While evaluating an x-ray of a 37 week infant with transient tachypnea of the newborn you note a mild congenital scoliosis. Which other system should be closely evaluated for possible associated abnormalities?

A preterm infant in your unit has a small hemangioma on her back that started as a pinpoint and has increased to the size of a pencil eraser over the past 6 weeks. What will you tell the parents about the expected course and plan of treatment?

An infant’s blood type is B positive with a positive DAT, while the mother (who is now G2P1) is blood type O negative. There is no documentation of Rhogam being given to the mother. The indirect bilirubin is elevated and phototherapy is started. What would help you to differentiate between ABO and Rh incompatibility as the cause of the hyperbilirubinemia?

Teratoma in the neonate under two months of age is malignant in:

A 4 day old infant born at 27 weeks gestation has been receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). The following lab data is obtained: Glucose 150 mg/dL Chloride 110 mEq/L Sodium 138 mEq/L Calcium 9 mg/dL CO2 17 mM/L Triglycerides 125 mg/dL The adjustment that should be made to the TPN based on the morning lab values is:

In neonates with polycythemia, the increased red blood cell count:

A 32 week female with a birthweight of 1340 grams is receiving 1/2 normal saline at 1 ml/hr through a UAC and TPN D12.5W at 3.5 ml/hr through a UVC. The glucose infusion rate for this infant is:

An asymptomatic infant who is born to a mother with an active gonorrheal infection should receive:

A 29 week mother has a fundal height measuring greater than dates. An ultrasound is performed and the infant is found to have ascites with an estimated fetal weight of 2.45 kg. What is the most likely cause for these findings? What weight will you use when the infant is born?

A 29-week gestational age infant who has a birthweight of 980 grams is receiving 1/2 normal saline at 1 ml/hr via the UAC and TPN D10W with 5 mEq/100 ml sodium at 4.3 ml/hr. How much sodium is the infant receiving in mEq/kg/day?