Pediatrics Final ATI Assessment Questions with Answers
Latest Update 2025
1. Most common post op complication of tonsillectomy? - Correct answer
hemorrhage
2. Risk time for hemorrhage after tonsillectomy? - Correct answer 10 days to 2
weeks post op
3. Signs and symptoms of hemorrhage after tonsillectomy? - Correct answer
restlessness, swallowing frequently, low BP (late sign)
4. How should child lay post op to prevent hemorrhage from tonsillectomy? -
Correct answer side lying or on abdomen
5. What should the child avoid after a tonsillectomy post op? - Correct answer
coughing or blowing nose
6. How should x-rays be taken to see the section of the lung behind the heart
(lingual)? - Correct answer Laterally
7. Why are lateral x-rays needed to view the lingual area? - Correct answer a
common site for pneumonia
8. If a child is "barking" and has hoarseness and inspiratory stridor what might they
have? - Correct answer croup
9. What does inspiratory stridor sound like? - Correct answer a gasp
10. If stridor reduces in a child previously showing stridor, what can that mean? -
Correct answer blockage and imminent respiratory failure
11. Do not put anything in the __________ of a child with acute epiglottitis. -
Correct answer Mouth
12. Acute LTB - Correct answer Croup symptoms, Inflammation mucosa lining
larynx & trachea causing narrowing airway-subglottic area narrowest part
causes respiratory acidosis
13. Diagnosis of Asthma is - Correct answer peak expiratory flow (PEF)
