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The High Risk Newborn
Rosdahl and Kowalski
TEXTBOOK OF BASIC NURSING

PART C – Nursing Throughout the Life Cycle

CHAPTERS: Unit 10
The High-Risk Newborn

New Terminology

ABO incompatibility

anencephaly

choanal atresia

cleft lip

cleft palate

congenital

endotracheal tube

epispadias

erythroblastosis fetalis

esophageal atresia

exstrophy

galactosemia

high-risk newborn

hydrocephalus

hyperbilirubinemia

hypospadias

New Terminology, cont.

imperforate anus

kangaroo care

kernicterus

LS ratio

macrosomia

microcephaly

pathologic jaundice

phototherapy

physiologic jaundice

polydactylism

postterm

preterm

pyloric stenosis

retinopathy of prematurity

New Terminology, cont.

Rh sensitization

spina bifida

syndactylism

talipes

thrush

toxoplasmosis

transient tachypnea of the newborn

respiratory distress syndrome

Acronyms

AGA

ASD

CMV

CPAP

CSF

ET tube

FAS

IUGR

LBW

LGA

NEC

PKU

RDS

ROP

SGA

SIDS

TORCH

TTN

VLBW

VSD

Figures

66-5 Grading of Neonatal Respiratory Distress

73-1 Child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

In Practice

Nursing Care Plan 68-1 The Preterm Neonate Experiencing Difficulty Regulating Body Temperature

Important Medications 68-1 For the Heroin-Addicted Newborn

Boxes

68-2 Risk Factors for Newborn Hypoglycemia

68-3 Typical Signs of Hypoglycemia

Small-for-Gestational-Age Newborn

Infant that does not grow normally in utero

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)

Leading cause of small-for-gestational age (SGA) newborn

Causes of SGA Newborns

Maternal conditions related to pregnancy, eg,

Pregnancy-induced hypertension

Diabetes mellitus
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