REMAR QUICK FACTS for PEDIATRICS Exam Questions With Verified Answers.
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REMAR QUICK FACTS for PEDIATRICS
Exam Questions With Verified Answers.
And obstructive airway disease caused by _________ and _________ of the bronchioles? -
answerSpasms, inflammation
What are the signs of asthma? - answerSOB (shortness of breath), tachycardia, expiratory
wheezes, cough
When...
REMAR QUICK FACTS for PEDIATRICS
Exam Questions With Verified Answers.
And obstructive airway disease caused by _________ and _________ of the bronchioles? -
answer✔Spasms, inflammation
What are the signs of asthma? - answer✔SOB (shortness of breath), tachycardia, expiratory
wheezes, cough
When will clients experience a cough? - answer✔At night
Is there mucus production with asthma? - answer✔Yes there is mucous
What is the primary treatment goal? - answer✔To identify the allergen
Which medications work best for treatment of asthma? - answer✔Anti-inflammatory
Cortical steroids bronchodilators
Leukotriene modifiers
Metered dose inhalers
Which should you give first—the steroid or bronchodilator—when treating asthma? -
answer✔Bronchodilator
What are leukotriene modifiers? - answer✔they are drugs used to block the chemical leukotriene
which reduces inflammation
What is the cause of bacterial meningitis? - answer✔Streptococcus pneumoniae
What are the S/S in CHILDREN for bacterial meningitis? - answer✔Increased ICP - See
Hydrocephalus
Neck stiffness
Kernig's sign: inability to extend leg and thigh is flexed at hip
Brudzinski's sign: neck flexion caused by abduction and flexion of lower extremities
What are the S/S in INFANTS for bacterial meningitis?
3 months - 2 years - answer✔*Classic signs are absent
Poor feeding, vomiting
Irritability, seizure, and
bulging fontanel when not crying but at rest
What are the S/S in NEONATES for bacterial meningitis?
Birth to 2 months - answer✔Hard to diagnose
Refuses to eat
Movement to decrease
Restless, sleep pattern
How is bacterial meningitis diagnosed? - answer✔Lumbar puncture
With bacterial meningitis what laboratory values are present? - answer✔Decreased: glucose
Increased: protein, WBC's cloudy
What is the treatment for bacterial meningitis? - answer✔Droplet isolation - 24 hours
Antibiotics, antipyretics
Monitor vital signs
What other conditions may follow bacterial meningitis? - answer✔SIADH
What is another type of meningitis? - answer✔Viral, it is less severe; requires no isolation or
antibiotics. Clients get better on their own.
The client's abdomen is often _____? - answer✔distended
What does the clients to look like with celiac disease? - answer✔Smelly, pale, bulky; expect lots
of gas with some diarrhea
The best food substitutes are ________ and ________. - answer✔Corn, rice
Can a client on a gluten-free diet have spaghetti or waffles? - answer✔No, all of these products
have grain in them
What is another name for celiac disease? - answer✔Celiac Sprue
Cerebral palsy: what is it? - answer✔Chronic nonprogressive disorder of the motor center of the
brain before, during, or after birth
What is the cause of cerebral palsy? - answer✔Anoxic injury
Maternal infections
Kernicterus
Low birth weight
What is kernicterus? - answer✔When bilirubin is over 20 and in the CSF(cerebrospinalfluid)
What are the assessment signs of cerebral palsy? - answer✔Seizures, poor suck, tongue thrust,
scissoring of legs
What newborn reflexes will remain after six months with cerebral palsy? - answer✔Morrow,
tonic neck
With cerebral palsy what is the major concern with feeding? - answer✔Food aspiration
Cerebral palsy: What position should be used for feeding? - answer✔Feed upright supporting the
jaw
Cerebral palsy: What is the pattern of the symptoms? - answer✔They get better or worse
Another name for Hirschsprung disease? - answer✔congenital aganglionic megacolon
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