Neonatology — Flashcards

Flashcard 191: Is Hirschsprung disease common in preterm infants?_____

Answer: No

Flashcard 192: What is the primary feeding method for an infant born between 28-32 weeks?_____

Answer: NG tube

Flashcard 193: Through a peripheral vascular line, a maximum of _____% dextrose can be infused in a neonate

Answer: 12.5

Flashcard 194: The most common manifestation of late-onset neonatal sepsis is _____.

Answer: meningitis

Flashcard 195: The most common cause of respiratory distress in a preterm infant is _____

Answer: neonatal RDS/hyaline membrane disease.

Flashcard 196: _____ is the gold standard for diagnosis and quantification of seizures in neonates

Answer: Video-EEG

Flashcard 197: What is the gold standard for diagnosing neonatal sepsis?

Answer: Blood culture

Flashcard 198: Which is the investigation of choice for diagnosing seizures in a neonate?_____

Answer: EEG

Flashcard 199: 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 200: Irradiance in intensive phototherapy should be at least _____ μW/cm²/nm.

Answer: 30