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Minor Disorders Nwborn
Minor Disorders Nwborn
healthy new born born at term( average birth weight for the
rhythmic
respiration
and
quickly
Scanty
6 hours
Splotches
of skin with
Benign
Bright
Yellow
discolouration of skin and mucosa due to accumulation of excess bilirubin. Appears on 2nd or 3rd day and disappears by 7 10 days. Treatment Give more fluids. Phototherapy. Phenobarbitone 5 8 mg / day.
Commonly
seen in artificially
fed babies
Correction
extra water
Vaginal
Neonatal
Dutta.D.C.
Pilliteri
Diane.M.Fraser
midwives. 19th Edition. 2009 . London : Churchill Livingstone Publishers. Pp 745 758
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