Newborn Clinical Deterioriation
Cessation of breathing for at least 20 seconds
What is Apnea
Many newborn complications are related to this set of complications that can be recognized at birth
What is fetal growth and maturity?
The term for a death occurs after a live birth but at less than 28 days of life.
A term that describes skin or mucous membrane that have a blue tint or hue caused by poorly oxygenated blood
What is cyanosis?
A simple method of evaluating the condition of the newborn at 1 and 5 minutes of life.
What is the APGAR score?
Caused by excess fluid in the lungs or delayed reabsorption of fetal lung fluid after birth.
What is transient tachypnea of the newborn
Wat is the late preterm infant?
Pregnancy loss at 20 weeks gestation or more
What is stillbirth?
A method of respiratory support that uses a continuous low gas pressure to keep a spontaneously breathing baby's lung open
What is CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure)
A collection of air withing the chest cavity
What is a pneumothorax?
A method used to evaluate oxygenation, ventilation, and acid base balance of the newborn
What is Blood Gas Analysis
The following symptoms can be attributed to what complication of the newborn:
change in level of consciousness, high pitched cry, irritability, tremors, jitteriness, lethargy, hypothermia, poor feeding, pallor, tachypnea apnea, and seizures
The period after a loss when grief is experienced and mourning occurs
What is bereavement?
The single most important and most effective step in neonatal resuscitation
What is effective ventilation of the lungs?
PDA, VSD, and ASD are examples of what newborn abnormality?
What is congenital heart defect?
Treatment of choice for hyperbilirubinemia.
What is phototherapy?
A progressive outcome of prolonged, continuous, and intense contact with patients, self-utilization, and exposure to multidimensional stress
What is compassion fatigue?
The step of NRP indicated if the baby's heart remains less that 60 bpm after at least 30 seconds of effective PPV
A complex compound of phospholipids and proteins that are essential to normal lung function of the baby. It is produced in the alveoli and secreted onto the surface of the alveoli.
What is surfactant?
One of the most significant causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality
What is Neonatal Sepsis?
A term used to describe the regulatory dysfunction of the central and autonomic nervous system in newborns exposed to substances in utero.
The ability to understand and accurately acknowledge the feelings of another person
What is empathy?
What is administration of epinephrine?
What is 350g or 20 weeks gestation?