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Neonatal Resuscitation - Preparation and Overview
Preparation:
 - All health professionals dealing with newborn infants should be
professionals dealing with newborn ... if crying, good tone ... colour and muscle tone ... time - Assess tone ... Preparation #peds #management
This is another example of facial bruising. Here again the face appears to be cyanotic (including
lips), but the tongue ... bruising in a newborn ... facial #bruising #newborn
Ventral Suspension Position on Newborn Physical Exam 
The baby is placed in the prone position, suspended
Suspension Position on Newborn ... maintain some flexion tone ... neck and trunk tone ... Suspension #Position #Newborn
Nucleated red blood cells, aka normoblasts or erythroblasts, were released prematurely from the bone marrow in
prematurely from the bone ... marrow in these newborns ... In the fetus/newborn
Uterotonic Medications 
 - Should be given concomitantly with uterine massage
 - Multiple medication options which
uterine muscle tone ... #Management #
Lower Extremity Tone on Physical Exam
Assessing motor function of the lower extremities begins with passive range
Lower Extremity Tone ... better define the tone ... and any tone abnormalities ... LowerExtremity #tone ... #Newborn #PhysicalExam
perioral cyanosis- A blue color around the lips and philtrum is a relatively common finding shortly
perfused, and the tongue ... peds #pediatrics #newborn
Spherocytes - The arrow points to one of many spherocytes in this photo. The cells have
arrow points to one ... smear was from a newborn ... In newborns, a large
Tone - Popliteal Angle on Physical Exam
The popliteal angle is an assessment of the tone of
Tone - Popliteal ... assessment of the tone ... It is done one leg ... PoplitealAngle #tone ... #Newborn #PhysicalExam
Predicting a Difficult Airway
Prior to attempting intubation one should assess the airway. 
3-3-2 rule indicates normal
attempting intubation one ... between the hyoid bone ... sitting up and tongue