SIDS Word Scramble
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Property | Description |
sudden infant death syndrome | SIDS, under 1yr that remains unexplained after; acomplete autopsy, a death scene investigation, and a review of medical hx |
typical findings | lack of specific disease process on autopsy, evidence of a struggle, presence of frothy bld tinged secreations in the mouth and nose, no report of hearing a cry, hx of recent mild resp illness |
risk factors | time of year= winter, time of day= during sleep, exp to passive smoke, hx of cyanosis, resp distress, irritability, or poor feeding the newborn nursery |
familial factors | maternal age less than 20, smoking or illicit drug use, anemia during preg, multiple pregs and short interval bt pregnancies, low socio-economic status; crowding, poor prenatal care/ low birth weight gain AND HX OF SIBING WITH SIDS OR HX OF A PREVIOUS EP |
Nursing managment | foucous on the family |
missed SIDS | monitoring equipment: apna alarm, brady alarm , loose lead alarm |
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