newborn

Question 1

What does the APGAR score tell you?

Answer 1

1 min - general info about how the newborn tolerated labor
5 min- newborn’s response to resuscitation

Question 2

When palpating the clavicles on a LGA newborn, you feel crepitus and
discontinuity on the left.

Answer 2

**Clavicular Fracture.
**Will form a callus in 1wk. No tx needed. Can use figure of 8 splint.

Question 3

what is this physical exam finding?

Answer 3

caput succedaneum - edema crosses suture line

Question 4