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Question 1

Types of endotracheal intubation

Answer 1

1. Nasal or oral intubation

Question 2

Preferred means of bypassing upper airway obstruction and
allowing free entry of air to the trachea

Answer 2

Endotracheal intubation

Question 3

Device that measures the amount of CO2 in inhaled or exhaled
breaths

Answer 3

Capnometer

Question 4

Positive pressure machine which delivers moistened or nebulized
air or oxygen to the lungs under enough pressure and with
appropriate timing to produce artificial, periodic inflation of alveoli

Answer 4

Assisted ventilation

Question 5

Rely on the elastic recoil of the lungs to empty the alveoli

Answer 5

Assisted ventilations

Question 6

Possibility for children with a chronic respiratory illness

Answer 6

Lung transplantation

Question 7

May involve a single lung, or it can be done in conjunction with a
heart transplant if respiratory disorder had caused the ventricular
hypertrophy of the heart

Answer 7

Lung transplantation

Question 8

Congenital obstruction of the posterior nares by an obstruction membrane or
bony growth, preventing a newborn from drawing air though the nose and down
into the nasopahrynx

Answer 8

Choanal atresia

Question 9

Most frequent infectious disease in children

Answer 9

Acute nasopharyngitis

Question 10

How many days does acute nasopharyngitis incubation period?

Answer 10

2-3

Question 11

Caused by rhinovirus, coxsackie virus, respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, and
parainfluenza and influenza virus

Answer 11

Acute nasopharyngitis

Question 12

Infection and inflammation of the throat

Answer 12

Pharyngitis

Question 13

Types of pharyngitis

Answer 13

1. Viral pharyngitis
2. Streptococcal pharyngitis

Question 14

Sore throat, fever, general malaise, enlarged lymph node, erythema at
the back of the larynx and palatine arch, increased WBC

Answer 14

Viral pharyngitis

Question 15

Streptococcal pharyngitis is cause by

Answer 15

Group a betahomolytic streptococcus

Question 16

Bright red back of the throat and palatine tonsils, enlarged tonsils with
exudate in the tonsillar crypts, petechiae on the palate, high fever, sore
throat, difficulty of swallowing, lethargy

Answer 16

Streptococcal pharyngitis

Question 17

Infection of the lymph nodes that drain the nasopahrynx behind
the posterior pharynx wall

Answer 17

Retropharymgeal abscess

Question 18

Infection and inflammation of the palatine tonsilsg

Answer 18

Tonsilitis

Question 19

Infection and inflammation of the adenoid tonsils

Answer 19

Adenitis

Question 20

Nosebleed

Answer 20

Epistaxis

Question 21

Occurs as a secondary infection to streptococcal, staphylococcal, or H.
influenza organisms

Answer 21

Sinusitis

Question 22

Infection and inflammation of the adenoid tonsils

Answer 22

Adenitis

Question 23

Nosebleed

Answer 23

Epistaxis

Question 24

Causes of nosebleed

Answer 24

Lack of humidification
Trauma
Strenous activity

Question 25

Occurs as a secondary infection to streptococcal, staphylococcal, or H. influenza organisms

Answer 25

Sinusitis

Question 26

Inflammation of the larynx

Answer 26

Laryngitis

Question 27

Infant’s laryngeal structure is weaker than normal and collapses more than usual on inspiration

Answer 27

Congenital laryngomalacia

Question 28

Produces laryngeal stridor present from birth

Answer 28

Congenital tracheomalacia

Question 29

Inflammation of the larynx, trachea and major bronchi

Answer 29

Croup

Question 30

Croup is caused by

Answer 30

Viral infection (parainfluenza)

Question 31

Inflammation of the epiglottis

Answer 31

Epiglottitis

Question 32

Inhalation of foreign object into the airway

Answer 32

Aspiration

Question 33

Obstruction of the right bronchus

Answer 33

Bronchial obstruction

Question 34

Bronchial obstruction can trigger

Answer 34

Hyperinflation and pneumothorax