A Sign of Illness in the Newborn Is

question 29

Multiple Choice

A sign of illness in the newborn is

• A) More than two soft stools per day
• B) Regurgitating a small amount of feeding
• C) A yellow scaly lesion on the scalp
• D) An axillary temperature greater than 37.5° C

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Definitions:

Gross Primary Productivity

The total rate at which photosynthetic organisms in an ecosystem convert carbon dioxide into organic carbon compounds.

Net Primary Productivity

The rate at which plants and other photosynthetic organisms produce organic compounds in an ecosystem minus the rate at which they use some of these compounds through respiration.

Plant Respiration

The process by which plants take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide, involved in energy production at the cellular level.

Homoeothermic

Refers to organisms that maintain a constant internal body temperature regardless of external environmental conditions.