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You are the therapist taking care of a newborn in a hospital nursery. What measures can you take to prevent heat loss and cold stress before performing resuscitation on a preterm neonate?I. Dry the infant quickly.II. Have the radiant warmer turned on prior to delivery.III. Remove wet linens from around the infant.IV. Measure the neonate’s body temperature.

 Apnea is a pathologic condition in which breathing ceases for a period of _____ seconds or longer.

You are training a new therapist and during your student’s first assessment of a neonate they notice it is difficult to localize auscultation findings of the thorax of a newborn. How would you explain this to them?

The factor used for determining the actual flow being delivered to a patient with an 80:20 heliox mixture would be _____.

Which of the following is used to diagnose tracheomalacia?

Which 02 delivery device does has a fixed performance Fi02? 

What is the most common complication of surfactant administration in a preterm neonate? 

While reviewing the chest radiograph of a newborn recently delivered via cesarean section, the therapist observes the following features:Pulmonary vascular congestionProminent perihilar streakingFluid in the interlobular fissuresHyperexpansionFlat diaphragmWhich of the following conditions does this patient likely have?

_________ is the condition described by excessive tracheal collapse from anterior cartilaginous abnormalities often associated with EA. 

Which of the following devices would be most appropriate to use for a 3-year-old patient who experiences immediate postextubation hypoxemia with stridor?