The care of full-term low-birth-weight newborns requires the following aspects, including keeping warm, strengthening respiratory management, preventing infections, and closely observing the situation.
1. Pay attention to keeping warm. The thermoregulatory function of full-term low birth weight newborns is relatively poor, so we must do a good job of effective warming measures to maintain the baby’s body temperature between 36.5~37.5℃.
2. Strengthen respiratory management. Full-term low weight, may be immature respiratory center development, easy to occur respiratory infections, must pay attention to the room humidity, pay attention to open the windows and ventilation, keep the indoor air fresh, to prevent respiratory infections.
3. Prevent infection. Low-birth-weight children with poor skin and mucous membrane barrier function, low immunity is prone to infection, pay more attention to hygiene.
4. Observe closely. Observe the color of the baby’s skin, the condition of the milk, whether there is vomiting, abdominal distension and so on. Also observe the crying, breathing, muscle tone, etc. If abnormalities are found, deal with them promptly.