Neonatal medicine

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Neonatal medicine concerns babies shortly after they have been born. Relatively speaking, neonatal mortality is a good indicator of the development of a nation as the developed world tends to have incredibly low rates. With the modern technology available in the UK, mortality in babies under 1.5kg has dropped from just under 700 in 1953 to about 200 (per 1000 live births) in 1998. Bo selecta!

Broadly speaking, medicine of neonates can be split into perinatal medicine and neonatal medicine. The definitions given here are not strict but merely used to help divide neonatal medicine into easier chunks to learn

Perinatal Medicine

This deals with problems resulting from issues during pregnancy which affect the child directly afterwards. This includes:

  • Conditions diagnosed antenatally
  • Maternal illness affecting the foetus
  • Congenital infections
  • Abnormal size at birth

Neonatal Medicine

This deals with routine care of neonates and any problems which may occur due to the birth. These are:

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