NICU Exam Questions and Answers 100% Verified

NICU Exam Questions and Answers 100% Verified Level 1 NICU - Answer- Normal Newborn Nursery Level 2 NICU - Answer- Special Care Nursery Level 3 NICU - Answer- Newborn Intensive Care: Respiratory, Neonatal Surgery, Special Diagnostics, Very Pre-term Infants Level 4 NICU - Answer- Newborn Intensive Care: Cardiac Surgery Diagnoses of Infants Admitted to NICU - Answer- Prematurity, Respiratory distress, Surgical (GI, cardiac, renal), Neurological problems, Congenital anomalies (trisomy 18, 21), Infection, Metabolic (low blood sugar) Very Preterm Infant - Answer- 23-26 wks GA Moderately Preterm Infant - Answer- 27-33 wks GA Late Preterm Infant - Answer- 34-36 wks GA Normal Birth Weight - Answer- 2500 g Low Birth Weight - Answer- g Very Low Birth Weight - Answer- g Extremely Low Birth Weight - Answer- 1000 g Appropriate for Gestational Age - Answer- 10-90th Percentile - size for dates Small for Gestational Age - Answer- 10th percentile Large for Gestational Age - Answer- 90th percentile Intrauterine Growth Restriction Issues - Answer- 6.9 point IQ deficit at 7 y/o compared to normal birth weight. Pre-term infants with and without postnatal nutrition. 8 point deficit on one year MDI if 2 wks postnatal malnutrition. Common Diagnoses of the Preterm Infant - Answer- - Respiratory distress syndrome (due to lack of surfactant. - Chronic lung disease or bronchopulmonary dysplasia - Sepsis - necrotising enterocolitis - Retinopathy of prematurity - intraventricular hemorrhage Incidence of prematurity - Answer- in the US: 12% of infants are premature, 2% very preterm, 10% moderately preterm IVH Grade 1 - Answer- Isolated germinal matrix bleed IVH Grade 2 - Answer- Blood in the lateral ventricles IVH Grade 3 - Answer- IVH with acute ventricular dilation IVH Grade 4 - Answer- Hemorrhage into the periventricular white matter Incidence of major handicap for infants 1500 g with IVH - Answer- - No hemorrhage: 10% - Grade I or II: 12% - Grade III: 36% - Grade IV: 75% Periventricular Leukomalacia - Answer- Hypoxic-ischemic etiology. Periventricular echo densities are common on early ultrasound and are not prognostic. 2 mm cysts at 1 month are 95% predictive of CP if lesions extend from anterior to poste