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Factors influencing At risk infants
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Birth weight, Gestational age, type and length of newborn illness, environmental factors, maternal factors, and maternal infant separation.
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What helps identifiy at risk newborns
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APGAR scorig immediately after birth.
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What is used to assess neonatal maturity and mortality risk?
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birth weight and gestational age together.
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Preterm
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less than 37 weeks
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Term
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38-41 completed weeks
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Postterm
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greater than 42 weeks
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Neonatal mortality risk
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the chance of death during the newborn period: the first 28 days of life.
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Complications for SGA infants
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Asphyxia, Aspiration syndrome, hypothermia, hypoglycemia, polycythemia
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Causes of LGA
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overproduction of growth hormone, diabetes
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Complications for LGA infants
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Breech, shoulder dystocia,fractures, facial paralysis, phrenic nerve injury, increased risk of c-section, hypoglycemia.
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appearance of an LGA baby
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ruddy in color, macrosomic, excessive adipose tissue, umbilical cord and placenta are large
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Complications of IDM
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hypoglycemia, hypocalcemia, hyperbilirubinemia, birth trauma, polycythemia, respiratory distress syndrome, congenital birth defects
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What should an infants serum glucose be
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40 mg/dl
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If normal glucose levels drop what is given
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formula or breast milk, iv infusion of D10W at 4-6 mg/kg/min
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