significant changes over the years. According to the article‚ the average life span has increased throughout the past few decades‚ it has increased about 14 years on average. At the same time‚ the infant mortality has decreased rapidly due to better neonatal and maternal care. Another important factor is the improved hospital and medical facilities‚ as the Chinese government has now ramped up healthcare expenditure. Therefore‚ children nowadays are generally healthier than the past generations. But at
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underestimation of the risk and overestimation of the benefit of home birth. Home births appear to include a shorter recovery time and fewer lacerations‚ post-partum hemorrhages‚ retained placenta and infections‚ however it is associated with a higher neonatal mortality rate. There is also the issue of who is attending these births. There are differences in the type of midwifes. A Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) is an individual trained and licensed in both nursing and midwifery. Nurse-midwives possess
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Questions remain regarding optimal timing of umbilical cord clamping‚ risks for maternal morbidity‚ and situations in which risks outweigh potential benefits. Current evidence leading to neonatal benefits due to delaying umbilical cord clamping is strong. It is important that we teach others about this new technique‚ because the more people who understand the benefits of this intervention‚ the easier it will be to spread the word and promote
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1. Chapter Four addresses the social demography of health‚ divided into three categories: gender‚ age‚ and race. The official definition of race is a group distinguished by physical features that are viewed by the society as significant‚ and the term ethnicity refers to a specific group distinguished by national origin‚ language‚ or culture. However‚ in health and sociological research‚ these terms are interchangeable. 2. Social demography is defined as the process of examining relationships between
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regional hospital where she was diagnosed with severe pre-eclampsia. When her blood pressure could not be adequately controlled‚ an emergency team delivered her premature son. His immature lungs were supported for several weeks by a ventilator in the neonatal intensive care unit and eventually he was sent home‚ with significant cognitive deficits. The stressed educational system was unable to provide individual educational support needed and at 15‚ he dropped out of high
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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and manifestations vary among children and incorporate poor coordination‚ stiff muscles‚ weak muscles‚ and tremors. There may be problems with sensation‚ hearing‚ vision‚ speech and swallowing. Other associated disorders incorporate seizures and cognitive problems [1]. It happens in about 2.1 per 1‚000 live births. Cerebral palsy is caused by abnormal development or damage to the parts of the brain
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motion‚ high or low muscle tone‚ extreme irritability‚ poor feeding‚ or developmental delays are areas occupational therapist target (Hunter‚ 2010). Occupational therapist has specialized skill and training to deliver comprehensive services such as neonatal evaluations‚ treatment‚ education‚ decision-making‚ family support‚ and discharge planning (Nightlinger‚ K. (2011). They work in a collaborative team in the NICU setting
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Assessment in the Early Years Dr. A. Bakshi Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale (BNAS) Individual test For infants between 3 days and 8 weeks of age Index of a newborn’s competence Developed in 1973 by a Howard pediatrician‚ Dr. T. Berry Brazelton and his colleagues. Produces 47 scores: 27 behavioral items and 20 elicited responses BNAS: Special Contributions When the Scale was published in the early 1970s‚ people were just beginning to appreciate the infant ’s full breadth of capabilities
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hospitalized. There for‚ the birth comes with little or no warning‚ cutting short an otherwise uneventful pregnancy. Not only are you anxious about your child being born‚ you are also faced with an unfamiliar world that is forced into life‚ the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit). Most importantly is how to view and understand the NICU‚ a team that takes care of your baby using the latest technology and resources of any kind‚ from managing premature lungs‚ to ensuring the best nutritional support to
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AStandardization is good‚ it saves lives Agpar score Standardization resulted in good things such as neonatal intensive units‚ prenatal ultrasound‚ obstetrics package. “And that package has produced dramatic results”. Gawande highlights some flaws of Obstetrics such as their lack of double blind‚ controlled randomized trials (obstetrics uses the least double blind controlled trials in all of medicine)‚ use of fetal heart rate monitoring device‚ forceps eliminated even though better for mothers
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