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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 to implement interventions to improve lung recruitment like increasing PEEP and providing adequate MAP/surfactant? 

In order for iNO to be a useful pharmacological therapy what should you as the provider attempt to accomplish first?

An ideal cold air-standard Brayton cycle operates at steady state with compressor inlet conditions of 300 K and 100 kPa, turbine inlet temperature of 1800 K. For the cycle, determine the specific net work for the cycle, in kJ/kg, if the pressure ratio for the compressor is 9. You must show all work to get credit for this problem. Also, input your answer for net work below.

Formulas and cycles provided for Exam 2.pdf

The majority of inguinal hernias are: 

Which of the following is a risk factor for DIC?

The three main pathologic developmental processes that occur in the lungs and contribute to the development of PPHN are: 

This rare type of gastroschisis is when the defect narrows in utero resulting in strangulation and subsequent ischemia of the herniated bowel and atresia. 

Concerning the treatment of PPHN. If you utilized a pharmacological agonist to INCREASE production of a certain messenger molecule produced by vascular endothelial cells that promotes smooth muscle relaxation and vasodilation, which pathway would that drug be acting on?

_________ reduction of gastroschisis reduces duration of mechanical ventilation, risk of infection, and time to enteral nutrition.