Congenital defects — Flashcards

Flashcard 371: What is the treatment of transposition of the great vessels (TGV)? _____

Answer: Prostaglandins (to maintain the PDA) Surgery

Flashcard 372: Newborn with hypospadias and undescended testes = _____

Answer: karyotype analysis

Extra: Karyotype and pelvic ultrasound are indicated in newborns with hypospadias and undescended testes (cryptorchidism) or severe proximal hypospadias to evaluate for disorders of sex development (DSD). Isolated, distal hypospadias does not typically require karyotype analysis.

Flashcard 373: Patients with Tetralogy of Fallot may _____ in response to cyanotic spells, which decreases right-to-left shunting by increasing systemic vascular resistance (SVR)

Answer: squat

Flashcard 374: Double bubble sign and NORMAL distal gas pattern = _____

Answer: malrotation

Flashcard 375: Baby is born w/ respiratory distress w/ excess drooling → _____

Answer: tracheoesophageal fistula

Flashcard 376: Does Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome present with muscular hemihypertrophy? _____

Answer: Yes

Flashcard 377: Does congenital hypothyroidism present with mid-face hypoplasia? _____

Answer: No

Flashcard 378: Infant with no thymus or tonsils = _____

Answer: SCID

Flashcard 379: Louder VSD = _____ prognosis

Answer: better

Flashcard 380: Coarctation of the aorta presents with HTN in _____ extremities and hypotension in _____ extremities; a(n) _____ murmur heard best _____; and _____ on CXR. Treat with surgical repair

Answer: upper

Extra: Aortic coarctation most commonly occurs distal to the origin of the left subclavian artery (postductal coarctation).