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What Are The Precautions To Be Taken For The Infant Born Small For The Gestational Age?

infant born small for gestational age to 28y/o female - no complications - mom was induce at 38weeks for Pregnancy induce hypentesion, she was retaining fluid with pedal edema - I think she was puffy all over, blood pressure was normal until 15hr before infant was born
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Tue, 28 Jan 2014
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you should have mention weight of the infant at birth.Baby is SGA most likely due to raised blood pressure during pregnancy as there was pedal oedema and puffiness in the mother.Baby should be breast fed exclusively frequently say about 12-14times in 24 hour.and burp after feed.temprature should be maintain and all due vaccination should be done.if wt. is v.low than 2drops of mct oil supplementation with expressed milk after each feed can be started to increase slowly.vitamins with essential amino acid can be added.check hemoglobin also.
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What Are The Precautions To Be Taken For The Infant Born Small For The Gestational Age?

Hello you should have mention weight of the infant at birth.Baby is SGA most likely due to raised blood pressure during pregnancy as there was pedal oedema and puffiness in the mother.Baby should be breast fed exclusively frequently say about 12-14times in 24 hour.and burp after feed.temprature should be maintain and all due vaccination should be done.if wt. is v.low than 2drops of mct oil supplementation with expressed milk after each feed can be started to increase slowly.vitamins with essential amino acid can be added.check hemoglobin also. hope this helps.