Question

You are in the delivery room caring for a preterm newborn at 27 weeks' gestation. Resuscitation has been completed and the baby is ready to be transported to the neonatal intensive care unit. What is a true statement about the baby’s subsequent care?

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer to the question: What is a true statement about the baby´s subsequent care? Would be: initiate monitoring of blood glucose levels because glycogen stores and glucose in the bloodstream become rapidly depleted following resuscitation efforts.

Explanation:

CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is not just a huge effort on those who perform it, but also on the person whose cardiovascular system has collapsed. This is particularly true for newborns. Given that their systems are barely adapted, their bodies are dependent first on the glycogen stores they come out with from their mothers´ uterus. To make matters worse for this little one, he is a preterm baby, meaning that the adaptive responses in his body will be less matured and effective than those of full-term babies. After resuscitation this baby´s body will probably have used most, if not all, of the stored glycogen and therefore his body´s glucose levels need to be monitored closely.