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Acrocyanosis
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Periphereal cyanosis; blue color of hands and feet in most infants at birth that may persist for 7-10 days
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Caput succedaneum
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swelling of the tissue over the presenting part of the head caused by pressure during labor
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Cephalhematoma
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A subcutaneous swelling contaning blood, often found in the head of a baby several days after birth. usually diappears in 2-3 mths
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colostrum
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Secretion from the breast before the onset of true alctation 2 / 3 days after delivery. the seretion contains mainly serum and white blood corpuscles. so called "first milk", "liaquid gold"
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engorgement
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Vascular congestion:distention
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erthema toxicum neonatorum
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a benign, self-lmited occurance of firm yellow-white papules
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fontanel
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an unossified space or soft spot lying between the cranial bones of the skull of a fetus
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hyperbilirubinemia
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elevation of unconjugated serum billirubin concentrations
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icterus neonatorum
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jaundice in the newborn
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involution
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turning or rolling inward and the reduction in size of the uterus and other organs following delivery
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kernicterus
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accumulation f indirect billirubin in brain cells causing cell destruction which may result in death or impaired intellectual functioning
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lanugo
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downy, fine hair charactersitics of the fetus between 20 weeks gestation and birth that is most noticeable over the shoulder, forehead, and cheeks.
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lochia
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the whitish or yellowish flow that takes place 10-21 days after delviery.
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lochia
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the sanguineous flow of the 1st to 3rd day after delivery
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iochia
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the serossanguineous discharge taking place about the 3rd to 10th day after delivery
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LGA neonate
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large for gestational age
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milia
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plural of milium-white pin-head size, keratin--filled cyst
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molding
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shaping of the fetal head, adapting itself to the pelvic inlet
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Mongolian spots
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a slate-gray area of pigment on the skin of the neonate which fades gradually over time
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parere
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to bear
(to give birth) |
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physiologic jaundice
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yellow discoloration of the body tissues caused by the depsoits of bile pigment, reaching a peak at 5-7 days, caused by normal reduction in # of red blood cells
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postpartum period
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from delivery until involution completed
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puerperium
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the period of 6 weeks following childbirth and expulsion of the placenta and membranes.
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SGA neonate
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small for gestational age
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subconjunctival hemorrhage
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red spot on sclera as a result of pressure during delivery taht auses rupture of a small capillary in the eye
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sutures
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line of union in an immovable articulation as those between the skull bones; also such as an articulation itself.
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vernix caseosa
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protective gray-white fatty substance of cheesy consistency covering the fetal skin
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