Question of the Week 452

{“questions”:{“szdh6”:{“id”:”szdh6″,”mediaType”:”image”,”answerType”:”text”,”imageCredit”:””,”image”:””,”imageId”:””,”video”:””,”imagePlaceholder”:””,”imagePlaceholderId”:””,”title”:”Authors: Ahmed Zaghw, MD and Destiny F. Chau, MD – Arkansas Children\u2019s Hospital\/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR \r\n\r\nA 55-year-old woman presents for urgent eye surgery. A review of systems reveals decreasing exercise tolerance and palpitations over the previous six months. No prior medical history is available. An echocardiogram demonstrates a secundum […]

Question of the Week 451

{“questions”:{“3gf66”:{“id”:”3gf66″,”mediaType”:”image”,”answerType”:”text”,”imageCredit”:””,”image”:””,”imageId”:””,”video”:””,”imagePlaceholder”:””,”imagePlaceholderId”:””,”title”:”Authors: Pedro Solorzano, MD and Destiny F. Chau, MD – Arkansas Children\u2019s Hospital\/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR \r\n\r\nA 4-year-old child with Kleefstra syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea presents for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. Which of the following cardiac defect is MOST commonly associated with Kleefstra syndrome? “,”desc”:”EXPLANATION \r\nKleefstra Syndrome, previously \u201c9q subtelomere […]

Question of the Week 450

{“questions”:{“cgrip”:{“id”:”cgrip”,”mediaType”:”image”,”answerType”:”text”,”imageCredit”:””,”image”:””,”imageId”:””,”video”:””,”imagePlaceholder”:””,”imagePlaceholderId”:””,”title”:”Author: Nicholas Houska, DO – University of Colorado, Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado \r\n\r\nAccording to recent data, which of the following percentages reflects the proportion of pediatric cardiac anesthesia programs in the United States that are actively recruiting more faculty? \r\n\r\n”,”desc”:”EXPLANATION \r\nIn the last decade there has been increasing focus on the training and workforce of pediatric […]

Question of the Week 449

{“questions”:{“vi0mc”:{“id”:”vi0mc”,”mediaType”:”image”,”answerType”:”text”,”imageCredit”:””,”image”:””,”imageId”:””,”video”:””,”imagePlaceholder”:””,”imagePlaceholderId”:””,”title”:”Authors: Nicholas Fawley, DO – Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles \r\n\r\nA 21-year-old female with Trisomy 21, who underwent complete atrioventricular canal (CAVC) repair as an infant, presents with fatigue and progressive dyspnea on exertion. A transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrates an estimated right ventricular systolic pressure of 64 mmHg. Which of the following medications improves exercise capacity in […]

Question of the Week 448

{“questions”:{“2ga6s”:{“id”:”2ga6s”,”mediaType”:”image”,”answerType”:”text”,”imageCredit”:””,”image”:””,”imageId”:””,”video”:””,”imagePlaceholder”:””,”imagePlaceholderId”:””,”title”:”Authors: Nicholas Houska, DO – University of Colorado – Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado \r\n\r\nA 2-year-old child with decompensated heart failure and multi-organ dysfunction secondary to myocarditis is placed on veno-arterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) via neck cannulation. Four hours after initiation of ECMO, the patient has increasing airway pressures and pink frothy secretions with tracheal […]