The nurse is evaluating a neonate who was delivered 3 hours ago by vacuum-assisted delivery.The infant has developed a cephalhematoma.Which statement is most applicable to the care of this neonate?
A) Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) as a result of birth trauma is more likely to occur in the preterm,low-birth-weight infant.
B) Subarachnoid hemorrhage (the most common form of ICH) occurs in term infants as a result of hypoxia.
C) In many infants,signs of hemorrhage in a full-term infant are absent and diagnosed only through laboratory tests.
D) Spinal cord injuries almost always result from vacuum-assisted deliveries.
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