At 2 months of age, infants should receive all of the following vaccines:
What drug is contraindicated in the treatment of supraventri…
What drug is contraindicated in the treatment of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) in an infant with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW)?
An infant presents with absent femoral pulses, decreased uri…
An infant presents with absent femoral pulses, decreased urine output, cool and pale lower extremities, and the following blood pressures: upper extremity 65/30 and lower extremity 50/25. What cardiac disorder do you suspect?
A 3 week old infant is being admitted due to persistent hypo…
A 3 week old infant is being admitted due to persistent hypotonia with diminished tendon reflexes. He has had poor feeding with poor weight gain. On exam, he has dolichocephaly, narrow bifrontal diameter, almond-shaped eyes, a small mouth with thin upper lip, downturned corners of mouth, undescended testes, scrotal hypoplasia, a weak cry, and intermittently sounds squeaky. What disorder do you suspect?
An infant is cyanotic and receiving 100% oxygen. The chest x…
An infant is cyanotic and receiving 100% oxygen. The chest xray has a boot shaped appearing heart. Which of the following defects is most likely?
Which type of intracranial hemorrhage occurs more commonly i…
Which type of intracranial hemorrhage occurs more commonly in preterm infants than in term infants?
In infants with HIE undergoing total body cooling, what is a…
In infants with HIE undergoing total body cooling, what is a known effect of hyperoxia?
A term infant is delivered after a prolonged deceleration an…
A term infant is delivered after a prolonged deceleration and emergency cesarean section. Apgar scores are 1 at 1 minute, 3 at 5 minutes, and 4 at 10 minutes. Cord arterial blood gas shows pH 6.92 and base deficit –18. At 40 minutes of life, the infant is lethargic with decreased tone, weak suck, and an incomplete Moro reflex. Using AAP criteria for therapeutic hypothermia, does this infant qualify?
A preterm infant born at 26 weeks developed a Grade III intr…
A preterm infant born at 26 weeks developed a Grade III intraventricular hemorrhage on day of life 2. Over the next two weeks, serial cranial ultrasounds show gradual enlargement of the lateral ventricles. The infant’s head circumference has remained stable, and the anterior fontanelle is soft and flat. Which approach is most appropriate for diagnosing and monitoring post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilation (PHVD) in this infant?
What empiric antibiotics should be started for a term newbor…
What empiric antibiotics should be started for a term newborn admitted at birth with suspected pneumonia?