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5 Management of important problems

Objectives

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

  • Manage a jaundiced infant.
  • Manage an infant with infection.
  • Manage an infant with trauma.
  • Manage a bleeding infant.
  • Manage an infant with convulsions.
  • List the common congenital abnormalities.
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5-1 What are the important complications of infants born in a level 1 clinic or hospital?
5-2 Can these complications be prevented?
5-3 What is the management of these complications if the infant's born in a level 1 clinic/hospital?
5-4 What is jaundice?
5-5 What is bilirubin?
5-6 What is hyperbilirubinaemia?
5-7 How is bilirubin excreted?
5-8 How is bilirubin measured?
5-9 What is physiological jaundice?
5-10 When is jaundice abnormal?
5-11 What causes jaundice which is abnormal and not physiological?
5-12 What is haemolytic disease of the newborn?
5-13 What is ABO haemolytic disease?
5-14 What is Rhesus haemolytic disease?
5-15 How can you prevent Rhesus haemolytic disease?
5-16 When is jaundice dangerous?
5-17 How can bilirubin encephalopathy be prevented?
5-18 What is phototherapy?
5-19 What equipment is used to give phototherapy?
5-20 When should you give phototherapy?
5-21 How do you give phototherapy?
5-22 For how long should you give phototherapy?
5-23 What are the problems with phototherapy?
5-24 When should an infant with jaundice be transferred?
5-25 What infections are important in newborn infants?
5-26 Why is infection common in newborn infants?
5-27 How can you prevent infection in newborn infants?
5-28 What are the signs of conjunctivitis?
5-29 What is the management of conjunctivitis?
5-30 What are the signs of an infected umbilical cord?
5-31 How do you treat umbilical cord infection?
5-32 What is tetanus?
5-33 How do you manage tetanus?
5-34 What are the signs and causes of skin infection?
5-35 How do you treat skin infections?
5-36 What are the clinical signs and management oral thrush?
5-37 What are the signs of septicaemia?
5-38 How should you treat septicaemia?
5-39 What are the signs of congenital syphilis?
5-40 How do you treat congenital syphilis?
5-41 Can an infant get AIDS?
5-42 What are the important types of trauma in the newborn infant?
5-43 What is a cephalhaematoma?
5-44 What is a brachial plexus injury?
5-45 What causes bruising?
5-46 What is the commonest cause of bleeding?
5-47 What is haemorrhagic disease of the newborn?
5-48 How do you prevent haemorrhagic disease of the newborn?
5-49 What is purpura?
5-50 How can you recognise a convulsion in a newborn infant?
 
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