Glossary

Reprinted with permission from "Your Premature Baby and Child" by Amy E. Tracy and Dianne I. Maroney (Berkley, 1999)

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Toy block

Dehydration

 The loss of fluids from the body

Desaturation

 When the oxygen level drops below the desired level

Discharge summary

 A brief report written by a physician summarizing a babys medical problems in the NICU

 

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