Assessment and care and major problems of the newborn practice

Change topics

A mixed set with full explanations. No account needed — sign in later and it starts remembering.

Only questions filed under Assessment and care and major problems of the newborn. Practise everything instead.

Tune this setPre-internship · 20 questionschange
1 / 5
0:00

Paediatricscommon
A woman arrives at a remote clinic in labour, having had no antenatal care and no dating ultrasound. She gives birth to a girl weighing 1980 g who cries at birth, with Apgar scores of 8 and 9. A New Ballard Score performed at 30 minutes estimates the gestational age at 37 weeks. At 90 minutes the baby is quiet, has a weak suck and turns away from the breast. Her temperature is 36.6 degrees, her respiratory rate is 48/min and her perfusion is normal. Which one of the following should be done first?