Congenital defects — Flashcards

Severe microcephaly with thin cerebral corticies and multiple intracranial calcifications is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Patients with Tetralogy of Fallot may _____ in response to cyanotic spells, which decreases right-to-left shunting by increasing systemic vascular resistance (SVR)

Newborn w/ hypospadias = _____

Hint: next best step in evaluation?

Baby is born w/ respiratory distress w/ excess drooling → _____

Does Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome present with muscular hemihypertrophy? _____

Does congenital hypothyroidism present with mid-face hypoplasia? _____

Double bubble sign and NORMAL distal gas pattern = _____

Infant with no thymus or tonsils = _____

Hint: immunodeficiency

Louder VSD = _____ prognosis

Hint: worse/better

What is the treatment for tricuspid atresia? _____