Neonatal jaundice

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) occurs in newborns and develops prenatally when the mother participates in opioid abuse during pregnancy1. After birth, the child is also dependent on the drug and suffers from withdrawals. The implications of NAS are both short term and long term in the offspring’s life, ranging from light sensitivity to birth defects. The primary method of treating this syndrome is delivering doses of methadone or morphine into the neonate’s system allowing the newborn to…

What the optimal timing for clamping the umbilical cord after birth has become the subject of controversy, started many debates and led to multiple studies. This paper will define cord clamping and delayed cord clamping. It will also look into the most recent research to show if there are any benefits or risks to both preterm and term infants by using delayed cord clamping, and if there are any maternal health benefits from this practice. After the third week of conception blood vessels begin…

I have always had a certain obsession with organizing. Arranging important documents into vanilla folders and double-checking labels to make sure I filed them correctly. For example, I would chronologically sort the memories of a bad college relationship into mental file cabinets “2006, 2007, and 2009,” in cerebral folders “R,” respectively. Maybe “R” stood for “reasoning.” According to me, there was no other effective way to deal with life. Every move was calculated and arranged to create a…

We took care of a baby with severe neonatal jaundice and acute bilirubin encephalopathy (kernicterus). The mother and her ill neonate presented late that day. I was off duty and about to head home but elected to stay back, take the blood samples, and chase the blood needed for the exchange transfusion…

In the hospital setting a newborn and their parent(s) is given identification bracelets and security sensors. The neonatal period is the first month of life (Potter & Perry, 2009). It is important to encourage bonding. Breast-feeding is the start of direct body contact between mother and baby. Hand washing is crucial when caring for a newborn to prevent the transmission of infection and germs. Newborns immune system is susceptible to infection due to it being weak. The umbilical cord should be…

Preterm Birth Almost one million children die each year due to complications of preterm birth. That is 1 in 10 babies (“March”)! Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at less than 37 completed weeks of gestational age. Theses babies are known as “preemies”(“March”). NICU Manager Hope Garcia of South Carolinas Spartanburg Regional medical center states that the unit cares for 450 preterm babies each year. “Preterm birth is a huge problem, especially in the county.…

CYSTIC FIBROSIS. Many humans around the world are carriers of a genetic component that can cause their dependents to be born with a genetic disease that can affect their lives forever. Some of these conditions are currently under investigation by facilities which specialise in genetics testing. Cystic Fibrosis is one of many genetic disorders that can affect devilry the patient and their everyday life. Cystic Fibrosis are known to be a recessive disorder, meaning that both parents must a carrier…

AGS is an autosomal-dominant condition affecting several body systems and characterized by neonatal jaundice along with a paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts on liver histology. It is also known as Alagille-Watson syndrome or arterio-hepatic dysplasia, and is caused by defects in the Notch signaling pathway. The disease affects the liver, heart, skeleton, eyes, kidneys, central nervous system, and is associated with characteristic facial features. (1, 2) The syndrome was first described by…

uterine rupture, the mother and child can die. • Failure to recognize and treat infant seizures: Infant seizures are often the sign of birth injuries that have been caused by medical negligence in labor or delivery. • Prolonged rupture of membranes • Neonatal sepsis • Failure to resuscitate MyLawBuddy offers compassionate representation during these difficult times. Contact MyLawBuddy for your free…

At first, the symptoms are usually intermittent. Because of the wheezing, patients are told they have asthma. People may also show signs of liver symptoms. This would include them being jaundice, which would produce a yellow color to their skin and eyes. They may also have ascites, accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, or a collection of fluid in the abdominal area. They may cough up blood, have itching, have poor appetite and…