Congeital Heart Defects Flashcards

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Shunts for fetal circulation

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Ductus venosus
Foremen ovale
Ductus arteriosis

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Embryonic development of heart is by ______ weeks

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12 weeks

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Foremen ovale shunts blood from which ____ side to the ______ side

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Left to right

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Ductus arteriosus shunts blood from the…

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Lungs

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Path of fetal circulation

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From mother, to fetus via umbilical vein, through fetal circulation…
Returns partially oxygenated and deoxygenated blood to mother via umbilical arteries

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Incidence of congenital heart defects

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5 to 8 in every 1000 live births

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Congenital heart defects have an increased incidence in what kind of babies/births?

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Premature, stillborns, low birth weight infants, and spontaneous abortions

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Two major groups of heart defects are…

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Congenital heart defects and acquired cardiac disorders

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Types of congenital heart defects

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Congestive heart failure and hypoxemia

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Acquired cardiac disorders are from…

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Infection, autoimmune responses, environmental factors, familial

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Prenatal and maternal factors for congenital heart defects

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Rubella, alcohol abuse, older than 40, type 1 diabetes

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Genetic factors that put infants at risk for congenital heart defects

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Sibling with a defect, parent with CHD, chromosomal problem, born with other noncardiac abnormality

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What is pulmonary congestion?

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A backup of fluid into lungs

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What is a right to left blood shunt and the results of it?

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Blood from right side enters left side of heart and causes hypoxemia, cyanosis, and polycythemia

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What is polycythemia?

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Increased viscosity in the blood because there are more RBCs than needed, prone to strokes

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What is a left to right shunt and results of it

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Blood flow from the high pressured left side to low pressure right side and causes tachypnea, dyspnea, and pulmonary edema

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Symptoms of pediatric pulmonary hypertension

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Tachycardia- over 160, tachypnea- over 60, s3 and s4 heart sounds, dyspnea, diaphoresis, easily fatigued,

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What are acyanotic defects?

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Increased pulmonary blood flow, ASD, VSD, PDA

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What are cyanotic defects?

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Decreased pulmonary blood flow, tetrology of fallot, transportation of great arteries

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What is atrial septal defect (ASD)?

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An abnormal opening between the right and left atrium from an incompetent foremen ovale and cause incorrect development of atrial septum

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Clinical manifestations of Atrial septal defect

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Can be asymptomatic, congestive heart failure symptoms, a murmur, and atrial dysrhythmiasw

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Treatment of atrial septal defect (ASD)

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Surgical with a Dacron patch or no surgical with cardiac catheterization

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Surgical treatment of ASD requires…

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Bypass and a 4-6 day stay

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What is ventricular septal defect (VSD)?

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An abnormal opening between the left and right ventricles

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Types of ventricular septal defects

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Membranous and muscular

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Clinical manifestations of ventricular septal defect

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CHF, murmur, bacterial endocarditis, eisenmenger syndrome

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Ventricular septal defect treatment

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Surgical (palliative or a repair)
Nonsurgical with cardiac cath
Need bypass

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What is Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)?

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Failure of ductus arteriosus to close after the first weeks of life. Blood flow is altered. Increased workload on left side of heart

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Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) blood flow alteration

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Left side of heart has increased workload – increases pulmonary vascular congestion and resistance, potential increase in right ventricular pressure and hypertrophy.

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Clinical manifestations of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)

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Asymptomatic, CHF symptoms, machinery like murmur (humming top), widened pulse pressure, bounding pulse

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Treatment of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)

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medical- endocin, or surgical is open heart surgery

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What is Coarctation of the Aorta (COA)?

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Narrowing of the aortic arch near the insertion of the ductus arteriosus with increase pressure near the narrowing and decreased pressure distal to the narrowing– causes ventricular workoverload

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Clinical manifestations of coarctation of the aorta (COA)?

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increased BP, bounding pulses, weak/absent femoral pulses
Cool lower extremities, symptoms worsen
dizziness, faintness, headaches, increased BP

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Treatment of coarctation of the aorta (COA)?

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Surgical or nonsurgical

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What is tetrology of fallot (TOF)?

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When right ventricle contracts, blood resistance occurs related to pulmonary stenosis. Blood is shunted across ventricular septal defect, into the aorta, and the left ventricle gives persistent arterial unsaturation— CYANOSIS

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Four main defects of tetrology of fallot (TOF)?

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Pulmonary stenosis, ventricular septal defect, overriding aorta, right ventricular hypertrophy

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Clinical manifestations of tetrology of fallot (TOF)?

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Cyanosis, clubbing, systolic murmur, delayed growth and development, hypoxia, tet spells, squatting

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Risks associated with tetrology of fallot (TOF)?

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Emboli, brain abscesses, seizures, loss of consciousness,

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Treatment of Tetrology of fallot (TOF)?

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surgical- palliative- Balock-Taussig or Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt and a complete repair in the 1st year of life

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What is Transposition of the Great Areries and Transposition of the Great Vessels (TGA/TGV)?

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When the pulmonary artery leaves the left ventricle and the aorta exits the right ventricle with no communication between the systemic and pulmonary circulations- mixed defect

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What is basically happening with TGA and TGV?

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the aorta and pulmonary artery are switched.

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What are symptoms of TGA and TGV?

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dependent on type and size of defects

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Treatment of TGA/TGV

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therapeutic prostaglandin and increased oxygen
Cardiac catheterization- rashkind
surgical- transection and anastomosis

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Nursing Care- Patient history

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family history of heart disease- sibilings too
contact with teratogens- infections, drugs, alcohol
history of genetic chromosomal abnormality
poor weight gain and appetite
Respiratory infections, heart murmurs, cyanosis

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Assessment of clinical manifestations

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activity intolerance with/without color changes, rest periods, weight gain/loss, difficulty eating and sucking, unusual position, skin assessment, lab studies, Tets

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Physical Assessment of Peds patient

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VS, Inspect skin, posture, clubbing, Palpate peripheral pulses and cap refill, Percuss liver size, Auscultate apical pulse, murmurs, lungs

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Diagnostic procedures for Ped cardiac defects

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Chest Xray, ECG, Echo, TEE, Cath, Stress test, MRI

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How to hook up leads

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Right side- White side

Left side- black on top, red/green on bottom (smoke over fire)

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What is cardiac cauterization?

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Diagnostic procedure where radiopaque dye is injected via catheter in a vein and is guided by fluoroscopy into heart chamber

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Medication for cardiac cath

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digoxin q 12 hrs= check HR
ACE inhibitors- –pril
Diuretics- Lasix

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What is Kawaski disease?

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Inflammatory process that causes thickening and scarring of the vascular walls of coronary arteries

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Acute stage of Kawaski disease

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10-14 days- very sick with fever, conjunctivitis, strawberry tongue, hand edema tachycardia

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Subacute stage of kawaski disease

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15-25 days, fever gone, irritable, peeling, coronary aneurysms

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Convalescent Stage of kawaski disease

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26 days until ESR returns to normal and symptoms disappear- beaus lines on nails

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Treatment of Kawaski Disease

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Prevent coronary artery complications, IV immune globulin, antipyretics, aspirin therapy, corticosteroids, no live immunizations