Newborn Clinical Deterioriation
What are three main categories of newborn clinical deterioration?
What is respiratory distress, congenital heart defects, and sepsis in the newborn.
Many newborn complications are related to this set of complications that can be recognized at birth
What is fetal growth and maturity?
This temporary newborn skin finding can mimic bruising on the lower back and buttocks and is more common in infants with darker skin tones.
What is Mongolian Spots?
A term that describes skin or mucous membrane that have a blue tint or hue caused by poorly oxygenated blood
What is cyanosis?
This is a set of steps to take if a newborn has a risk for low blood sugar.
What is the hypoglycemia algorithm?
Caused by excess fluid in the lungs or delayed reabsorption of fetal lung fluid after birth.
What is transient tachypnea of the newborn
Two types of this syndrome are known as asymmetrical and symmetrical
What is fetal growth restriction
This soft swelling of a newborn's scalp crosses suture lines and is typically caused by pressure during birth
What is caput succedaneum?
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 within the chest cavity
What is a pneumothorax?
Interpret the following arterial blood gas values:
pH 7.19
PCO2 41
P02 36
HCO3 16
BE -13
What is Metabolic Acidosis (decreased pH, normal PCO2, decreased bicarbonate, and decreased base excedd
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
What is hypoglycemia?
What is APGAR?
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?
These three signs-nasal flaring, grunting and retractions are classic indicators of this respiratory condition often seen in newborns immediately after birth.
What is respiratory distress?
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.
This reflex is tested by stroking the infant's foot from heel to toes causing the toes to fan outward.
What is the Babinski reflex?
What is administration of epinephrine?
What is Cephalohematoma?