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1.
Serial weight monitoring is crucial in the
following conditions except:
a.
Protein-energy malnutrition
b.
Febrile convulsions
c.
Nephrotic syndrome
d.
Failure to thrive
e.
Tuberculosis
2.
Properties of ideal sphygmomanometer cuff and
bladder include the following except:
a.
The cuff should cover at least two-thirds of the
arm
b.
The bladder should surround at most 90% of the
arm circumference
c.
Cuffs that are too big gives false low blood
pressure
d.
The cuff should be placed at about two
centimetres above the cubital fossa
e.
Cuffs that are too small gives false high blood
pressure
3.
Parts of an oxygen cylinder for oxygen therapy include
the following except:
a.
Pressure gauge
b.
Flow metre
c.
Indicator light
d.
Bubble humidifier
e.
Tank
4.
Nasogastric tube is usually used to make
diagnosis of the following conditions except:
a.
Choana atresia
b.
Asherman’s syndrome
c.
Trachea-oesophageal fistula
d.
Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
e.
None of the above
5.
Which of the following parts of an endotracheal
tube is paired with the wrong function?
a.
Cuff......................................prevents
aspiration of fluid into the lungs
b.
Murphy’s eye.......................prevents
leakage of gas
c.
Tube.....................................connected
to oxygen source
d.
Pilot......................................for
inflating the cuff
e.
None of the above
6.
The benefits of nebulizer compressor unit
include the following except:
a.
It delivers larger dose of medication than would
be received from several puffs of an inhaler
b.
It is useful in patients too ill to handle
inhalers
c.
Useful for patients that are too young to handle
inhalers
d.
It is useful when drugs such as pentamidine are
not available in hand held inhalers
e.
None of the above
7.
The following are appropriate statements about
examination of the eye with an ophthalmoscope except:
a.
Papilloedema is a common finding in paediatric
patients with meningitis
b.
It helps to exclude raised intracranial pressure
before a lumbar puncture is done
c.
The rule for using the ophthalmoscope is using
the right hand and right eye to examine the right eye of the patient and vice
versa
d.
Ideally, dilation of the pupil with mydriacyl
such as tropicamide is necessary
e.
None of the above
8.
Indications for placing paediatric patients in
radiant warmer include the following except:
a.
For observation
b.
Hypothermia in patients with protein-energy
malnutrition
c.
Neonatal sepsis
d.
Hypothyroidism
e.
None of the above
9.
Samples collected with fluoride oxalate
vacutainer bottle can be used to aid the diagnosis of the following except:
a.
Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia
b.
Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome
c.
Protein-energy malnutrition
d.
Bacterial meningitis
e.
Severe malaria
10.
Which of the following is incorrect about
correcting fluid and electrolytes in the body?
a.
Bicarbonate deficit is corrected using sodium
bicarbonate with half of the calculated concentration being double diluted and
given slowly by intravenous route over 15 to 20 minutes
b.
Mild dehydration can be corrected orally except
where contraindication to oral feeding exists
c.
A boy weighing 9Kg with severe dehydration will
need a maintenance fluid of 900mL
d.
Patients with hypernatraemic dehydration are
usually well nourished infants fed with hyperosmotic formula feeds
e.
None of the above
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