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APGAR: Order of disappearance in a sick baby
APPEARANCE RESPIRATION ACTIVITY GRIMACE PULSE
APGAR: Order of appearance in a resuscitated baby
PULSE APPEARANCE RESPIRATION GRIMACE ACTIVITY
EINC Core Steps
Immediate and thorough drying
Early skin to skin contact
Properly timed cord clamping
Non separation of mother and baby
Benefits of early skin to skin contact
Breastfeeding success Lymphoid tissue system stimulation Exposure to maternal skin flora Sugar (protection from hypoglycemia) Thermoregulation
Newborn screening test
Done at 48HOL
Congenital Hypothyroidism Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Galactosemia Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Phenylketonuria Maple Syrup Urine Disease
Prolonged physiologic jaundice (earliest possible physical sign)
Congenital Hypothyroidism
21 hydroxylase enzyme deficiency (cortisol deficiency)
Low serum Na, Cl, cortisol, high K
Increased serum 17 OHP
FEMALES: pseudohermaphrodism
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Distinct enzyme deficiencies in galactosemia
Galactose 1 phosphate uridyltransferase deficiency (GALT) Galactokinase deficiency (GALK) Galactose 4 epimerase deficiency (GALE)
Increased risk for E. coli neonatal sepsis
Galactosemia
Deficient enzyme in phenylketonuria
Phenylalanine hydroxylase
Genetic metabolic disorder resulting from the defective activity of the enzyme branched chain alpha keto acid dehydrogenase complex
Maple Syrup Urine Disease
Treatment of MSUD
Removal of sources of essential amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, valine) in diet