Newborn care Flashcards
ETT size…
2.5 kg-3.5 mm
Lip to tip ETT length
6+ weight in kg
Variables in Agar scoring
Heart Rate (100 or absent), respiration, muscle tone, reflex irritability, color
Vernix at 24-38 weeks
Covers body thickly
Vernix 38-39 weeks
Limited to back, scalp, creases
Vernix at 40-41 weeks
Only in creases and scant
Vernix >42 weeks
Absent
Ear at 24-31 weeks
Pinna soft, remains folded. Flat, shapeless
Ear at 32-35 weeks
Cartilage scant, returns slowly from folding. Superior incurving begins
Ear 36-39 weeks
Thin cartilage, springs back from folding. Upper 2/3 incurving
Ear at >40 weeks
Pinna firm, remains erect from head. At 39 weeks well defined incurving to lobe
Sole creases at 24-31 weeks
No anterior creases
Sole creases at 32-33 weeks
1-2 anterior creases
Sole creases at 34-35 weeks
2-3 anterior creases
Sole creases at 36-37 weeks
Creases cover 2/3 of anterior sole