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The most common cardiac dysrrhythmias in pediatric patients are
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BRADYCARDIA
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2)At which of the following ages does the risk of foreign body airway obstruction become a serious concern in the normally developing infant
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Answer - one month
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3)Your patient is a 9 year old female who was struck by a vehicle as she ran across the street. She is unresponsive and has a hematoma over the left parietal area and an open, depressed skull fracture on the right parietal area. She has bruising on the left flank and hip. She is breathing irregularly at 8 times area per minute and has a rate of 56. She has a faint carotif pulse but no radial pulse. Which of the following is/are most likely to account for your patients heart rate?
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Answer - Hypoxia due to impaired respiratory status secondary to traumatic brain injury.
Increasing intracranial pressure due to traumatic brain injury exacerbated by hpoxia |
