Child Health A-Z
Physical Abnormalities
Physical Abnormalities
There are many physical abnormalities that may require clinical care by a physician or other healthcare professional. Listed in the directory below is some additional information regarding physical abnormalities, for which we have provided a brief overview.
Last Update
February 3, 2008-
Child Health A-Z
- Problems in Prenatal Development of the Digestive Tract
- Adding to Mother's Milk
- Anorectal Malformation
- Apnea of Prematurity
- Assessments for Newborn Babies
- Overview of Birth Defects
- Birth Defects
- The Benefits of Mother's Own Milk
- Birth Injury
- Blood Disorders
- Blood Types in Pregnancy
- Breastfeeding the High-Risk Newborn
- Caring for Babies in the NICU
- Common Conditions and Complications
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Chronic Lung Disease
- Cleft Lip / Cleft Palate
- Clubfoot
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Disorders of the Brain and Nervous System
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)
- Infant of Diabetic Mother
- Digestive Disorders
- Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
- Diaphragmatic Hernia
- Procedures and Equipment in NICU
- Milk Expression
- Milk Expression Techniques
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
- Blood Circulation in the Fetus and Newborn
- Group B Streptococcus
- Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER)
- Heart Disorders
- Hydrocephalus
- Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn
- Hearing Loss in Babies
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Hyaline Membrane Disease / Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Hemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn (Vitamin K Deficiency)
- Hypospadias
- Hydrops Fetalis
- Hyperbilirubinemia and Jaundice
- Hypocalcemia
- Blood Glucose - Hypoglycemia
- Intravenous Line and Tubes
- High-Risk Newborn
- Infection in Babies
- Intraventricular Hemorrhage
- Low Birthweight
- Large for Gestational Age (LGA)
- Meconium Aspiration
- Milk Collection and Storage
- Moving Towards Breastfeeding
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis
- The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Delayed or Not Enough Milk Production
- Nutrition and Fluids
- Omphalocele
- Online Resources - High-Risk Newborn
- Overview of Blood
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
- Pneumothorax
- Polycythemia
- Postmaturity
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
- Prematurity
- Parenting in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL)
- Pyloric Stenosis
- Taking Your Baby Home
- Respiratory Disorders
- Retinopathy of Prematurity
- The Respiratory System in Babies
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
- Sepsis
- Small for Gestational Age
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Special Care
- Spina Bifida
- Substance Exposure
- Testing and Lab Procedures
- Thrombocytopenia
- Trisomy 18 and 13
- Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn
- Turner Syndrome
- Hernia (Umbilical / Inguinal)
- Vision and Hearing
- Very Low Birthweight
- Warmth and Temperature Regulation
- When a Baby Has Difficulty After Birth
- Newborn Complications
- Apnea of Prematurity
- Glossary
