE BEDSIDE! Humidified oxygen, fluids, antibiotics,
and a calm, reassuring approach for the client and family. - ✔✔Epiglottitis
For what disease process will you under NO circumstances put anything in the patient's
mouth or throat during examination. - ✔✔Epiglottitis
Absence of spontaneous cough, presence of drooling, and agitation are the three clinical
observations that are predictive of this disorder - ✔✔Epiglottitis
, Clinical Manifestations: Mild fever, slight cough, and malaise TO high fever, severe
cough, and fatigue.
TX: symptomatic and includes measures to promote oxygenation and comfort. -
✔✔Viral Pneumonia
Clinical Manifestations: Fever, malaise, rapid and shallow respirations, cough, and chest
pain.
TX: Antibiotics, CPT, breathing treatment possibly - ✔✔Bacterial Pneumonia
In this disease process, Chest x-Ray shows pulmonary infiltrates with lobar consolidation
and in severe cases, pleural effusion. - ✔✔Pneumonia
Early respiratory manifestations of _____ include: wheezing, rhonchi, dry, non-
productive cough. Increased Involvement: dyspnea, paroxysmal cough, obstructive
emphysema and atelectasis on chest x-ray. - ✔✔Cystic Fibrosis
Advanced respiratory involvement of _____ include: Cyanosis, barrel-shaped chest,
clubbing of fingers and toes, multiple episodes of bronchitis or bronchopneumonia. -
✔✔Cystic Fibrosis
GI manifestations of _____ include: Large, frothy, bulky, greasy, foul-smelling stools
(steatorrhea), voracious appetite (early), loss of appetite (late), distended abdomen
(infant), thin arms and legs (infant), reflux, deficiency of fat-soluble vitamins -
✔✔Cystic Fibrosis
Medication for this disease includes: Albuterol, anticholinergics, Flucasone propionate/
Salmeterol, and DORNASE ALFA - ✔✔Cystic Fibrosis