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When anesthetizing a 5 week-old infant born at 26 weeks’ gestation who has
been intubated and requiring oxygen since birth, it is appropriate to assume
which of the following to exist:

a) Cardiac dysfunction

b) Short-gut syndrome

c) Airway hyperreactivity secondary to bronchopulmonary dysplasia

d) Hyperglcyemia

e) All of the above

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==Answer==
Answer c.

By definition, a prematurely-born infant with a persistent oxygen
requirement beyond 28 days following birth has bronchopulmonary dysplasia
(BPD). In a child with BPD, one can expect airway hyperreactivity.


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:This question originally printed in the [http://www.amazon.com/Justin-L.-Lockman/e/B00FLG5AEE/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics] kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.

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