A 1-day-old neonate in the well-baby nursery is suspected of suffering from drug withdrawal because he is markedly hyperreflexic and is exhibiting which of the following additional sign or symptom?
a. Prolonged periods of sleep
b. Hypovolemic anemia
c. Repeated bouts of diarrhea
d. Pronounced pustular rash
ANS: c
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a. Babies who are withdrawing from drugs have disorganized behavioral states and sleep very poorly.
b. There is nothing in the scenario that indicates that this child is hypovolemic or anemic.
c. Babies who are experiencing withdrawal often experience bouts of diarrhea.
d. A pustular rash is characteristic of an infectious problem, not of neonatal abstinence syndrome.
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