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Infants with low urine output, weight gain, seizures and hypercalcemia are more likely to have which posterior pituitary disorder?

The most current evidence based research for CDH indicates that gentle ventilation has been shown to improve outcomes. Select what the main strategies regarding goal ventilator pressures and acceptable blood gas values:  

You suspect an infant may have PPHN so you obtain an ECHO. Which of the following findings would suggest that your FIRST course of action should be starting inhaled pulmonary vasodilator therapy? 

Please match the terminology to the description: 

Concerning the treatment of PPHN. If you utilized a pharmacological agonist to INCREASE production of a certain hormone and powerful vasodilator of both systemic and pulmonary vascular beds, which pathway would that drug be acting on?

What perinatal risk factor is associated with PVL?

This medication is a reasonable agent to treat cardiac dysfunction in a normotensive patient with PPHN: 

Photosynthesis contributes to plant growth by ________.

The majority of infants with VACTERL have dysmorphic facial features, mental deficiency and abnormal growth. 

Premature birth occurs in the majority of VACTERL cases.