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Persistent fetal circulation
Persistent fetal circulation A condition in which a newborn has difficulty making the transition from living in the womb to the outside world. May produce respiratory problems.
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Condition
The term "condition" has a number of biomedical meanings including the following: 1.An unhealthy state, such as in "this is a progressive condition." 2.A state of fitness, such as "getting into condition." 3.Something that is essential to the occurrence of something else; essentially a "precondition." 4.As a verb: to cause a change in something so that a response that was previously associated with a certain stimulus becomes associated with another stimulus; to condition a person, as in behavioral conditioning.
Womb
In female mammals, the organ in which the young live and grow before birth.
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Persantine
Persantine is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): dipyridamole.
Persecutory delusion
A delusion in which the central theme is that one (or someone to whom one is close) is being attacked, harassed, cheated, persecuted, or conspired against.
Perseveration
Tendency to emit the same verbal or motor response again and again to varied stimuli.
Pershing Memorial Hospital
The Pershing Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Brookfield, Missouri, United States.
Persistent Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia of Infancy (PHHI)
An alternate term for Nesidioblastosis
Persistent Vegetative State
Same as "permanently unconscious state."
Person Memorial Hospital
The Person Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Roxboro, North Carolina, United States.
Personality
The uniqueness that characterizes an individual as a person as compared with, and in response to others, with respect to consistency or inconsistency of behavior and life-style.
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Percutaneous umbilical cord sampling
A genetic test that screens blood from a fetus's umbilical cord for abnormalities.
Perinatal
Referring to the period of time before, during, and immediately after birth.
Perinatal asphyxia
When a fetus or baby has too little oxygen in the blood before, during, or after birth.
Perinatal care
Care of an infant from immediately after birth through the first month of life.
Perinatalogist
Specializing in the care of women before, during, and after birth,perinatalogists treat and care for women with high-risk pregnancies.
Persistent fetal circulation
Phenylketonuria
All babies born in the U.S. are tested at birth for PKU, a genetic disorder of a liver enzyme that disrupts normal body functions. If not carefully regulated by diet early in infancy, PKU can cause mental retardation.
Phototherapy
The use of ultraviolet light to treat newborns with jaundice.
Pitocin
The brand name of a synthetic form of the hormone oxytocin. The drug is used to induce labor.
Plantar reflex
A normal reflex curling of the toes, especially in children over one year of age, resulting from stroking the sole of the foot. Newborns will flex the big toe and spread the other toes.
Play group
A group of babies or toddlers that parents gather together to developsocial skills and reduce stranger and separation anxieties. Activities may bestructured or open.
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