Monitor glucose levels in the infant. Hypoglycemia in the newborn is important and may go undetected Heidi Herrera MD Nickie Niforatos MD What to Do – Gather Appropriate Data Glucose…
Infants born to mothers positive for hepatitis B surface antigen should receive both hepatitis B vaccine and hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) within 12 hours of birth Brian Kit MD…
Vigorous neonates born through meconium-stained amniotic fluid do not require endotracheal intubation and tracheal suctioning immediately after delivery. This practice should be reserved for neonates with evidence of fetal distress…
Neonatal conjunctivitis secondary to chlamydia trachomatis should be treated with oral antibiotics to prevent the development of associated pneumonia Brian Kit MD What to Do – Take Action Chlamydia trachomatis…
Know that bloody stools can be an anxiety-provoking event to new parents, but is most often a benign finding in an otherwise well-appearing newborn baby. Know when to intervene and…
Be careful when examining the newborn infant. Often a multitude of rashes, morphologic variations and unusual eye findings can be found and do not require a workup, but occasionally the…
Infants with greater than 20% of their bilirubin in the direct form have cholestasis or obstruction to bile flow. The first step in evaluation of prolonged jaundice is to measure…
Know how to sequentially evaluate neonatal cholestasis Anjali Subbaswamy MD What to Do – Gather Appropriate Data, Interpret the Data Neonatal cholestasis is a pathologic state of reduced bile formation…
Watch for signs of malnutrition either under- or overnutrition, which represent adverse health consequences for children Michael S. Potter Anthony Slonim MD What to Do – Gather Appropriate Data Although…
Know the different types of mental retardation (MR) and developmental delay as it has implications for treatment and counseling Elizabeth Wells MD What to Do – Interpret the Data Three…
