In which of the following situations would home sleep apnea monitoring be indicated?
A) An infant who has gone 2-3 months without significant numbers of alarms or episodes of apnea
B) An asymptomatic preterm infant
C) An infant with one or more severe apparent life-threatening event (ALTE)
D) An overweight infant
Q. 2 Which of the following would be considered an unstable medical condition?
A) FIO2 requirements greater than 0.40
B) PEEP less than 10 cm H2O
C) mature tracheostomy
D) no need for continuous invasive monitoring
Q. 3 Which of the following is the most common cause of home care failure?
A) malfunction of equipment
B) inadequate development of a plan of care prior to discharge
C) lack of community and family resources
D) inadequate family financial resources
Q. 4 What is the term for an episode that is frightening to the observer and that is characterized by some combination of apnea, color change, marked change in muscle tone, choking, or gagging?
A) apparent life-threatening event (ALTE)B) hypoxemiaC) apnea episode
D) near-miss SIDS
Q. 5 Which of the following is an advantage of home care?
A) guaranteed eligibility for long-term transitional care
B) simpler decisions involved with patient care
C) patient's control over discharge plan
D) normalization of family activities
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