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Neural tube defect - Coggle Diagram
Neural tube defect
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Risk factors
Folate deficiency. Folate, the natural form of vitamin B-9, is important to the development of a healthy baby
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Causes
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environmental factors include folic acid, maternal insulin dependent diabetes, and maternal use of certain anticonvulsant (antiseizure) medications.
Pathophysiology
They are among the most common type of birth defects and are thought to have multifactorial etiology, including multigenetic and environmental influences
Neural tube defects are significant birth deformities of the central nervous system that occur due to a defect in the neurulation process of embryogenesis
Nursing Care Plan
Nursing intervention-Provide radiant warmer or place infant in an incubator (isolate) based on hypothermia evaluation keeping sac moist postoperatively
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Definition
Neural tube defects also known as spinal dysraphisms, are a category of neurological disorders related to malformations of the spinal cord, such as spina bifida, anencephaly, meningocele, myelomeningocele and tethered spinal cord syndrome
Diagnosis
are usually diagnosed during pregnancy, through laboratory or imaging tests