Newborn Nursery

Craniosynostosis

• path: premature closure of cranial sutures

• Pt: hyperthyroidism, hypophosphatasia, rickets, hyperparathyroidism.,

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• brachycephaly: coronal closed

• scaphocephaly: saggital closed. Most common

• Plagiocephaly: mixed. Flat occipital, prominent ipsilateral frontal. (IUGR, torticollis, sleep position)

• acrocephaly: coronal, sagittal, lambdoid synostosis

Microcephaly

• Craniosynostosis

• prenatal brain trauma

• maternal alcohol abuse

• postnatal trauma (hypoxia)

Bulging fontanelles

• hydrocephalus

• Meningitis

• Hypoxia: cytotoxic edema

• IVH

• Tumors: dermoid in front

Vernix

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