An Infant Was Born 2 Hours Ago at 37 Weeks

question 24

Multiple Choice

An infant was born 2 hours ago at 37 weeks of gestation,weighing 4.1 kg. The infant appears chubby with a flushed complexion and is very tremulous. The tremors are most likely the result of:

• A)Birth injury.
• B)Hypocalcemia.
• C)Hypoglycemia.
• D)Seizures.

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Definitions:

Variability

Variability refers to the extent to which data points in a distribution differ from each other and from the mean of the distribution.

First Quartile

The median of the lower half of a dataset, also called the lower quartile.

Positively Skewed Distribution

A probability distribution that is asymmetric with a longer tail on the right side, indicating that the mean and median are greater than the mode.

Smallest Observation

The smallest observation, also known as the minimum value, is the lowest value in a set of data points.