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yoooooman

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What treatment usually causes improvement in the initial treatment of transient tachypnea of the newborn?
 
  a. Mechanical ventilation with PEEP
  b. Oxygen with low FiO2
  c. Bronchodilators
  d. Mucolytics

Question 2

What radiographic finding is common in infants with transient tachypnea?
 
  a. Low lung volumes
  b. Bilateral perihilar lymphadenopathy
  c. Hyperinflation
  d. Mucus plugging



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Infants with TTN usually respond readily to a low FiO2 by infant oxygen hood or nasal cannula.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The chest radiographic findings, which may initially be indistinguishable from those of pneumo-nia, are hyperinflation, which is secondary to air trapping and perihilar streaking.



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