lisailovenicu

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1. nec;are we doing something wrong???

   lisailovenicu posted a topic in NICU

   Last night we had a baby in our unit die; she had nec. She supposedly was not showing any symptoms until 6pm and her abd. became distended and girth up by 2cms. They obtained films at this time and found pneumotosis but no free air. The baby was mad...

2. Peds med/surg first?

   lisailovenicu replied to SarasotaRN2b's topic in NICU

   I think resonses are based on individuals experience..yes they are totally different populations; however, I do feel that adult or pediatric experience gives you practice in basic assessment skills to perfect them before using them on such fragile b...

3. Surfactant use in premature infants

   lisailovenicu replied to Laura21's topic in NICU

   WE first look at x ray and give to all infants that show RDS on x ray and then give additional doses every 6 hours if the baby is requiring 40% o2 or more for upto 3 doses...not that it's right but that's what we do.

4. please help me understand blood gases!

   lisailovenicu replied to elleNICU's topic in NICU

   Your blood gas normals vary depending on the baby condition and age...If you remember the ph should be around 7.3 and co2 for a new just born baby 30's to 40's and po2 vary depending on baby; Your bicarb should be 20ish and base excess less than @9-1...