neo 1 Flashcards
more than/equal to 37 and less than/equal to 42 weeks (259-294 days)
term neonate
more than 42 weeks (294 days)
post-term neonate
less than 37 weeks (259 days)
preterm neonate
less than 37 weeks
preterm birth
34-36 weeks
late preterm birth
less than 32 weeks
very preterm birth
less than 10th percentile
SGA
more than 90th percentile
LGA
less than 2500 gm
low birth weight
1000-1500 gm
very low birth weight
less than 1000 gm
extremely low birth weight
0-3
severely depressed
4-6
moderately depressed
7-10
excellent condition
1 and 5 min
after birth of all infants
5 min interval after 20 min
infants with score less than 7
an accepted and convenient method for reporting status of the newborn infant
Apgar score
uses both neurological and external features
Ballard’s method
scored within the first 12 hr of life
extremely premature infants
scored as early as possible or up to 72 hr
full term infants
primary means of increasing body heat
brown fat metabolism
most accurate means of estimating the gestational age ; early as 5 weeks ; first trimester
ultrasonogaphy
second trimester
biparietal diameter
simplest way to assess if the fetus is doing okay
fetal heart rate