By Christine M. Houser
Often, details in evaluate books can increase as many questions because it solutions. This interferes with the learn approach, as the learner needs to both search for more information or bypass forward with out really comprehending what she or he has learn. in its place, Pediatric Cardiology and Pulmonology: A essentially Painless evaluation offers bite-size chunks of data that may be learn and processed quickly, supporting beginners to stick lively whereas learning and to select up new details the 1st time they learn it. This book's query and solution layout allows self-testing or research with a accomplice or a gaggle. The structure additionally allows dipping into the booklet in the course of a couple of minutes of downtime on the health center or place of work. Pediatric Cardiology and Pulmonology: A virtually Painless evaluate is a short and simple option to grasp those tough themes and is acceptable for these learning for the pediatric board examination, practising physicians brushing up their abilities, and any busy clinician who desires to research extra approximately those subject matters whereas at the go.
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Prolonged expiratory phase (earliest sign) What are normal adult arterial blood gas (ABG) values? 4/100/40 At what age should children’s blood gases look approximately the same as those of adults? 7 years The younger the child, the more the ABG differs from adult values. In what three ways is the ABG of a child normally different from that of an adult? 1. O2 is lower 2. CO2 is lower 3. Bicarb is lower What is a normal PaO2 for children <24 months old? About 90 What is a normal PaCO2 for children <24 months old?
Lack of ventilation when the episode is very bad 2. High intrathoracic pressure squishes the alveolar capillaries, increasing the effective dead space If the board wants to tell you that a patient is hypoxemic, what are they likely to put in the vignette? Change in level of consciousness • A little edema in the airways can cause a big problem PaO2 and PaCO2 of about 50 each 32 3 General Pulmonary Question and Answer Items If the board wants to tell you that a patient is hypercarbic, what are they likely to put in the vignette?
No – typically it’s a 3–5-month-old baby, although some present earlier or later What kinds of problems do Tetralogy of Fallot kids have after repair? (Name 3 problems) Arrhythmias Recurrent pulmonary artery obstruction & Syncope What are the findings of Tetralogy of Fallot? (there are four findings, just as there are four characteristics of the condition) 1. 2. 3. 4. Will the pulmonary vasculature be unusually full, or unusually empty, on CXR with Tetralogy of Fallot? ” An acute episode of hypoxemia in a child with Tetralogy of Fallot What causes a Tet spell?