week 10 causes for resus Flashcards
what may cause hypoxia prior to birth?
placental abruption chord prolapse chord compression chord tightly around neck true knot in chord foetal stroke
what to do with a newborns airway may cause failure to breath at birth?
airway is blocked
incorrect airway positioning
wjat ventialtion issue may cause a newborn to be aponeic or having inefective breathing
maternal drug use- narcotics extreme premiaturity airway malformation interuterine infection birth injury
what are the signs of a compromised neonate?
HR <100 not breathing efectivly may be gasping frog posture- poor tone may be cyanosed floppy no tone
what is an injury that may occur due to shoulder dystocia?
fracutred clavical- common in large newborns
what is erb paulsy?
Erbs palsy- associated with streching/pullin head away from shoulder- injury to brachial plexis- reduced movemnts/weakness/ paralysis of affected arm
what causes facial parlysis?
facial parlysis pressure on cranial nerve- affected side wont move when crying
what is a caput succedaneum?
odeam of the calp at neonates presenting parte due to pressure agains mothers cervix in labour
what is a cephaloheamotoma?
collection of blood betwen the periostum of the skull and bone itself
what is haemolytic diseas of the newborn?
where the maternal blood is resus negative and baby is positve- cross over of blood during delivery can cause maternal antobodies to form agains foetus which can have impacts on subsequent pregnancies
what cause neonatle juandice?
liver relativly imature- can lead to build up of bilirunin in the blood
what is neonatl sepsis?
any systemic bacteril infection of a newborn
noramlly from infection due to maternal genital tract
imature immune system - one of the most common causes of neonatal death
what causes a hypogleycemic foetus
infants of diabetic mothers often large for gestational age lethargic assocaited with meconium stained liqur may have hypoglycemia - nenonatal hypoglycemia <2.6 mmol
oversupply of insulin from newborn due to comensation for poorly controlled BGL levles in mother
what hypoxia prior to burth?
accidental speration of placenta - abuption chord prolapse chord compression chord around neck true know foetal stroke
what is necrotosing enterocolitis in a newbron?
necrosis of intestinal wall- increased risk in premies
symptoms include- poor feeding, bloating, decreased activity, blood in stool or vomiting ile
