Question

It must be assumed that an infant with hypertension has a specific secondary etiology. Which of the following are causes of hypertension in infants? Oa. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia and seizures Ob. Hypoaldosteronism and acute blood loss Oc. Hypothyroidism and hypocalcemia Od. Sepsis and severe intrapartum asphyxia

Answer 1

1. A) bronchopulmonary dysplasia and seizures is one of the most common cause for the infant to get hypertension. It is been proved that the most common and observed complication caused by bronchopulmonary dysplasia is hypertension in the infants which is most commonly seen developed by an infant sudfsuffe from the dysplasia.

3. The predictive factor of abnormal neurological development is:

C) seizures and fetal growth restriction because the infant with neurological disorder will not not have any of the blood or glycemic disorders and moreover the infant will not have a proper head growth with expected percentile as well and also an infant can be term but is difficult to identify if he is having any abnormal neurological development with it. Hence if a child exhibits seizure or fetal growth restriction is present then it confirms the abnormalities in the neiroloneuro development.