USMLE Step 2 CK Lecture Notes 2019: Obstetrics/Gynecology (Kaplan Test Prep)

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NEONATAL ISSUES MANAGEMENT


Hypoglycemia    caused  by  persistent  hyperinsulinemia    from    excessive   prenatal
transplacental glucose.
Hypocalcemia caused by failure to increase parathyroid hormone synthesis
after birth.
Polycythemia caused by elevated erythropoietin from relative intrauterine
hypoxia.
Hyperbilirubinemia caused by liver immaturity and breakdown of excessive
neonatal red blood cells (RBCs).
Respiratory distress syndrome caused by delayed pulmonary surfactant
production.
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