Neonatology is a unique part of pediatrics. It has its own world. I do like it but I hate the stressful job it needs. I rotated 3 months in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit last year where I was a prelim intern and I started my first categorical month this year there. We deal with limited number of topics in our daily rounds here so that I elected to create a list of them to summarize the common topics pediatrician should know and practice very well to be an expert in neonatology
- Prematurity (late or early)
- Neonatal sepsis
- Group B Strep infection (GBS)
- Vancomycin
- Meropenem
- Gentamycin
- Ampicllin
- Amikacin
- Fluconazole
- Umbilicus Venous Line (UVL)
- Umbilicus Arterial Line (UAL)
- Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)
- Lumbar puncture
- Parenteral Nutrition
- Enteral feeding
- Formulas
- Breast milk
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
- Abdominal distension
- Soft or hard abdomen
- Feeding intolerance
- Residues
- Regurgitation or vomiting
- Occult blood test in stool
- Nasogastric and Orogastric tubes
- Triglycerides, Liver function tests
- ml/kg/day
- Kcal/kg/day
- Respoiratory distress syndrome (RDS)
- Transient tachypnea of neonates (TTN)
- Chronic Lung Disease (CLD)
- Osteopenia of prematurity
- Retinopathy of prematurity
- Nephrocalcinosis
- Anemia of prematurity
- Hemolytic anemia
- Hyperbilirubenemia
- Phototherapy
- ABO incompatibility
- Apneas and bradycardias
- Aminophyllin
- Hypothyrodism (transient or permanent)
- Neonatal screening
- Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) and Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE)
- Diaper rash
- Zinc oxide
- Intraventricular Hemorrhage (IVH)
- Periventricular Leuckomalacia
- PDA
- Ibuprofen
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