Flashcards in Small or Preterm Baby Deck (32):
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What is low birthweight?
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What is low birthweight?
3
What is very low birthweight?
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What is extremely low birthweight?
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What is preterm?
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What is very preterm?
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What is extremely preterm?
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What is small for gestational age?
-birthweight
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What are the categories of causes of small for gestational age?
-Normal
-Maternal
-Foetal
-Placental
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Foetal cause of SGA?
-Infections
-Major malformations
-Chromosoma
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Placental causes of SGA?
-Mulitple preg
-poor implantation
-malformations
-placental insufficiency
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What are the causes of preterm birth?
-Preterm labour / PROM
-Cervical incompetence
-Multiple pregnancies
-APH
-Uterine anomalies
-Indicated delivery
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What are the broad consequences of being small/preterm?
-Thermal
-Nutritional / metabolic
-Respiratory
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Immediate care of preterm infant?
-Breathing
-Temperature (36.8 +/- 0.3)
-Nutrition (measure BSLs)
-other routine care (cord, skin, vitamin K, family)
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Cause of death
-HMD and complications
-Intraventricular haemorrhage
-Sepsis / necrotising enterocolitis
-Malformations and other lethal abnormalities
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Cause of death 28-36w?
-Sepsis
-Malformations and other lethal abnormalities
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Impairments of preterm infants?
-CP
-Blindness
-Deafness
-Developmental delay
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What is very low birthweight?
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What is extremely low birthweight?
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What is preterm?
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What is very preterm?
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What is extremely preterm?
23
What is small for gestational age?
-birthweight
24
What are the categories of causes of small for gestational age?
-Normal
-Maternal
-Foetal
-Placental
25
Foetal cause of SGA?
-Infections
-Major malformations
-Chromosoma
26
Placental causes of SGA?
-Mulitple preg
-poor implantation
-malformations
-placental insufficiency
27
What are the causes of preterm birth?
-Preterm labour / PROM
-Cervical incompetence
-Multiple pregnancies
-APH
-Uterine anomalies
-Indicated delivery
28
What are the broad consequences of being small/preterm?
-Thermal
-Nutritional / metabolic
-Respiratory
29
Immediate care of preterm infant?
-Breathing
-Temperature (36.8 +/- 0.3)
-Nutrition (measure BSLs)
-other routine care (cord, skin, vitamin K, family)
30
Cause of death
-HMD and complications
-Intraventricular haemorrhage
-Sepsis / necrotising enterocolitis
-Malformations and other lethal abnormalities
31
Cause of death 28-36w?
-Sepsis
-Malformations and other lethal abnormalities
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