WorksheetsAcute respiratory disorder in children
Total questions: 5
Worksheet time: 50secs
4 years old boy
• Anti-vaxxer
• Fever for 5 days, has hoarseness of voice with noisy breathing past 3 days.
• Drooling of saliva
• Reduced activity and feeding.
• During examination, child was septic looking, has inspiratory stridor and assume tripod position.
What's the most likely diagnosis ?
Viral croup
Bacterial tracheitis
Foreign body aspiration
Acute epiglottitis
Diphtheria
•An 11-months-old presents with a 2-day history of low-grade fever and cough. Today her family noted she was having difficulty breathing and not feeding well. She has a history of having aa febrile illness with wheezing when she was 6-months old. No other known PMH.
• Her vital signs are temperature of 38.5C, HR 150, RR 60, BP 85/p Pulse oximetry of 93%. She has mild intercostal retractions. On auscultation, you here diffuse expiratory wheezing. You most likely diagnosis for this child is
Bacterial Pneumonia
Bronchiolitis
Mild acute asthma exacerbation
Moderate acute asthma exacerbation
Foreign body aspiration
A previously healthy 13 year old male presents to the ER with fever, cough and shortness of breath.His chest xray film as shown below.what is the cxr finding?
Kerley B lines
Right upper lobe consolidation
Hyperinflation
Tracheal deviation
•A father brings his 4 year old son into the emergency department. Adam is noticeably distressed and has been having difficulty breathing for the past 2 hours.
•Adam is noticeably distressed and has been having difficulty breathing for the last 2 hours. Adam has a history of asthma but his father states that other mild episodes cleared on their own without medication. This time, Adam’s father gave 8 puffs from the “red puffer” with no symptom relief. He shows you the corticosteroid puffer. You inquire about whether Adam has a short-acting beta-agonist “blue rescue puffer,” but the father says Adam has never been prescribed one.
What is the first step in this situation?
Assess ABCs
Intubate Adam
Administer SC epinephrine
Assess pulmonary function with peak flow meter
10 months old infant
• Immunization up to age
• RN since 2 days ago,then developed barking cough with noisy breathing the next day.
• No fever
• Still active but slight reduced in feeding
Viral Croup
Laryngomalacia
Foregin body aspiration
Acute epiglotittis
Bacterial tracheitis
