Week 7 Peds Crossword

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  1. 2. This should be limited and adjusted for congenital heart patients in heart failure because their hearts have trouble meeting their body's metabolic demand.
  2. 4. This main blood vessel is pumping deoxygenated blood out to the body from the right side of the heart for patients with Transposition of the Great Vessels.
  3. 5. A deficiency in this vitamin can cause neural tube defects such as spina bifida.
  4. 6. This additional vital sign is important to treat in patients who are experiencing a sickle cell crisis.
  5. 9. This medication helps patients shed fluid when they're in heart failure, but should be coupled with close monitoring of electrolytes.
  6. 10. This emergent condition in sickle cell patients can be characterized by a fever, chest pain, a cough and shortness of breath
  7. 13. This is a common nursing order for patients recovering from dehydration or those receiving Furosemide to treat heart failure.
  8. 14. Toxicity from too much of this medication should be monitored for in patients in heart failure.
  9. 15. Clinical manifestations of this can include a dimple, a small tuft of hair, a hemangioma or a lipoma of the lower lumbar or sacral area.
  10. 17. This medication is used to treat spasticity in patients with cerebral palsy.
  11. 19. This condition, occurring in either the ventricles or the atria, results in oxygenated blood from the left side of the heart mixing with venous blood from the right side of the heart.
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  1. 1. This condition can be detected by lower pulse ox or blood pressure readings on the lower extremities vs. the upper.
  2. 3. A corrective brace can help treat this orthopedic spinal condition, but it sometimes requires surgery.
  3. 7. For patients with Tetralogy of Fallot, this condition, marked by a bluish appearance, can be somewhat relieved by placing the child in a knee-to-chest position.
  4. 8. This appearance of the patient's eyes can be a sign of increased intracranial pressure when there is no visible sclera above the pupil.
  5. 11. This musculoskeletal condition, which mostly affects limbs, is common in cerebral palsy patients, but can be lessened with physical therapy.
  6. 12. For patients with Tetralogy of Fallot, bloodflow through the VSD goes this direction because of the resistance caused by the patient's Pulmonary Stenosis, causing lower pulse ox readings.
  7. 16. This heart valve becomes stenotic as part of the pathophysiology of Tetralogy of Fallot
  8. 18. This can result from a clump of sickled cells occluding a blood vessel and is characterized by facial droop and slurred speech.