Newborn Assessment Definitions

Newborn Assessment DefinitionsNewborn Assessment Definitions Lacerations Correct Answer: A wound or irregular tear of the flesh Plethora Correct Answer: Congestion causing distention of the bloody vessels. In the newborn often caused by excessive RBC's; skin color is very red Cyanosis Correct Answer: A blue, gray, slate or dark purple discoloration of the skin or mucous membranes caused by deoxygenated or reduced hemoglobin in the blood Jaundice Correct Answer: Yellow staining of body tissues and fluids as a result of excessive levels of bilirubin in the bloodstream Physiological Jaundice of the Newborn Correct Answer: Nonpathological jaundice affecting newborns 48-72 hrs after birth, last only a few days, does not require therapy Pathological jaundice of the newborn Correct Answer: Jaundice manifests in the first 24 hours and requires therapy. Notify MD Erthroblastosis Fetalis Correct Answer: A hemolytic disease of the newborn marked by anemia, jaundice, enlargement of the liver and spleen, and generalized edema Impetigo Correct Answer: A bacterial infection of the skin, caused by streptococci, and marked by yellow to red, weeping, and crusted or pustular lesions Lanugo Correct Answer: Fine, soft hair covering the fetus Mottling Correct Answer: Lacy red pattern from dilated blood vessels under the skin Vernix Caseosa Correct Answer: Thick, white substance that coats and protects the skin of the fetus Hemangioma Correct Answer: A benign tumor of dilated blood vesssels Strawberry Hemoangioma Correct Answer: A dull red, benign lesion, usually present at birth that is caused by proliferation of immature capillary vessels in active stroma Erythema Toxicum Neonatorum Correct Answer: A benign, self-limited rash marked by firm, yellow-white papules or pustules from 1 to 2 mm in sie Mongolian Spots Correct Answer: One of the blue or mulberry-colored spots located in the sacral region present on Asian, American Indian, black, and Southern European infants Prematurity Correct Answer: The state of an infant born prior to 37 weeks of gestation Hydrocephalus Correct Answer: An accumulation of excessive amts of CSF w/in the ventricles of the brain, resulting in blockage or destruction of normal channels Microcephaly Correct Answer: Abnormal smallness of head often seen in mental retardation Congenital Dwarfism Correct Answer: Condition of being abnormally small Tetany Correct Answer: A neurological disorder marked by intermittent tonic spasms that are usually paroxysmal and involve the extremities Lethargic Correct Answer: Sleepiness, drowsiness, somnolence, or mental sluggishness Seizures Correct Answer: A convulsion or other clinical detectable event caused by a sudden discharge of electrical activity in the brain Caput Succedaneum Correct Answer: Area of edema over the presenting part of the fetus/newborn Cephalohematoma Correct Answer: A collection of blood under the scalp usually located over the parietal bone Craniosynostosis Correct Answer: Premature fusion of 1 or more cranial sutures resulting in an abnormal head shape Anencephaly Correct Answer: Neural tube defect whereby the end of the neural tube fails to close resulting in the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp Encephalocele Correct Answer: Failure of the anterior neural tube to close due to genetic, toxic, or infectious reasons Facial paralysis Correct Answer: Drooping mouth, diminished mvmt of the tongue and difficulty with closing eyes Milia Correct Answer: White cysts, 1-2 mm in size caused by distended sebaceous glands Subconjunctival hemorrhage Correct Answer: Area or areas or collection of blood seen in the sclera of the eye Strabismus Correct Answer: A turning inward or outward of the eyes (crosseyed) Opthalmia Neonatorum Correct Answer: Purulent destructive eye disease Chemical conjunctivitis Correct Answer: Results from an aseptic nature and usually occurs with the induction of silver nitrate Congenital cataract Correct Answer: Cloudiness of the newborns lens Congenital Glaucoma Correct Answer: Abnormal development of the anterior chamber before birth leading to improper aqueous outflow system Epstein's Pearls Correct Answer: Small, white, hard, inclusion cysts found on the hard