Exam 11: Sudden Death in Children

Down's syndrome is a swelling of the brain's ventricular spinal fluid compartment.

Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic response to an ingested food, bee stings, or even skin surface application of an irritant.

Blood cultures are obtained from ______ blood.

The gray-brown discolorations on the lower sacrum are called meconium.

Viral myocarditis is the result of an immunologic response to a previous group A beta hemolytic Streptococcal infection.

___________________ is an autoimmune disease causing the body to attack the heart muscle and surface cells, destroying the myocardium and damaging the valves.

Asthma is an acute airway obstructive disorder caused by an environmental trigger.

___________ is the red liquid that a special nylon-tipped swab is placed in after obtaining a nasopharyngeal swab culture for viral pathogens.

Rheumatic heart disease is an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks the heart muscle and surface cells, destroying the myocardium and damaging the valves.

____________ is the thick dark tarry stool that a child expels in the early days of life.

The ___________ normally closes during the first week of life.

______________ is the result of a virus infecting the heart, resulting in inflammatory cells responding and causing muscle cell damage.