Meconium aspiration
Grunting & belly breathing
Small airways
Difficult delivery
Thick hair & long nails
Placenta breaks down/doesn't function
Loose/transparent skin
Immature systems that don't work effectively
Long and thin
Short extremities
Pregnancy complications
Weak cough/gag reflex
Skin peeling & numerous creases on hands/feet
Thick lanugo
Immature, weak chest muscles
Multigestation
Maternal illness
Cluster cares & provide supplemental oxygen