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WHAT IS VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT?
BLOOD THAT SHOULD GO TO THE AORTA AND OUT TO THE BODY SHUNTS BACK INTO PULMONARY CIRCULATION VIA THIS, MOST COMMON, DEFECT.
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WHAT IS PROSTAGLANDIN (PGE)?
A MEDIATION TO KEEP THE DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS PATENT WHEN PULMONARY BLOOD SUPPLY IS INSUFFICIENT.
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WHAT IS CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE?
COMMONLY SECONDARY TO CONGENITAL DEFECTS.
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WHAT ARE HEMOPHILIA (BLEEDING) AND SICKLE CELL ANEMIA (
AVOID CONTACT SPORTS WITH THESE DISORDERS.
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WHAT IS HYPOXIA?
CLUSTER CARE, CALM THE ENVIRONMENT, PREVENT EXCESSIVE CRYING, ASSIST PT KNEES TO CHEST AND GIVE PAIN MEDICATION TO CLIENTS EXPERIENCING THIS SYMPTOM.
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WHAT IS COARCTATION OF THE AORTA?
ABSENT FEMORAL PULSES ARE A SYMPTOM OF THIS DEFECT.
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WHAT IS KAWASAKI DISEASE?
ASPIRIN IS CONTRAINDICATED IN CHILDREN EXCEPT IN THE OCCURRENCE OF THIS.
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WHAT IS STREP (GABHS)?
AN ABNORMAL IMMUNE RESPONSE TO THIS BACTERIAL INFECTION CAN CAUSE RHEUMATIC FEVER.
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WHAT IS INTRAMUSCULAR?
DO NOT ADMINISTER A MEDICATION TO A CLIENT WITH HEMOPHILIA BY THIS ROUTE.
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WHAT ARE ASSESS FOR BLEEDING AND APPLY DIRECT CONTINUOUS PRESSURE ONE INCH ABOVE THE PUNCTURE SITE?
THESE ARE YOUR PRIORITY ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION AFTER A CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION.
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WHAT ARE PULMONIC STENOSIS, VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT, RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY AND OVERRIDING OF THE AORTA?
THE FOUR COMPONENTS OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT.
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WHAT IS LOW?
DIGOXIN HAS AN ENHANCED EFFECT WHEN THE PATIENT'S POTASSIUM LEVEL IS:
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WHAT IS KAWASAKI DISEASE?
THIS DISEASE CAUSES A HIGH FEVER WHICH IS UNRESPONSIVE TO ANTIPYRETICS.
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WHAT ARE A HEMOGLOBIN OF 6-8 G/100ML AND AN ELEVATED WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT OF 12-20,000/MM3?
THESE ARE LAB FINDINGS CONSISTENT WITH SICKLE CELL CRISIS.
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WHAT ARE ORAL IRON SUPPLEMENTS?
SUPPLEMENT BREASTFEEDING BABIES AND 12-36 MONTH OLD CHILDREN WITH THIS.
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WHAT IS AORTIC STENOSIS?
DECREASED CARDIAC OUTPUT, HYPOTENSION, TACHYCARDIA, FAINT PULSES AND RISK FOR EMBOLI FORMATION ARE THE EFFECTS OF THIS DEFECT.
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WHAT IS PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS?
SLOW CONTINUOUS INTRAVENOUS INDOMETHACIN (PGE1) IS INDICATED FOR THIS DEFECT.
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WHAT IS THE SUBACUTE PHASE?
THE MOST DANGEROUS PHASE OF KAWASAKI DISEASE DUE TO RISK OF THROMBI ANEURYSM.
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WHAT ARE HYDRATION, OXYGENATION AND PAIN MANAGEMENT (HOP)?
PRIORITY INTERVENTIONS FOR SICKLE CELL ANEMIA AND SICKLE CELL CRISIS ARE THESE.
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WHAT ARE REST, ICE, COMPRESSION AND ELEVATION (RICE)?
THESE ARE INTERVENTIONS FOR RECOGNIZING AND CONTROLLING BLEEDING WITH HEMOPHILIA.
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WHAT IS A TET SPELL?
A SUDDEN INCREASE IN CYANOSIS DUE TO RIGHT TO LEFT SHUNTING IS A CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS COMPLICATION.
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WHAT ARE PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTICS?
THESE MEDICATIONS ARE INDICATED WHEN MIXING OF BLOOD (OXYGENATED/DEOXYGENATED) OCCURS AND FOR THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PEDI.
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WHAT IS RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE?
A COMPLICATION RESULTING FROM DAMAGE TO THE HEART VALVES.
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WHAT IS HEMOGLOBIN ELECTROPHORESIS?
THE MOST ACCURATE AND PREFERRED TESTING FOR SICKLE CELL ANEMIA.
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WHAT IS DIGOXIN IS CONTRAINDICATED FOR PULSE RATE <70 BPM AND ARRHYTHMIAS WILL CAUSE AN INACCURATE PULSE AUSCULTATED FOR ONLY 15 OR 30 SECONDS?
AUSCULTATE AN APICAL PULSE FOR A FULL 60 SECONDS BEFORE ADMINISTERING DIGOXIN FOR THIS REASON.
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