Meconium is the first feces that a newborn pass after birth. Meconium aspiration syndrome is the condition when an infant around the time of delivery accidentally breathes a mixture of amniotic fluid and meconium into the lungs. This is a life-threatening condition causing deaths in around 5 % of newborns.
Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Well, yes, induction is done at 40 weeks. If there is no spontaneous onset of labor pain by that time, and there is no other maternal or fetal complication.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. 1. Sepsis means systemic infection of body in babies. 2. There are many causes like meconium aspiration during delivery, infection from the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) where the baby is kept, infection from any person who handles the baby, etc.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. In newborns measurement of lung capacity is not as useful as in adults.
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