NSG 3111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Polycythemia, Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Fresh Frozen Plasma

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Nursing
• Course: NSG 3111
• Professor: Wenday Peterson

Document Summary

At risk infants are classified according to birth weight, gestational age, common pathophysiological problems. The ter(cid:373) (cid:858)low birth weight(cid:859) (cid:894)lbw(cid:895) refers to a(cid:374) i(cid:374)fa(cid:374)t (cid:449)hose (cid:271)irth (cid:449)eight is less tha(cid:374) Low birth weight (lbw): < 2500 g (< 5. 5 lbs) Birth weight: first weight of the newborn (normal range is 2500-4000g) Very low birth weight (vlbw): <1500g (< 3. 3 lbs ) Extremely low birth weight: < 1000 g (< 2. 2 lbs) Implications: accounts for 80% of all complications and deaths arising around the time of birth (mostly vlbw & elbw) Intensive hospital care after birth: long term adverse health outcomes, lbw infants are more likely to die during 1st year of life up to 170 times more if. An infant born before 37 completed weeks of gestation, regardless of birth weight. In canada, preterm birth rates have fluctuated between 8. 0-8. 3% of live births: spontaneous 75% Indicated 25: maternal morbidity, poor fetal growth; non-reassuring testing, other.