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CH 17
Assessment and Care of the Newborn and Family
Question | Answer |
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Apgar Score? | Numeric expression of the condition of a newborn obtained by rapid assessment at 1 and 5 minutes of age |
Hyperbilirubinemia? | Elevation of unconjugated serum bilirubin concentrations |
Kernicterus? | Pathologic process characterized by deposition of bilirubin in the brain |
Late preterm infants? | Infants born at 34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks of gestation |
Ophthalmia neonatorum? | Infection in the neonate's eyes usually resulting from gonorrheal, chlamydial, or other infection contracted when the fetus passes through the birth canal (vagina) |
Physiologic jaundice? | Yellow tinge to skin and mucous membranes in response to increased serum levels of unconjugated bilirubin; also called neonatal jaundice |