Care of the Normal Newborn — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What is the primary feeding method for an infant born between 32-34 weeks?_____

Answer: Paladai

Flashcard 2: A hemodynamically unstable newborn should be managed in a _____ unit.

Answer: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) (Level III)

Extra: Neonatal care is categorized into three levels: - **Level I:** Basic newborn care (well-baby nursery). - **Level II:** Special Care Nursery or Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) for stable preterm or moderately ill infants. - **Level III:** Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for hemodynamically unstable infants, those requiring mechanical ventilation, or extremely premature neonates.

Flashcard 3: _____ milk is secreted 3-4 days until 2 weeks after birth

Answer: Transitional

Flashcard 4: KMC can be started in preterm babies with birthweight >_____ g immediately after birth

Answer: 1800

Flashcard 5: If the newborn is of term gestation, breathing/crying and has good muscle tone, the next step is to provide _____

Answer: routine newborn care

Flashcard 6: Breast_____ jaundice is seen within 1 week of birth

Answer: feeding

Flashcard 7: Problems of infants with IUGR and pathogenesis: _____: due to decreased tissue glycogen stores, decreased gluconeogenesis, hyperinsulinemia, hypothermia, large brain

Answer: Hypoglycemia

Flashcard 8: Umbilical vessel cannulation can be performed in the first _____ of life before umbilical stump gets detatched

Answer: 7-10 days

Flashcard 9: Area shaded blue (the _____) is the preferred site for heel prick testing in newborns.

Answer: medial and lateral aspects

Flashcard 10: Which pediatric disorder will present with hyperinflation, patchy infiltrates and coarse streaking on chest x-ray?\n_____

Answer: Meconium aspiration syndrome