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The nurse is caring for a child with Kawasaki disease (KD). A student nurse asks if there are medications to treat this disease. The nurse's response is:
- A. Immunoglobulin G and aspirin
- B. Immunoglobulin G and ACE inhibitors
- C. Immunoglobulin E and heparin
- D. Immunoglobulin E and ibuprofen
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: High-dose IV immunoglobulin G along with high-dose aspirin (salicylate therapy) is the current treatment for KD.
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When providing care for a client following bronchoscopy, which assessment finding should the nurse immediately report to the healthcare provider?
- A. Slight blood-tinged sputum
- B. Dyspnea and dysphagia
- C. Sore throat and hoarseness
- D. No gag reflex after thirty minutes
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Absence of a gag reflex after bronchoscopy may indicate nerve damage or complications requiring immediate intervention.
The nurse is teaching parents about signs of digoxin (Lanoxin) toxicity. Which is a common sign of digoxin toxicity?
- A. Seizures
- B. Vomiting
- C. Bradypnea
- D. Tachycardia
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Vomiting is a common sign of digoxin toxicity. Seizures are not associated with digoxin toxicity. The child will have a slower heart rate, not respiratory rate. The heart rate will be slower, not faster.
In utero heart failure, often with fetal pleural and pericardial effusions and generalized ascites (nonimmune hydrops fetalis) may occur in
- A. ventricular septal defect
- B. coarctation of aorta
- C. d-Transposition of great arteries
- D. single ventricle
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Single ventricle anatomy can lead to in utero heart failure and hydrops fetalis.
A patient with no structural heart disease: a wide QRS tachycardia of RBBB morphology at a rate of 160 bpm, QRS axis of (-) 40 degrees and AV dissociation was recorded during palpitation. What is the likely diagnosis?
- A. RV outflow ventricular tachycardia
- B. Posterior fascicular VT
- C. Anterior fascicular VT
- D. Antidromic AVRT
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: RV outflow ventricular tachycardia is the likely diagnosis given the RBBB morphology and QRS axis.
Which is the leading cause of death after heart transplantation?
- A. Infection
- B. Rejection
- C. Cardiomyopathy
- D. Heart failure
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The posttransplant course is complex. The leading cause of death after cardiac transplantation is rejection. Infection is a continued risk secondary to the immunosuppression necessary to prevent rejection. Cardiomyopathy is one of the indications for cardiac transplant. Heart failure is not a leading cause of death.