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
D
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A This is an expected finding in the newborn.
B This is an expected finding in the newborn.
C This is a sign of cradle cap or seborrhea capitis.
D Infants commonly respond to a variety of illnesses with an elevation in
temperature. The normal range for an axillary temperature in the newborn is
36.5° to 37.3° C.
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