Probability of getting 1 Question from this chapter

120%

There can be 4 marks from this chapter.

If nothing else, read up the definitions and scores in this chapter.

This Chapter can have questions pertaining to a normal infant or a high risk infant.

Read the definitions of different time periods like Perinatal period.

Read this chapter in conjunction with Antenatal Care in OG, to cover high risk features like

• IUGR
• Oligohydramnios
• Congenital infections etc

And finally, remember the details of Primitive reflexes

Questions on this chapter from recent NEET and AIIMS examinations have been about

• Post-term infant – Definition
• Asymmetric IUGR
• Newborn infants are administered vitamin K at birth at a dose of
• Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
• Leukokoria – Causes
• Congenital CMV infection – features, investigations
• New Ballard score
• Oligohydramnios – Overview
• Infants of diabetic mothers
• Correct order of suctioning during neonatal resuscitation
• Color of the first stool in the newborn is due to
• Features of prematurity in a neonate
• Severe variable deceleration
• Parachute reflex disappears
• Teratogenic drugs
• Timeline for primitive reflexes
• Asymmetric tonic neck reflex (ATNR) disappears at
• Large for gestational age – Definition
• VLBW definition
• Perinatal period – definition
• Apgar score
• Anomalies with Large or Small fontanelles
• Neonatal period – definition
• Hypothermia in newborn
• Scarf sign

Brush up the following topics

• Benign findings in a newborn
• Normal findings in a newborn
• Erythema toxicum
• Moro reflex – Normal & Abnormal
• APGAR score & Acidosis
• Post-neonatal mortality – definition
• Antenatal screening tests – Methods
• Feeding methods in low-birth-weight (LBW) infants
• Single umbilical artery
• IUGR – Causes
• Drugs toxic to infants
• Complications of post-maturity
• Post term – Clinical features