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The Newborn Infant

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AGA   appropriate gestational age: plotting of birth weight and gestational age appropriate/match  
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SGA   small for gestational age: symmetrical vs. asymmetrical. Symmetric-overall small, Asymmetric - only weight is <10th percentile, all other features nl  
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LGA   large for gestational age; infants of diabetic mothers  
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Immunization for going to school given at age   within 4-6 year age. 4 days before 4th b-day or 4 days after 6th b-day. Too earlier or too late is not recordable b/c it is out of time frame  
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Usual cutoff of Fever temp to not give shots   100.3  
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perinatal mortality   20 wk gestation to 7 days after birth  
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Neonatal Mortality   Infant death from birth until 28th day  
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Post Natal period mortality   28th day to end of 1st yr  
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Infant Mortality rate   Neonatal + postnatal  
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APGAR tested at 1min and   @5 min. 10 min score in depressed infants.  
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Skeletal survey   obvious deformity; syndactyly, polydactyly, atresia, birth trauma, i.e. fx clavicle, Erb’s palsy  
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Umbilical Cord survey   2 arteries / 1 vein1% have 2 vessel cord; carries slight risk of vascular abnormalities  
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APGAR Components (2 points each, 10 pts total)   HR, RR, Muscle Tone, Reflex irritability, Color  
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Evaluation of the newborn in the Nursery   Skin, Auscultation of lungs and heart, palpate abdomen, HEENT, Genitalia, Hips, Neurologic (tone, reflexes, symmetry of movements)  
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Conjunctivitis   not uncommon in newborns at all. At birth (gonorrhea), in first week (Chlamydia). Onset related to etiology.  
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Eye prophylaxis to prevent GC   erythromycin ointment within 1 hr of birth  
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Hep B   given to all newborns  
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Initial care of the newborn   glucose testing, heb p, hearing screen, eye prophylaxis, state mandated newborn screen  
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Many newborn tests utilized what sample source?   Cord blood  
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Vitamin K   1 mg IM within 4 hr, prevent hemorrhagic newborn disease  
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Birth Weight decreases   8-10% in 1st 24 hours. Regain BW by 2 weeks.  
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Lanugo   fine hair, often on back and shoulders. Seen more in pre-term babies  
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Mongolian spots   often seen in AA and Asians. Raised, colored  
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Macules with vesicles within them   Erythema toxicum. up to 50% of full-term infants develop this. Usually at 24-48 hrs of age, onset after 4-5 days post-birth is rare. May fade w/in 24-48 hrs or develop into wheals or pustules.Contain eosinophils, nothing on gram stain. Disappear 5-7 days.  
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Bleeding under the skull seen in   Cephalohematoma & caput succedaneum  
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Caput Succedaneum   crosses suture lines  
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cephalohematoma   usually seen when kids are delivered with forceps. contained in suture lines  
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closure of anterior fontanelle (2-4cm)   2-24mo. avg is 1 year  
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closure of posterior fontanelle (1cm)   2-4 months  
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Craniosyostosis   premature fusion of the sutures. Must be detected and corrected early. Once kids get 2 years old, it's too late  
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facial Nerve palsy   may only be able to see it when the baby cries. Usually self corrects. Early on can have some problems with feeding  
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New born eye sight range   8-15"  
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Leukocoria (white instead of red reflex)   Cloudy cornea from cataracts or glaucoma, White eye, cat eye: retinoblastoma (most worrisome cause)  
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constant unilateral teary eye   nasolacrimal duct stenosis. Have parents massage the duct.  
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Strabismus   convergent gaze, normal in newborn, but if consistent for months, refer them out  
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check for nasal patency b/c   babies are obligate nose breathers for the first few months of life  
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Epstein's pearls   purplish raised areas along the gingiva  
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Thrush tx   nystatin. May be hard to tell if it is candida or residual milk on soft tissue. If baby refuses to feed, it is an indication for thrush b/c it is painful  
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Micrognathia is associated with   FAS, Pierre Robin Syndrome (uncommon ear, nose and throat syndrome)  
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Macroglossia is associated with   Trisomy 21, Beckwith-Wiedemann  
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Common masses in the newborn   brachial cleft cyst, thyroglossal duct cyst, cystic hygroma  
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Torticollis   Hematoma, or muscle mass in SCM  
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tachypnea in newborn is defined as   >60  
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Periodic breathing   normal crescendo breathing followed by a brief apneic period. Count for a whole minute  
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Murmurs at birth   commonly heard in the first few days of life. murmurs heard at birth should be considered valvular in etiology until proven otherwise  
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Umbilical hernias   document. make sure it is easily reducible. Usually goes away by age 5  
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Child not having a bowel movement? consider   hirschsprung disease  
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Female infants vaginal exam   blood may be present and is normal due to shifts in hormones, just make sure it stops in a few days  
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Talipes equinovarus   club foot  
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Metatarsus adductus   pigeon foot, sometimes corrects on its own.  
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Babinski   upgoing toes normal until age 2 years  
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Neonatal Jaundice   65% develop in first week, most caused by unconjugated bilirubin. Starts at head and moves down. Elevated bilirubin can cause Neuro damage. If increased conjugated bilirubin: think biliary atresia  
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Jaundice in the 1st 24 hours   not normal; sepsis, hemolytic anemia.  
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Jaundice that appears on days 2-3 and disappears by day 5 is   physiologic; breast fed infants at increased risk  
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Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia: pathologic   Increased production: results from increase in RBC destruction - antibody mediated hemolysis (coombs +) (ABO incompatibility fairly common), Non-immune hemolysis (Coombs -)  
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Tx for ABO incompatibility   Phototherapy  
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Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia: Pathologic   decreased rates of conjugation. RETURN TO  
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Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia: Physiologic   Unknown and or multiple causes. Risk for Physiologic jaundice: asian>white>AA. Prematurity, breast feeding, sibling with hyperbilirubinemia. Tx: phototherapy  
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Hypoglycemia   glu<35-40mg/dL. By age 3 hrs glucose should be 50-80mg/dL. Risks: IDM, IUGR, Infxn, Prematurity. Sx: lethargy, poor feeding, irritability, seizures. Tx: IV glucose D10W@2ml/kg  
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Infxns in the newborn   Routes of infxn: transplacental, ascending (after ROM), passage through infected birth canal. Bacterial infxns: sepsis, pneumonia, meningitis, UTIs, omphalitis. Congenital: CMV, rubella, varicella, toxo, syph., TB. Perinatal viral infxn:HSV, Hep B,C  
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When should parents expect the umbilical cord to fall off?   Within 1-3 weeks. Seek consultation with doctor if it has not fallen off by 8 weeks. Keep cord as clean and dry as possible (sponge baths advised). Umbilical granuloma (pink scar tissue) may form and need to be cauterized.  
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