Congenital Heart Disease Quiz: Test!
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- 1.
- A.
Asymptomatic at birth
- B.
Associated with immunodeficiency
- C.
Easily detected on routine neonatal examination
- D.
Cyanotic or acyanotic
- E.
Seen more commonly in low birth weight babies
- 2.Differential of a collapsed, cyanotic baby include:
- A.
Sepsis
- B.
Inborn error of metabolism
- C.
Severe respiratory distress
- D.
Non-accidental injury
- 3.An ECG in tricuspid atresia shows:
- A.
Left axis deviation
- B.
Right axis deviation
- 4.Immediate management of a collapsed baby with a duct dependent cardiac lesion includes:
- A.
Intubation and ventilation
- B.
Correction of hypoglycaemia
- C.
Intravenous fluid bolus
- D.
ECG
- E.
IV prostaglandin
- 5.
- A.
Saturations should be checked
- B.
An ECG should be checked
- C.
Trained nurses/midwives are as good as doctors at assessing
- D.
A sternal or subxiphoid heave should be looked for
- E.
Parents should be warned that symptoms of heart disease may present before the 6 week follow up
- 6.Fallot's tetralogy:
- A.
Is so called because there are 4 diagnostic features
- B.
May have pulmonary atresia
- C.
Shows overriding of the aorta
- D.
Features first described by Étienne-Louis Fallot in 1888
- E.
Is characterised by spells
- 7.
- A.
Can be a cause of heart failure, but may also be life-saving
- B.
Causes a left to right shunt
- C.
Is associated with intraventricular haemorrhage, pulmonary haemorrhage, and necrotizing enterocolitis
- D.
Is normal on day 14 of life
- E.
In preterms is due to lack of endothelial cushions, hypoxia and high pulmonary resistance
- 8.Chest x-ray:
- A.
May show pulmonary oedema in congenital heart disease
- B.
Always shows an enlarged heart in heart failure
- C.
May show a characteristic heart shadow in Transposition of the great arteries called "egg on a string"
- D.
May show a characteristic heart shadow in Tetralogy called "moon in june"
- E.
May show pulmonary oligaemia in congenital heart disease
- 9.The following statements are true:
- A.
The Blalock - Taussig shunt is a procedure performed to alleviate poor pulmonary blood flow
- B.
Taussig was a woman
- C.
Taussig was a deaf cardiologist
- D.
Taussig was dyslexic
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