Infant Case Studies Samples For Students

Is baby Steven gaining too much weight too quickly? Based on growth patterns and recommended weight gains for infants under one year, baby Steven is gaining weight on a perfectly normal scale. Based on reports by the CDC the average weight a baby is supposed to add in the first month is between 4-7 ounces or 112 grams to 200 grams. During breast feeding, infants who are breastfed grow differently from those gaining their nourishment from supplements and formula (Johnson, 2012). The average weight gain for a breastfeeding baby is between 0.5 kg to 1 kilogram every month if growth. The height ...

PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology
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This is a very wide research problem. An infant named MB was reviewed. The infant was two months of age and was in the stages of infancy. MB spent the majority of her time resting. In the time that MB was awake, there were several experiments that has d been conducted in order to examine her reflexes. MB demonstrated consistent signs of reflex activity with the exceptions of the tonic neck and stepping reflex. MB did not have the capacity of holding her head upright and did not demonstrate any signs of motor development initiations. MB’ ...

Introduction

Bronchiolitis is an infection in the lower tract of the respiratory system common amongst children. “The major cause of the infection is RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) accounting for over 90% of infections in Australian children and infants” (Lenney 2009, p. 36). Globally, it is a leading cause of infant hospitalization being associated with increasing morbidity rates and costs in recent decades. For instance, it was reported that 21% of infants in North America developed the disease in the first year of their life, with an annual cost of $390 million annually (Checchia 2008). In the UK, the infant death rate ...

Myelomeningocele is a very severe form of spina bifida among fetus. It is a condition where the spinal cord fails, making it a very delicate procedure during surgery of a fetus. This is in the sense that it can impact the nervous system, kidneys, bladder, muscles and bones. The only safe and recommended way of treating myelomeningocele is carrying out a surgery on the fetus after birth (Mitchell, et. al., 2004). During delivery of the fetus, the safest and recommended way of carrying out a cesarean section delivery on a pregnant woman is through open fetal surgery, that involves ...

Introduction

In the period of the last five decades, the United States has documented a major reduction in the rate of infant mortality. Previously in 2003 the mortality rate has been 26 deaths in every one thousands birth. By the year 2007, the death rate was approximated at six deaths in every 1000 births (Gannaro, Shults & Garry, 2008). Various programs have since then been initiated with a major aim of reducing the rate of infant mortality. However, there is still some disparity when it comes to the mainstream population representatives in comparison to the minority populations especially in the case of ...

What target market does Embrace seek to serve and how attractive is that market?

Embrace Infant Warmer is targeting endangered premature babies born in the developing countries, who face fatal risks due to hypothermia. The product also targets mothers and family of premature babies, especially those in rural villages who do not have the resources to come to hospitals for delivery and incubator facilities. There are many infant deaths every year in developing countries due to hypothermia and the co-founders aim to deliver a product that is a cheaper alternative to protect premature babies. Since, premature babies need incubators to survive after birth and adjust to temperature changes outside their mother’s body, ...

INTRODUCTION

The 6-month infant presents to the clinic with splenomegaly and lipemic samples at birth . Screening of complete blood count at birth was ordered, but could not be conducted, owing to the lipemic nature of samples. Subsequently, the patient was referred to a pediatric gastroenterologist, who examined the baby to be oversized with weight in 99th percentile, 81st percentile for height and 70th percentile for head circumference, and body mass index (BMI) in the 99th percentile. He exhibited multiple lipomas on one ear lobe, in the right eye, neck and abdomen. Abdominal examination presented a soft, nontender abdomen with splenomegaly ...

Early Childhood Development for a Mentally Retarded Child

Early childhood development is a common stage in human life, which defers in individuals child pace brought about by his/her interaction with the environment. Several factors influence children emotional, cognitive and physical changes some posing challenges to children development. In order to gain insight into children’s behavioral, thinking and strategies a step by step careful observation of the changes are considered for investigation bearing in mind the ages and sex of the children (Swift, 2005).
Considering a 4-year-old child (still in early childhood), being is introduced to Brooklyn Flatbush day care with the conditions that he is mentally challenged.

Observations and explanation

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Vanishing Twin Syndrome

Vanishing Twin Syndrome
In 1945, Walter Stoeckel proposed that the general population of conceptions were higher for multiple fetuses that supposed, suggesting that a twin or multiple fetuses may die in utero and subsequently be reabsorbed without clinical evidence by the surviving fetus/es, mother, or placenta (Stoeckel, 1945, cited in Levi, 1976). Named the “vanishing twin syndrome”, the cause is generally not known. If abnormalities are determined, they appear related to early development and are chromosomal; improper implantation of the cord may also play a role.
This paper presents a brief overview of the etiology, demographics, consequences, and tests ...

Introduction

Newborns come into the world, fully possessing the ability to perceive the environmental signals and react to it. Babies can see and hear, smell and touch, feel pressure and pain. They can choose what to look at. They learn, although their abilities are limited. The first 2 years of development are characterized by astonishing speed and depth in comparison with changes in any other 2-year period of human life. There is an amazing transition from a deep ignorance about the surrounding objects, sounds and smells to gaining basic knowledge about objects and people, language and daily activities occur during ...

This article looks into object permanence for infants between three and a half months to four and a half months. The main reason for carrying out the experiment was to establish whether infants have an ability to establish presence of things or objects around them at their tender age. The common belief, among adults, is that an object lacks existence at two different points in time without previous existence during intervals between the two objects. Piaget, a researcher, hypothesizes that infants do not start sharing their beliefs until they reach nine months (Fournier par 2). Before the nine months, found out that ...

Abstract

Conditional cash transfer programs are considered as an effective approach to help countries reduce child mortality and improve maternal health.The purpose of this article was to evaluate the effectiveness of conditional cash transfer in the reduction of child mortality and also examine impact of the program on population health through a case study from Brazil, Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer program. The article summarizes a significant positive correlation between the program implementation and decline in the infant mortality rate i.e. 9.3 percent decline in infant mortality rate and 24.3 percent decline in the post neonatal mortality rate.The articlefurther highlightsthe importance of ...

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The Flitland Crown Court convicted Dr. Arthur Jones for the crime of murder for withdrawal of life-support treatment to premature-born Baby X. Prior to his conviction, Dr. Jones did not dispute the antecedent facts that led to the death of Baby X. He reasoned out that the offense was committed to give way for the more viable Baby Y. There was only one available life-support system, and the question was, to whom he should administer the life-support treatment, to less viable Baby X or to more viable Baby Y?
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Patient history

JM is a 28-year old Hispanic 38 weeks pregnant, admitted into the maternity unit. This is her first pregnancy and seems calm and relaxed, except for the normal anxiety of this stage of pregnancy. Her obstetric history; G1, T1, P1, A0, L0

1st stage

Subjective: The patient verbalizes that she is afraid of the delivery process because it is her first time into the maternity ward. Patient verbalizes extreme abdominal pains.
Objective: Patient exhibits, facial tension, poor eye contact and grimacing observed. Patient appears anxious, pre-occupied as well as decreased perceptual field. Vital signs (T-370 C, BP- 138/74 mmHg, RR-14 cpm, ...

The development of infants or toddlers occurs in a very predictable sequence which can be visible from the way a child begins by crawling prior to walking or even babbling before they can actually talk. Each developmental stage or milestone can vary from one child to another but the variation should be within acceptable variances that can be covered over time. For instance some children may achieve fast development in the initial 18 months and slower development in the subsequent stages; others may present with slow growth in the early stages and fast growth in the latter stages. However, ...

Introduction

Domestic violence has adverse impacts on the development of a child. In fact, the emotional turmoil created by growing up in such an environment heightens the chances of the infant engaging in rebellious activities such as drug abuse and other denial behaviors in their youth. With this in mind, it is worth appreciating the fact that Susie’s exposure to childhood molestation at an early age contributed to her drug problems and overall response to his abusive marriage. Since she witnessed her mother withstand the abuse she received from his father, she felt obliged to keep up with his ...

Human Development is the concept of enhancing the experience of human existence in terms of several factors that affect the lives of humans. Different people have different interests, needs, strengths, weaknesses, and capabilities. Thus, human development is not just about creating multiple avenues for humans to develop their lives, but also to make these avenues for development very accessible to any human being. Human Development emphasizes that good economic status is very important but is simply a means to a much more important end—the wellbeing of humans. The goal of human development is to make every human being ...

INTRODUCTION

Robert Feldman (2010) defines lifespan development as a study that analyzes different patterns of change and growth in behavior that happens throughout an individual’s entire life. Though multiple theories exist to explain lifespan development, all specialists agree that both environment and heredity contribute to human development. For our case study, we would focus more on the environmental aspect of both Tayib and Rachel. The environmental aspect basically describes the surrounding circumstances an individual grew up with. It is largely affected by the people around them and the accompanying cultural circumstance they are currently in.
Twenty-nine-year old Tayib is ...

In 2008, Sanlu’s infant formula was suspected to be contaminated with melamine. The chemical is known to cause kidney stones, especially if consumed in high doses. During this time, the company recalled 700 tons of its formula. The company also admitted that their formula contained melamine and led to the stopping of the formula production. Tests later revealed that out of 490 milk samples collected from 109 brands in the country, 69 from 22 brands had melamine. Sanlu was at the top of the rank in terms of contamination. The concentration of melamine in the infant formula was ...

Abstract

Contemporary attachment theory also known as modern attachment theory is a psychological paradigm that seeks to elucidate the changes of long term and short term relational association among humans. The theory specializes on specific aspects of human response to specific occurrences in their lives rather than the general relationships. For instance, a young child will develop a strong attachment to the person who is taking care of them regularly. On the other hand self psychology theory is an advanced psychoanalytic theory whereby efforts to understand individuals from within subjective experience is made through abnormal self-examination basing renditions on the ...

Executive summary

Nestle Refrigerated food company was founded in 1866 by Henri Nestle. Its original objective was to produce infant products but later expanded to include other products. By 1990, its growth rate was over $100 million sales annually. Its success can be attributed by the company’s management system and taking risks, which often paid off (Marco, 2013). The company’s strategic opportunity is its appropriate marketing strategy. It focuses on the product production and consumer satisfaction. This opportunity occurred when Stephen Cunlife took over the management whose focus was marketing. The company concentrated on branding to make its products ...

Question#1

Nutrition also known as aliment or nourishment, is the stipulation, to organisms and cells, of the materials essential (in food form) to support life. Most common health complications can be curbed or combated with a healthy diet. The diet of an organism is determined by the palatability of foods with regard to what it eats. In this study I am going to let you know how nutrients need to change throughout the life cycle: during the infancy and early child hood, and adolescent and adult hood respectively.
Requirements for micronutrients and macronutrients are advanced on a per–kilogram base during ...

Module 2 Quiz- 5389

1. Concept development tends to be delayed in MI/VI and deafblind infants because they are unable to learn about things they can't see.
a)they are unable to learn about things they can't see.
b)vision is what drives the typically developing infant to move and interact with objects & without that visual motivation children miss out on learning opportunities.
c)their range of motion tends to be limited.
d)they are unable to process information about items in the environment that they don’t have a name for.
2. Jan van Dijk, a Dutch psychologist who works with ...