Newborn Examination

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During a newborn examination, what is the purpose of checking for potential problems arising from maternal or familial disease?

  • To detect congenital anomalies not already detected at birth (correct)
  • To check the baby's weight and height
  • To assess the baby's respiratory effort
  • To evaluate the baby's skin color and lesions

What is the recommended timeframe for conducting a newborn examination?

  • Within 24 hours of birth (correct)
  • Within 72 hours of birth
  • Within 48 hours of birth
  • Within 1 week of birth

What is the purpose of measuring the baby's head during a newborn examination?

  • To assess the baby's respiratory effort
  • To check for overlapping of skull bones
  • To evaluate the baby's skin color and lesions
  • To inspect and palpate for bruising and edema (correct)

Which one of these is the BEST treatment for a 7-day-old term boy with bruising and bleeding from the umbilical stump, elevated prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time, and normal full blood count?

<p>Intravenous vitamin K plus fresh frozen plasma (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

A newborn baby is born with a midline lumbrosacral cystic lesion and an occipitofrontal circumference above the 90th percentile. What is the next best step?

<p>Cranial ultrasound (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which one of these is considered a benign finding in a baby at the limit of viability by gestational age?

<p>OFC of 37 cm (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which one of these is an abnormal finding in a 12-hour-old term baby?

<p>Weight of 4.4 kg (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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