REVIEW THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR EACH DISEASE
1. MANAGEMENT
2. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
3. DEFINITIVE DIAGNOSIS
4. UNDERLYING PATHOLOGY
NEONATAL INFECTIONS:
1. Transplacental infections
2. Perinatal infections (TORCH)
3. Postnatal infections
a. Candida
b. Staph (impetigo)
INTRAUTERINE DRUG EXPOSURE:
1. Nicotine
2. Alcohol (fetal alcohol syndrome)
3. Heroin and methadone
4. Cocaine
5. Antiseizure medication
RESPIRATORY DISORDERS:
1. Normal prenatal lung development
2. Tracheoesophageal fistula
3. Choanal atresia
4. Pulmonary hypoplasia
5. Diaphragmatic hernias
a. Bochdalak
b. Morgagni
6. Congenital lobar emphysema
7. Hyaline membrane disease
8. Acquired disorders
a. Pneumonia
b. Pneumothorax
c. Meconium aspiration syndrome
9. Persistant pulmonary hypertension
GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS:
1. Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis
2. Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
a. Unconjugated (indirect)
b. Conjugated (direct)
HYDROPS FETALIS
NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS:
1. Asphyxial brain injury
2. Seizures
3. Peri- or intracranial hemorrhage
4. Hydrocephalus/microcephalus
5. Palsy (Erb's, Klumpke's, Facial)
6. Myelomeningocele
ENDOCRINOLOGIC DISORDERS:
1. Maternal diabetes
2. Other causes of hypoglycemia
a. Perinatal asphyxia
b. Prematurity
c. Growth retardation
d. Sepsis
e. Cold stress
3. Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
4. Hypothyroidism
5. Screening tests
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