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Nur 3440 week 36 physiological causes of hyperbilirubinemia - ANS-increased amounts of bilirubin
delivered to the liver, defective uptake from the plasma, defective conjugation in the
liver, defective excretion, inadequate hepatic circulation, increased reabsorption from
the intestines
Acrocyanosis - ANS-Temporary cyanotic condition, usually in newborns resulting in a
bluish color around the lips, hands and fingernails, feet and toenails. May last for a few
hours and disappear with warming.
Babinski reflex - ANS-Reflex in which a newborn fans out the toes when the sole of the
foot is touched
caput succedaneum - ANS-edematous swelling and ecchymosis of the presenting part
of the head caused by birth trauma
Cephalohematoma - ANS-Swelling caused by bleeding between the osteum and
periosteum of the skull. This swelling does not cross suture lines.
Challenges to newborn thermoregulation - ANS-thin skin, superficial blood vessels, lack
of shivering mechanism, limited metabolic resources, limited muscular control, larger
body surface, limited SQ fat, dependent on other for detecting cold status
Cold stress and the newborn - ANS-biggest concern resp. distress, warm baby slowly
Conjugated (direct) bilirubin - ANS-water soluble, not toxic
Epstein pearls - ANS-multiple small, white-yellowish, epithelial inclusion cysts found in
the midline of the palate in newborn infants
erythema toxicum - ANS-pink rash that appears suddenly anywhere on the body of a
term newborn during the first 3 weeks (newborn rash)
Fetal circulation - ANS-oxygenated blood to right side, Blood bypasses lungs through
foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus - right to left shunting, increased pulmonary
vascular resistance
Fetal lung development - ANS-Surfactant (phospholipid)
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