Which term refers to a newborn born before completion of week 37 ...

[jazziefee]

Which term refers to a newborn born before completion of week 37 of gestation, regardless of birth weight?
 
  a. Postterm
  b. Premature
  c. Low birth weight
  d. Small for gestational age

Question 2

The parents of a newborn with a strawberry hemangioma ask the nurse what the treatment will be. The nurse's response should be based on knowledge that:
 
  a. excision of the lesion will be necessary.
  b. injections of prednisone into the lesion will reduce it.
  c. no treatment is usually necessary because of the high rate of spontaneous involution.
  d. pulsed dye laser treatments will be necessary immediately to prevent permanent disability.

[Mollythedog]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
A premature newborn is any child born before 37 weeks of gestation, regardless of birth weight. A postterm or postmature newborn is any child born after 42 weeks of gestational age, regardless of birth weight. A lowbirth-weight newborn is a child whose birth weight is less than 2500 g, regardless of gestational age. A small-for-gestational-age (or small-for-date) newborn is any child whose rate of intrauterine growth was slowed and whose birth weight falls below the 10th percentile on intrauterine growth curves.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
There is a high rate of spontaneous resolution, so treatment is usually not indicated for hemangiomas. Surgical removal would not be indicated. If steroids are indicated, then systemic prednisone is administered for 2 to 3 weeks. The pulse dye laser is used in the uncommon situation of potential visual or respiratory impairment.