Ministry of Health

NZ Government

    
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 Published: 20/02/2009

Seminar Topics for 5th Year Students

• Birth asphyxia
• Low birthweight infants:
  1. pre-term
  2. small for gestational age
• Respiratory disease:
  1. hyaline membrane disease and transient tachypnoea of the newborn
  2. pneumonia and meconium aspiration syndrome
• Jaundice
• Infection:
  1. bacterial
  2. intrauterine
• Congenital abnormalities:
  1. Down syndrome
  2. Congenital dislocation of the hip, talipes, spina bifida
• Convulsions in the newborn
• Maternal conditions affecting the newborn:
  1. the infant of a diabetic mother
  2. hypertension and thyroid disease
• Social/legal/ethical issues:
  1. issues of consent
  2. withdrawal of care
• Blood glucose homeostasis
• Congenital heart disease in the newborn