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APUS57 · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

A 5-year-old child is admitted with bacterial pneumonia. What signs and symptoms should the nurse expect to assess with this disease process?

a. Fever, cough, and chest pain
b. Stridor, wheezing, and ear infection
c. Nasal discharge, headache, and cough
d. Pharyngitis, intermittent fever, and eye infection

Question 2

An infant with a congenital heart defect is to receive a dose of palivizumab (Synagis). What is the purpose of this?

a. Prevent RSV infection.
b. Prevent secondary bacterial infection.
c. Decrease toxicity of antiviral agents.
d. Make isolation of infant with RSV unnecessary.

aham8f · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Children with bacterial pneumonia usually appear ill. Symptoms include fever, malaise, rapid and shallow respirations, cough, and chest pain. Ear infection, nasal discharge, and eye infection are not symptoms of bacterial pneumonia.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
The only product available in the United States for prevention of RSV is palivizumab, a humanized mouse monoclonal antibody, which is given once every 30 days (15 mg/kg) between November and March. It is given to high-risk infants, which includes an infant with a congenital heart defect.