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Sepsis causes the body’s normal reaction to infection to go into overdrive. 

Phototherapy should not be interrupted with the mother is visiting baby. 

CPAP should be initiated in full term infants with >40% O2 requirements and irregular respirations. 

Once intubated, all neonates should be suctioned Q4 hours. 

Vigorous massage can help to promote skin blood flow in infants with neuromuscular blocking agents. 

The Hering-Breuer stretch relex is more readily elicited in the newborn than in the adult. 

During the first 15 minutes of life, the post-ductal oxygen saturations are usally lower than the pre-ductal measurements 

Determinants of carbon dioxide elimination include which of the following? 

Parents are shoud be treated as visitors, and are not as a required part of the care team. 

Vitamin K and eye medication should be administered within 30 minutes of birth.