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    • ]]>     The data shown here are data for a new-born forward, parents “normal”:

    • Average weight: 3300g
    • Average size: 50cm
    • Head circumference: 35 cm
    • Members flexed, hands closed
    • Skin covered with a variable amount of vernix caseosa (sebaceous white fatty substance)
    • cyanosis of the extremities often
    • Fine hairs on the forehead, cheeks, shoulders and back, called lanugo
    • jaundice frequently to 2-3 days, physiological
    • perception of fontanelles
    • Respiratory rate 20 to 60/min
    • Short neck, large tongue, glottis and anterior very high (risk of difficulty in intubation)
    • Heart rate of 120 to 160/min
    • Systolic blood pressure NNE at approximately 70mmHg (PAM = Term)
    • APGAR test near or equal to 10 (see table), assessed at 1 minute and 5 minutes.



    APGAR test

    Summary

    Elements

    0

    1

    2

    Heart Rate

    		 <80 80 <FC <100 > 100

    Respiration

    		 Absent Weak cry Vigorous cry

    Muscle tone

    		 General hypotonia tone end normal tone

    Reactivity to pinch

    		 absence grimace strong reaction

    Coloration of the skin

    		 Cyanotic or white cyanosis of the extremities pink


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