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Liver and lungs - correct Answers -Nofunctional
Preterm infants - correct Answers -thinner skin and less subcutaneous fat than term infants - they are at
increased risk for cold stress
Surfactant is produced as lungs mature - correct Answers -Reduces surface tension within alveoli,
usually sufficient by 34 to 36 weeks of gestation
Infants born by cesarean delivery - correct Answers -May have moist lung sounds for 24 hours after birth
Three shunts during fetal life that carry much of the blood away from the lungs and some blood away
from the liver - correct Answers -Ductus venosus, Foramen ovale, Ductus arteriosis
Conduction - correct Answers -something cold has to happen
Convention - correct Answers -cold air blowing on baby
Radiation - correct Answers -heat from baby body's radiating towards window
nonshivering thermogenesis - correct Answers -brown fat to produce heat-they rely on brown fat
Body trying to compensate heat loss - correct Answers -Respiratory distress, Hypoglycemia, Metabolic
acidosis, jaundice
GI system - correct Answers -bowel sounds active, sterile until introduce food
, Meconium - correct Answers -First stool-passed 1st 24 hrs
Transitional stool - correct Answers -greenish brown, much looser
Milk stools - correct Answers -more smelly, not as often
Breastfeeding - correct Answers -sweet sour smell, seeded yellow appearance
Conjugation of bilirubin - correct Answers -build-up of bilirubin in blood stream
Kernicterus - correct Answers -staining of the brain tissue-can lead to neurologic brain injury
Normal RBC lifespan - correct Answers -80 to 100 days
Preterm RBC lifespan - correct Answers -60 to 80 days
Baby to breast 1st hour of life - correct Answers -Low risk baby
Physiologic jaundice - correct Answers -more transient appears on the second or third day-Not present
in first 24 hrs resolve in about 7 days
Nonphysiologic (Pathologic) jaundice - correct Answers -caused by something underlying-it is present
the first 24 hrs
Breastfeeding Jaundice - correct Answers -not getting enough true breast milk
Jaundice - correct Answers -3-5 days spike in bilirubin
Therapeutic Management for Hyperbilirubinemia - correct Answers -Phototherapy