Newborn
- Describe basic embryology and fetal development and how alternations may lead to congenital abnormalities
- List factors affecting fetal growth
- Describe normal and abnormal patterns of fetal growth
- Define pre-term, term, and post-term gestation
- Identify prenatal risk factors for adverse outcomes in a newborn
- Describe the processes of transition and adaptation from intrauterine to extrauterine life
- Define asphyxia and describe its biochemical and physiological effects on the newborn at birth
- Describe glucose homeostasis in the newborn
- Describe the extrinsic and intrinsic factors that predispose newborns to infection