High Risk Newborn (Week 8) Flashcards
high risk infants are classified on
BW
gestational age
predominant pathophysiologic problems
SGA %
10
AGA %
10-90 %
LGA %
90%
why might we place a baby in a bag
thermoregulation
majority of high risk infants are how old
- why
<37 weeks
organ systems are still immature
- thermo and respiratory
low BW
below 2,500
very low BW
below 1500
extremely low BW
below 1000
signs of resp distress
grunting, flaring, retracting
apnea vs periodic breathing
apea is more than 20 seconds and/or desat and/or bradycardia
MEN
- minimal enteral nutrition
few mL to prime gut to stool to prevent increase bili
if a infant gets an infection what happens to the temp
goes down
discharge criteria
cry when hungry
gain wt
normal neuro resp
corrected age
age of preterm infant is corrected by adding gestational age and postnatal age
corrected until 2 1/2
why give betamethasone prior to birth
mature lungs
if we are bag and valve mask what do we use
room air since its not an oxygenation thing
how long does it take for a baby to get to normal sat
awhile, like 10-20 min
why does asphixa influence the belly/GI
asphyxia is when the blood is shunted to the brain and heart and the GI is not perfused and they dont tolerate feedinfs
nonnutritive suck
pacifier when feeding through NG/OG
is vernix good
yes benefits
- doesn’t dry out skin
s/s of infant who is overstimulated
push hand away
hiccups
avert gaze
finger spray
apnea
Brady
desat
who’s at risk for RDS
c/s with out labor
2nd twin since they aren’t squeezed as much
gestational diabetes
Caucasian males
ROP
preterm
O2 and ventilation causes retinal damage
BPD
preterm
ventilation
surfactant issue
Patent ductus arteriosus
mottling
cyanosis
stress can reopen
Germinial matrix hemoorgafe
intrventituclar hemmorrge
Germinial matrix hemoorgafe s/s
full fontanel
hypotone
activity label change
NEC
infalmatiory disease of the GI mucosa
- intestinal ischemia
bacterial colonization
NEC is rare in
breast fed babies