A female neonate is born at full term to a mother with late prenatal care. Upon assessment, the nurse notes swelling of the neonate’s feet, a webbed neck, and widely-spaced nipples. Upper extremity pulses are bounding, but lower extremity pulses are barely felt. The nurse anticipates which karyotype result for this neonate?

45,X. The female neonates’ characteristics of pedal edema, webbed neck, widely-spaced nipples and pulses greater in upper extremities than lower (coarctation of the aorta), are consistent with Turner syndrome, which has a karyotype of 45,X. A 46,XX, and 46,XY are normal karyotypes for a female and male, respectively. A 45,Y karyotype is incompatible with life.

A female neonate is born at full term to a mother with late prena...

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