While assessing a premature infant born at 25 weeks' gestation, the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse would suspect which diagnosis when the infant displays poor muscle tone, apnea, and a new onset of somnolence?
A) Hydrocephalus
B) Airway obstruction
C) Intraventricular hemorrhage
D) Sepsis

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Prematurity is a risk for IVH. Clinical manifestations are determined by the level of involvement. The most common symptoms are poor muscle tone, lethargy, apnea, decreased hematocrit, and somnolence.

While Assessing a Premature Infant Born at 25 Weeks' Gestation