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14 Cards in this Set
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The ductus arteriosus shunts blood from the ___ artery to the _______
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pulmonary; aortic arch.
Consequences are that very little blood goes thru the developing lungs |
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Foramen ovale shunts blood from the _____ to the _____
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Left atrium, right atrium
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Bad perfusion/good ventilation- in a newborn due to what?
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Persistent fetal circulation - Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn
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Treatment for alveolar hypoxia due to diaphragmatic hernia
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ECMO, NO
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NO is made endogenously by the _____ in response to certain signals
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endothelium
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What can be safe and effective as a therapeutic gas to treat a transiently constricted pulmonary vascular bed?
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NO
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Tocolytic: defn
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Relating to the attempt to prevent labor
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T/F The proteins in surfactant are important for its function
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need for oxygen along with an abnormal chest X-ray in a baby at or beyond 36 weeks post-conceptional age.
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Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia or Chronic Lung Disease of the newborn
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Premature lungs look like liver. They have much less _____, they have much worse _____. When a breath is blown in by a ventilator, the epithelial cells stretch. As a consequence, these cells produce inflammatory mediators.
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elastic tissue; compliance
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T/F To develop Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia or Chronic Lung Disease of the newborn, the lungs must be stretched by positive pressure
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T
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Cause of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia or Chronic Lung Disease of the newborn
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Thought to be due to mechanical stretching causing the lung tissue to undergo an inflammatory reaction which damages the tissue
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What is meconium?
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Swallowed amniotic fluid
With lanugo, sloughed epithelial cells, fetal urine Mucous Blood, bile Intestinal cells |
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Treatment of MAS (meconium aspiration syndrome)
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Depends on what the MAS causes:
NO for PPHN ECMO for severe Mechanical ventilation Surfactant Intrapartum suctioning Endotracheal suctioning |
