sweetybokhari
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A term baby,delivered by spontaneous vaginal delivery,is noted to have a large cephalohematoma.His birth weight is 4900 g.Which one of the following maternal factors is most likely to have contributed to the baby's clinical condition?
1) preeclampsia
2) diabetes mellitus
3) alcohol abuse
4) familial obesity
5) Graves disease
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| robin082006
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2---> diabetes mellitus
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| NE
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Cephalohematomas occur in 3 % of births and are usually associated with large babies or a mom’s small pelvis. Mom's diabetes is a risk factor for macrosomia- answer is 2.
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