Small or Preterm Baby Flashcards
1
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What is low birthweight?
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2
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What is low birthweight?
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3
Q
What is very low birthweight?
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4
Q
What is extremely low birthweight?
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5
Q
What is preterm?
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6
Q
What is very preterm?
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7
Q
What is extremely preterm?
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8
Q
What is small for gestational age?
A
-birthweight
9
Q
What are the categories of causes of small for gestational age?
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- Normal
- Maternal
- Foetal
- Placental
10
Q
Foetal cause of SGA?
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- Infections
- Major malformations
- Chromosoma
11
Q
Placental causes of SGA?
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- Mulitple preg
- poor implantation
- malformations
- placental insufficiency
12
Q
What are the causes of preterm birth?
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- Preterm labour / PROM
- Cervical incompetence
- Multiple pregnancies
- APH
- Uterine anomalies
- Indicated delivery
13
Q
What are the broad consequences of being small/preterm?
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- Thermal
- Nutritional / metabolic
- Respiratory
14
Q
Immediate care of preterm infant?
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- Breathing
- Temperature (36.8 +/- 0.3)
- Nutrition (measure BSLs)
- other routine care (cord, skin, vitamin K, family)
15
Q
Cause of death
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- HMD and complications
- Intraventricular haemorrhage
- Sepsis / necrotising enterocolitis
- Malformations and other lethal abnormalities
