Newborn physical examination generally includes physical examination and disease screening.
1. Physical examination: It is necessary to measure the baby’s height, weight, head circumference, fontanel, etc., and also to conduct auscultation of the heart and lungs to understand the baby’s physical development. Newborns should have a variety of primitive reflexes, such as foraging, sucking, swallowing and so on.
2. Disease screening: For example, newborn genetic metabolic disease screening (such as congenital hypothyroidism, phenylketonuria, etc.) requires the collection of heel blood for examination. Newborns with hearing impairment need to be screened by newborn hearing screening.
Newborn physical examination helps to understand the baby’s physical health and growth and development, if there is any abnormality, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, to be able to intervene early to avoid the baby’s growth and development is affected.