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Recognizing Good Topic Sentences Read the following paragraph. Which sentence do you think is the topic sentence?   On long summer evenings, we would play softball in the street. Sometimes, we’d play until it was so dark that we could barely see the ball.  Then our mothers would come to the front steps of the row houses and call us in, telling us to stop our play. But we’d pretend we couldn’t hear them. If they insisted, we’d beg for a few minutes more or for just one more game. It was so good to be outdoors with our friends. It was warm, and we knew we had weeks of summer vacation ahead. There was no school in the morning; there would be more games to play. We loved those street games on summer nights. 

The American Heart Association and The American Academy of Pediatrics endorsed the use of ____________ for early detection of critical congenital heart defects. Hint: You need to apply two of these on the baby

Identify at least one way to diagnose GBS.

At what gestational age is TTN most common? A. 26 to 28 weeks’ gestational age B. 28 to 30 weeks’ gestational age C. 34 to 36 weeks’ gestational age D. 37 to 42 weeks’ gestational age 

What is leading cause of death in patients with neuromuscular disease? A. Breathing disorders B. Disk compression C. Hemorrhage D. Demyelination of the disks

Following delivery, when do pulmonary air leak syndromes commonly occur in preterm neonates? A. 1 to 4 hours after delivery B. 5 to 8 hours after delivery C. 12 to 24 hours after delivery D. 24 to 48 hours after delivery

A neonate on mechanical ventilation developed pulmonary air leak syndrome. What change (ventilator) should the respiratory therapist now recommend?

The hyaline membrane seen in the alveoli of a neonate with RDS is similar to the anatomic alteration found in what other pulmonary disease? A. Bacterial pneumonia B. Pulmonary fibrosis C. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)  D. Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS)

What is the ETT depth in cm for a size 3 ETT?

During the physical examination of a neonate with early pulmonary air leak syndromes, what respiratory rate would be expected? A. 60 breaths/min