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Some Things Going To Be Persistent In A Child With Microcephaly Sleep Apnea?
I am a newly licensed RN and will be doing home health care for an 8 month old baby who has been diagnosed with microcephaly sleep apnea, failure to thrive and is paralyzed on the right side? He has a trach and a G-tube? What are some things that are going to be pertinent to his care?
Mon, 27 Jul 2015
U should be able to adequately feed him via gastrostomy tube ,give him age appropriate calories along with multi vitamins.. Check regularly his urine and stool pattern. U should feed carefully to avoid aspiration. Also u should be able to look for danger signs like fever, breathing difficulty, ear discharge, loose stools, increased frequency of urine , etc
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