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14 Birth defects

14 Birth defects

Objectives

When you have completed this unit you should be able to:

Recognise the common and important birth defects.
Decide which infants must be referred for treatment.
Provide emergency treatment where indicated.
Manage the parents of an infant with a birth defect.

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14-1 What is a birth defect?

14-2 What are the causes of birth defects?

14-3 When should you anticipate a birth defect?

14-4 What should you do if an infant has extra fingers?

14-5 What are clubbed feet and how should they be managed?

14-6 How should you diagnose and treat dislocated hips?

14-7 Should an undescended testis be treated?

14-8 What is hypospadias and how should it be managed?

14-9 What are ambiguous genitalia?

14-10 What is an inguinal hernia and how should it be managed?

14-11 What is a fluid hernia?

14-12 What is a birth mark?

14-13 Is it abnormal for an infant to have only one umbilical artery?

14-14 What is the management of a cleft lip?

14-15 What is the management of a cleft palate?

14-16 What is the presentation and emergency management of oesophageal atresia?

14-17 How do you diagnose and manage duodenal atresia?

14-18 What should you do if no anus is present?

14-19 What is exomphalos and how should it be managed?

14-20 What clinical signs would suggest a congenital heart abnormality?

14-21 What is anencephaly?

14-22 What is a meningomyelocoele and how is it managed?

14-23 Can these neurological defects be prevented?

14-24 What is hydrocephalus?

14-25 What is a syndrome?

14-26 What is Down syndrome?

14-27 Can Down syndrome be prevented?

14-28 How should you manage an infant with Down syndrome?

14-29 What is the fetal alcohol syndrome?

14-30 How should you manage parents of an infant with birth defects?

14-31 Case study 1

14-32 Cae study 2

14-33 Case study 3

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Introduction ( 0 items )
1 Neonatal asphyxia and resuscitation ( 34 items )
1A Skills workshop: Neonatal resuscitation ( 15 items )
2 Assessing gestational age and size at birth ( 29 items )
2A Skills workshop: Gestational age and weight ( 10 items )
3 The routine care of normal infants ( 46 items )
3A Skills workshop: Clinical history and exam ( 12 items )
4 Feeding normal infants ( 46 items )
5 Care of high-risk and sick infants ( 38 items )
5A Skills workshop: Clinical notes and observations ( 17 items )
6 Feeding sick or high-risk infants ( 35 items )
6A Skills workshop: Feeding sick or high-risk infants ( 12 items )
7 Temperature control and hypothermia ( 21 items )
7A Skills workshop: Temperature control and hypothermia ( 14 items )
8 Glucose control and hypoglycaemia ( 23 items )
8A Skills workshop: Glucose control and hypoglycaemia ( 12 items )
9 Jaundice, anaemia and polycythaemia ( 42 items )
9A Skills workshop: Jaundice and phototherapy ( 8 items )
10 Respiratory distress and apnoea ( 44 items )
10A Skills workshop: Respiratory distress & apnoea ( 13 items )
11 Oxygen therapy ( 52 items )
11A Skills workshop: Oxygen therapy ( 16 items )
12 Infection ( 55 items )
13 Trauma and bleeding ( 33 items )
15 Communication ( 39 items )

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