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New Born Care
Dr Somendra ShuklaMBBS, DNB (Ped), MNAMS,
MRCPCH (London-UK), Fellow Neonatology (NNF)
Consultant Neonatologist
Breast feeding
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Bathing
• Sponging till the cord falls.
• complete warm water bath
• From cleanest to dirties part
• DO NOT remove vernix caseosa vigorously
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Cord Care
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Weight/ Anthropometric Measurements
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Dressing/ Wrapping
• “Mummy”• Wrap in warm blanket• Cover head with
stockinette cap
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Skin Color
• Velvety smooth and puffy esp. at the legs, dorsal aspects of hands & feet and in the scrotum or labia
• Pinkish red (light skinned) to pinkish brown to yellow (dark skinned)• “Ruddy” or reddish due to increased RBC concentration and decreased
subQ tissues
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Skin Color
• Cyanosis/ Acrocyanosis• Pallor• Jaundice• Meconium Staining
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Vernix Caseosa
• Protective cheesy-like, gray-white fatty substance• FT: skin folds under the arms and in the groin under the
scrotum or in the labia• Nursing Considerations:
– Use baby oil– DO NOT attempt to remove vigorously
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MiliaMilia• Multiple, yellow or pearly white papules
approx. 1 mm wide• Due to enlarged or clogged sebaceous gland• Usually found on the nose, chin, cheeks,
eyebrows and forehead
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Birthmarks
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Mongolian Spots
• Blue-green or gray pigmentation• Lower back, sacrum & buttocks• Disappears by 4 years of age
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Erythema toxicum
• Newborn rash• Small, white, yellow, or pink to
red papular rash• Trunk, face & extremities• Within 48 hrs
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Newborn Screening
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• The Newborn Screening Reference Center (NSRC) is an office under the National Institutes of Health (NIH), University of the Philippines Manila created under RA 9288– The Newborn Screening Act of 2004
• Performed after 24 hours of life up to 3 days except for patient in intensive care, must be tested by 7 days
• Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH)• Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)• Galactosemia (GAL)• Phenylketonuria (PKU)• Glucose-6-Phosphate-Dehydrogenase Deficiency (G6PD Def)
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Dr Somendra Shukla Pediatrician
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