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PAED5000: Neonatal Medicine
2024 unit information
This unit of study will cover the latest advances in critical care of the newborn. Modules of study will include perinatal medicine, neonatal resuscitation and newborn transport. The unit will explore the clinical manifestations of important respiratory, cardiac, metabolic and neurological disorders presenting in the newborn. Changing patterns of neuro-developmental outcome in preterm and critically unwell neonates will be examined. The latest neonatal resuscitation guidelines will be critically appraised and current evidence for best practice in critical care of the newborn will be applied to a series of clinical scenarios involving neonatal common and life-threatening conditions. This unit is designed to encompass a range of likely neonatal clinical scenarios and disorders which clinicians may face in rural, remote, primary and tertiary level settings.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Paediatrics
| Code | PAED5000 |
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| Academic unit | Paediatrics |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. have an understanding of preparing for and immediate care of newborn babies in low and high risk pregnancies
- LO2. have an understanding of the aetiology, pathophysiology and immediate management of the major causes of respiratory distress in newborn babies
- LO3. have an understanding of the causes and treatment of neonatal hypoglycemia
- LO4. have an understanding of the causes, evaluation and treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
- LO5. have an understanding of the causes, evaluation and treatment of neonatal sepsis
- LO6. have an understanding of various clinical scenarios that mandate special nutritional requirements and nutritional supplementation for newborn babies
- LO7. have an understanding of the medical evaluation, social evaluation and management of newborn babies at risk of withdrawal from effects of maternal substance use
- LO8. have an understanding of ethical considerations in neonatal resuscitation and provision of lifesaving care to newborn babies in different settings and at different gestational ages
- LO9. demonstrate ability to prepare for and plan resuscitation of newborn babies at differing gestations in a range of clinical scenarios
- LO10. have a comprehensive understanding of ethical and social implications of practices in contemporary neonatal medicine
Unit availability
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