ERRATA: please switch the labels of โpretermโ and โtermโ neonates on the top of the 2nd and 3rd column! Thank you @soupydays for pointing out the typo! :)
Level3: NICU
-3A [care of infants w/ BW >1000g & >28wks aog)
-3B [care of infants w/ extreme prematurity (28wks or less) & extremely low BW (1000g or less)]
Levels of Neonatal Care:
Level1: Most basic level; can also care for near term infants (35-37wks aog that are stable)
Level2: Care for moderately ill infants (>32wks aog & BW >1500g)
-2A [cannot provide assisted ventilation]
-2B [can provide assisted ventilation]
(see below)
Infant mortality rate
- deaths occurring from birth to 12 months of age per 1000 live births
Perinatal mortality rate
- death occuring from the 20th week of getational age to 28 days per 1000 live births
Neonatal mortality rate
- deaths < 28 days of life per 1000 live births
Congenital diaphragmatic hernias:
Bochdalek - posterolateral in location (think Bochdalek at the Back)
Morgagni - anteromedial in location (think Morgagni at the Middle)
The essentials of newborn screening! There are 6!
- Congenital hypothyroidism
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Galactosemia
- G6PD deficiency
- Maple syrup urine disease
- Phenylketonuria
Attempt at a mnemonic:
โMarie, Please, GG na CoCoโ
The answer is necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) with a % risk reduction of 77%!
SIDS - 73 %
Gatroenteritis - 64%
Type 2 DM - 40%
p.3 of 13 (Trans 12.12 Breastfeeding)
The immunoglobulin that has the highest concentration in breastmilk is IgA! Recall that IgA usually is found protecting the mucosal barriers.
Since neonates have innately low or close to no IgA, they get their IgA from the breastmilk from their mama โบ๏ธ
HSV, based on the lecture, is the only congential infection that is transmitted during antepartum period, hence it is advised that mothers undergo caesarean delivery to avoid neonatal contact with infected lesions