Question 42 · LEK · Newborn care
Which of the following should be regarded as abnormal and demanding specialist intervention in a 10-day-old, breastfed male neonate?
- A. yellowish shade of the skin.
- B. presence of an umbilical hernia.
- C. presence of the Moro reflex.
- D. unilateral absence of a testis in the scrotum.
- E. none of the above.
Hint
Check each finding against what is expected, and simply observed, in a healthy breastfed term neonate in the second week of life.
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