Hemoglobin Case Study

There are more than 70% of premature babies that are born between 34 and 36 weeks gestation a year. When a baby is born early, or born with birth defects, the Neonatal Intensive Care unit is its first home. The nurse’s in the NICU have the difficult job of preparing baby’s and parents for a health life together. A baby who has been put into the NICU will stay there until it is healthy enough to go home.

The immune system of a 3-week old infant is immature with limited antibody production. “A system of active transport facilitates the passage of maternal antibodies into the fetal circulation to protect the child against infectious agents in utero and during the first few postnatal months”(McCance & Huether, 2014, p. 257). It is divided into two systems:

For the study, academic pediatric centres were required to have full-time training programs in pediatrics and pediatric surgery as well as a level 3 neonatal intensive care unit (ICU) while a community hospital must have had a neonatal ICU or special care nursery, no full-time pediatric or surgical training and 1000+ pediatric admissions between April 2008 and March 2009. All participating patients were under 19 years of age with a hospital stay over 24

According to the World Health Organisation [WHO] (2014) pre-term babies are at increased risk of illness, disability and death. It also states that globally 15 million babies are born pre-term and the figures are rising. In England and Wales during 2012 7.3% of live births were pre-term under 37 weeks nearly 85% of all babies born prematurely will have a very low birth weight (Office for National Statistics, 2012). Pre-term birth is associated with respiratory complications and lung disease, long-tern neurological damage and problems with bowel function (Henderson & Macdonald, 2011). Neonatal services provide care to babies who are born prematurely or are ill and require specialist care. It is seen that sixty per cent of infant deaths occur in the neonatal period (DH,

Jace Sauseda Clinical Rotation Mrs. Ysaguirre 17 November 2015 NICU Clinical Report At the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit doctors, nurses, and all staff unite together with one primary goal for each new life they receive, that goal being to achieve the best outcome for each premature and critically ill baby. The NICU, at University Hospital, care for 600 infants annually. Inside is a 58-bed facility, offering the highest level care led by on-site neonatologist (University Health system). The (NICU) is specialized to care for premature infants (those less than 37 weeks gestation) as well as sick newborns.

Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are inflecting a tremendous impact on healthcare safety and medical costs. The purpose of this qualitative analysis is to evaluate current research and evidence based practice on central line acquired blood stream infections (CLABSI) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Further, this paper will examine how the closed medication line system can help decrease of a CLABSI event. Neonates are a vulnerable population with a low immune suppression where an infection could simply mean life or death. This particular topic is crucial; with the continual rise in pre-term neonates, this topic is crucial to eliminate CLABSI 100% in the NICU environment

As neonatologists routinely coordinate the care of their patients with several other healthcare specialists such as obstetricians, attending physicians, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, and even family physicians regarding treatment and care options for conditions affecting newborns, it is imperative that neonatology medical coders be adept at researching,

Take a second to imagine you are a father, who has an infant admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for the first time. How are you feeling? Afraid? Confused, even? If your baby is admitted to the NICU, your first question probably will be: What is this place? With equipment intended for infants and medical staff specially qualified in newborn care, the NICU is an intensive care unit created for sick newborns who require specialized treatment. A common example for parent’s

No health care setting in immune to the need to improve some aspect of the care of the patient. All areas of health care regulate, monitor and evaluate the services to patients through quality controlling (Marquis & Huston, 2015). Developing a safety culture is something that needs to be taught to the health care workers, it is not something that is already in place. Working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a highly complex area of care that requires an astute understanding of the fragility of this population. An ongoing quality improvement effort in NICU is the tight control of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (Clabsi). Reducing these infections is more about the long-term effects on the baby rather than the

We therefor conducted this study to know the incidence, risk factors, antibiotic sensitivity and outcome of ESBL septicemia in NICU patient.

Many causes of neonatal death can be diverted with the right care. It is important for a pregnant woman to attend all her antenatal visits from a skilled health care provider. Your health care provider will then advise on the best course of action. It is also important that a mother deliver with the assistance of a skilled birth attendant who will ensure that the birthing process is free from infection but also administer effective preventive treatment to the new born. Always stick to your post natal visits and do not hesitate to consult with the health care provider if you notice something strange with the baby.

Blood gas analysis may be performed to determine if high concentration oxygen therapy is needed (Bush & Thomson, 2007). The management of fever would be a part of care plan when the infant is febrile due to infection (Axton & Fugate 2009).

The aim of this experiment was to determine the concentration of haemoglobin in an unknown blood sample using the haemoglobincyanide method and to adapt this method to determine percentage haemoglobin F (foetal haemoglobin) in an unknown sample, and to understand the relevance of these tests in the calculation of Hb concentration.

Introduction : Infections are the single largest cause of neonatal deaths globally. Sepsis is the commonest cause of neonatal mortality and is responsible for about 30- 50% of the total neonatal deaths every year in developing countries. This study is done to assess the risk factors associated with neonatal sepsis. Aims and Objectives: To assess the distribution of risk factors of neonatal sepsis. Materials and Methods : This study was conducted over a period of 12 months.

Infection rates are higher in ICU patients than those in non-critical care areas (Richards, et al.,2003). The rate is five to ten times higher than that of general ward patients. (Weinstein, R.A.,1998).there is a increase in mortality and hospital costs (Nicolas,