NEONATAL HEALTH

• Normal weight of neonate?


  • 2500 grams to 4000 grams
  • 5.5 lbs to 8 lbs
• head circumference?

  33-35 cm
• nb length?

  48-52 cm
• Chest and abdo?

  31-33cm
• LBW - less than 2500 grams

  VLBW - less than 1500 grams

  ELBW - less than 1000 grams
• AGA - appropriate gestational age falls in from 10th percentile to 90th percentile on iug
• SFD - small for date (SGA) - small for gestational age falls below the 10th percentile
• LGA - Large fpr gestational age falls above the 90th percentile
• gestational age

  
  

  preterm- less than 37 wks

  late preterm - 34-36 wks

  full term- 37-42 wks

  post term- after 42 wks
• MORTALITY

  Live birth - manifest vs

  Fetal death - death after 20 wks of gestation and before delivery

  Neonatal death - death occurs the first week to 27th days of life

  • early neonatal death - first week of birth
  • late neonatal death 7 - 27 days after birth

  Perinatal mortality - early neonatal death per 1000 live birth

  Postnatal death - death occurs at 28 days to 1 year after birth