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Much of this is more in depth on the Neonatal examination page.
From the front, start at the top
- Sutures & Fontanelle
- Look for dismorphic features?
- Top of ears level with eyes?
- Check for soft and hard palate
- Listen to chest for murmurs
- Check for 10 fingers on hands, check for dysmorphism palmar crease
- Abdominal lumps
- Femoral pulse
- Testicles
- Check toes and look for clubbed foot (tallapies)
Flip over, and look at the back
- Check for spine straightness
- Base of the back, a dimple, hair patch or a birthmark where the skin has healed from a spine abnormality
Last cos it makes them scream
- Check in the eyes for red reflex
- Check hips
- Guthrie test - done with a heel prick... this will definitely set them off if nothing else has.