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Respirator
y Distress Jaundice
Return to fetal
circulation
patterns
Assessments in the Newborn
• Immediate assessment is cardio-
respiratory status, thermoregulation
and the presence of anomalies.
– Infant should be crying
– Infant heart rate should be more than
100
– Infant should be pink on the trunk
Assessments in the Newborn
Apgar Score 0 1 2
Heart Rate Absent Below 100/min Above 100/min
Reflex Response
No response to suction Min response to Responds promptly
or gentle slap on soles suction or flicking to suction or
feet flicking feet
Color
Pallor or cyanosis Bluish hands and Pink throughout.
on Trunk feet only
Assessments in the Newborn
• Initial Assessment
– Vital Signs
• Temperature 97.7 to 99.5 Axillary
• Heart Rate 120-160
• BP Average 65-95 Systolic
30-60 Diastolic
• Resp Rate 30-60 Average is 40
Lungs & Heart
http://newborns.stanford.edu
• Select Professional Education
• Select Photo Gallery
• Select Lungs
– Go through and you can hear the different lung sounds. It
is very good.
• Select Heart
– Go through and you can hear the different heart sounds
Inspect Chest Shape