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| appropriate for gestational age (AGA) |
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| An infant whose weight, length and head circumference falls between the tenth and ninetieth percentiles when plotted on a standard intrauterine growth/gestational age chart. An AGA newborn can be term, preterm, or postterm. For example, a baby born at 33 weeks gestation who weighs 1800 grams (four pounds) is preterm and AGA. |
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| Behavior of infant toward caregiver and caregiver toward infant that demonstrates an emotional connection; eye contact, sounds, and touches between a parent and newborn that build the core emotions a parent feels for a child, such as protectiveness and amazement. This initial process helps lay the foundation for attachment, which develops over time as the caregiver and infant build their relationship. |
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| The ongoing relationship between the healthcare provider and family, providing a "seamless continuum of care" so that the client perceives no interruption of services as a variety of healthcare needs are provided. |
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| Number of weeks or months after a baby's birth, minus the number of weeks or months the baby was born prematurely. For example, a 12-week-old baby born at 32 weeks gestation (8 weeks before its due date) would have a corrected age of 4 weeks. A preterm infant is assessed according to his or her corrected age not age since birth. |
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| An action or behavior that indicates a baby's readiness for and reaction to stimulation, which indicates an important method of infant communication, for example, a baby making eye contact with the caregiver. Disengagement cues include looking away, arching, and crying. |
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| Cavities, tooth decay, decalcification of enamel and dentin. |
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| A specialized primary dental care provider who manages and facilitates all aspects of oral health care for infants and young children 6 months after the first tooth erupts or by 12 months of age and who provides preventive dental health care. |
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| Failure to achieve anticipated developmental milestones during specific developmental stages. |
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| A pattern of violent and coercive behavior that includes physical, sexual, and psychological attacks, as well as economic coercion that adults or adolescents use against their intimate partners to gain or maintain power and control. |
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| Characteristics that regularly occur together: body activity, eye movements, facial movements, breathing pattern and level of response to external stimuli such as handling and internal stimuli such as hunger. Newborns demonstrate six states: quiet sleep, active sleep, drowsy, quiet alert, active alert, and crying. |
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| large for gestational age (LGA) |
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| A newborn whose weight (and possibly length and head circumference) falls above the ninetieth percentile when plotted on a standard intrauterine growth/gestational age chart. An LGA newborn is larger than expected for the amount of time spent in the uterus. An LGA baby can be preterm, term, or post-term. For example, a baby born at 36 weeks gestation that weighs 3630 grams (8 pounds) is preterm and LGA. |
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| Blood test conducted on the newborn, usually taken by heelstick sample, to identify those newborns who require further diagnostic testing for an array of genetic diseases and metabolic disorders such as PKU. The department of health in each state regulates newborn metabolic screening, including which tests are included in the screen. |
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| Taking place after giving birth. |
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| Mild and self-limited depression, thought to be caused by hormonal shifts in the mother during the postpartum period, evidenced by predominantly positive moods marked by labile and intense episodes of tearfulness, irritability, sadness. |
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| A serious form of depression requiring medical intervention, usually starting within two to three months postpartum; marked by symptoms of depression lasting longer than two weeks, such as consistently depressed mood, poor concentration or indecisiveness, recurrent thoughts of death, fatigue or loss of energy, significant decrease or increase in appetite, and insomnia or hypersomnia. |
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| postpartum mood disorder (PPMD) |
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| A group of disorders affecting women in the postpartum period, including postpartum blues, postpartum depression, and postpartum psychosis. |
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| A psychiatric emergency in the postpartum period, usually presenting within two to four weeks postpartum but can start as early as two to three days after delivery. Signs include restlessness, irritability, and a rapidly evolving or shifting depressed or elated mood with increasingly disorganized, confused, or disoriented behavior. Hallucinations or delusions, frequently focused on the baby, are present and can present life-threatening scenarios. |
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| Born after 42 weeks' gestation. |
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| Healthcare supervision during pregnancy. |
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| Born prior to 37 weeks' gestation. |
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| The infant's ability to maintain state and self-console, for example by sucking his fingers to stay calm instead of crying. |
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| small for gestational age (SGA) |
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| A newborn whose weight (and possibly length and head circumference) falls below the tenth percentile when plotted on a standard intrauterine growth/gestational age chart. An SGA newborn is a small size for the amount of time spent in the uterus. An SGA baby can be preterm, term, or postterm. |
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| sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) |
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| The sudden unexpected and unexplained death of an infant less than one year of age, occurring during sleep. |
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| The unique characteristic style of activity, mood, and reaction of an infant, made up of genetically derived characteristics that evolve and develop over time and often underlie interaction and behavior. |
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| Born between 37 completed weeks and 42 weeks. |
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