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The diagnostic test that identifies congenital lobar emphysema is:

You are taking a report on a new admit to the NICU. The infant is a 4 hour old 26 6/7 week 800 gram male infant delivered via cesarean delivery due to premature rupture of membranes with cervical dilation in a footling breech presentation. Labor progressed quickly, GBS unknown, and antenatal steroids were not given due to the maternal history of gestational diabetes. The infant was intubated in the delivery room, surfactant was administered, and placed on ventilator support. Based on this infant’s respiratory status, which of the following statements is true:

When treating pulmonary hypertension in an infant with BPD, which of the following therapies is appropriate? 

Your differential diagnosis list for respiratory distress syndrome should include:

A 600 gram 26 week preterm infant is delivered precipitously after spontaneous rupture of membranes. The infant received surfactant in the delivery room. What would you expect the admission xray to look like?

The following CXR is obtained on a 41 week infant upon admission to the NICU.  These findings are most consistent with which of the following?

An infant presents post cesarean delivery with persistent tachypnea in the delivery room despite efforts of suctioning and repositioning. Given this clinical symptom, your top differential diagnosis is:

Which type of alveolar cells synthesize surfactant?

A 1 day old 1100 gram preterm infant comfortable on CPAP is being assessed. The NNP notes a cessation of any inspiratory effort for 22 seconds and is followed by a HR of 67. The NNP provides tactile stimulation to this infant. What is the infant exhibiting and what is your intervention?

Assume that the following code is written in a main function and all necessary header files are included. What is the output of following code snippet? int integer1 = 5, integer2 = 4, integer3 = 2;int answer= 0; integer1 + integer2*integer3 = answer;printf(“%d”, answer);