Developmental therapy in the NICU exam questions with verified recent answers guaranteed latest update 2025

Neonatal Care

Premature Birth, Growth

Restriction, and Complications

Developmental therapy in the

NICU

(Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)

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, Developmental therapy in the
NICU exam questions with
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Major Morbidity of Prematurity --- correct answer ----Mental
Retardation

-Cerebral Palsy

-Blindness

-Severe hearing loss




Respiratory Distress Syndrome --- correct answer ---RDS:

-oxygen

-assisted ventilation (causes scarring /microtrauma )

-Exogenous surfactant



Transient Tachypnea of Newborn (TTN)

-supplemental Oxygen

, Meconium Aspiration

-Oxygen

-Assisted ventilation

-ECMO

-(meconium is a stool excreted the first few days of birth, if baby is
overdue, born 45 wks - their GI system is fully developed so they
excrete the meconium inside the amniotic fluid, while they are
practicing suck/swallow/feed-->leads to meconium in their lungs
(stool in the lungs)

-(Or if mom had C-section- no compressive force results in 'wet lung
disease' so baby has residual amniotic fluid in lungs, require them to
come to NICU)



Signs of infection --- correct answer ----Temperature instability

-Poor feeding

-Respiratory distress

-Apnea




Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy --- correct answer ----Abnormal
tone, state, posture, reflexes, seizures

-Stages of HIE