CNUR 303: Unit 3 - The Newborn Exam |
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- Takes over the placenta at birth
- Stores and releases iron as RBC's are destroyed/produced
- Releases glucose from glycogen stores during first 24hrs as feeding is
established
- Conjugates bilirubin after birth
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What are the aspects of quick How is HR graded on the APGAR
1 2
adaptation to newborn life? test?
How does the hepatic system adapt
3 Define periodic breathing 4
to life?
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, Terms in this set (52)
What are the aspects of quick - Respiration
adaptation to newborn life? - Circulation
- Temperature regulation
- Sources of nourishment
- Establishment of parent-infant relations
How does the respiratory system - Newborn flooded with catecholamines from
adapt to the first day of life? labour and birth, increasing fluid clearance from
lungs
- After birth, chest wall recoils, creating negative
intrathoracic pressure
- Air is sucked into lung fields, replacing fluid
- After inspiration, exhalation creates positive
intrathoracic pressure
What is normal lung function Production fo surfactant
dependent on?
What stimulates the intial transition Hypercapnia, hypoxia, and acidosis due to labour.
into breathing?
Define periodic breathing Cessation of breathing for 5-15 seconds, but no HR
or colour change.
What CVS changes occur when the - Chemoreceptors sense changes in arterial
cord is clamped? oxygenation; continued breathing
- HR ranged from 120-180, then 110-160 after several
minutes of life
- Delayed cord clamping improves CVS adaptation
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Practice questions for this set
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- Takes over the placenta at birth
- Stores and releases iron as RBC's are destroyed/produced
- Releases glucose from glycogen stores during first 24hrs as feeding is
established
- Conjugates bilirubin after birth
Choose an answer
What are the aspects of quick How is HR graded on the APGAR
1 2
adaptation to newborn life? test?
How does the hepatic system adapt
3 Define periodic breathing 4
to life?
Don't know?
, Terms in this set (52)
What are the aspects of quick - Respiration
adaptation to newborn life? - Circulation
- Temperature regulation
- Sources of nourishment
- Establishment of parent-infant relations
How does the respiratory system - Newborn flooded with catecholamines from
adapt to the first day of life? labour and birth, increasing fluid clearance from
lungs
- After birth, chest wall recoils, creating negative
intrathoracic pressure
- Air is sucked into lung fields, replacing fluid
- After inspiration, exhalation creates positive
intrathoracic pressure
What is normal lung function Production fo surfactant
dependent on?
What stimulates the intial transition Hypercapnia, hypoxia, and acidosis due to labour.
into breathing?
Define periodic breathing Cessation of breathing for 5-15 seconds, but no HR
or colour change.
What CVS changes occur when the - Chemoreceptors sense changes in arterial
cord is clamped? oxygenation; continued breathing
- HR ranged from 120-180, then 110-160 after several
minutes of life
- Delayed cord clamping improves CVS adaptation
