A Handbook for Primary Care
by David E. Hertz
Care of the Newborn explains the pathophysiology of the disease entities that most commonly affect the newborn in an easy-to-read format and outlines diagnostic evaluation and treatment options.
Features:
- Easy to understand approaches to the problems you'll confront in infants.
- Outlined and illustrated clinical procedures provide excellent reviews before performing bedisde procedures.
- Neonatal formulary lists medications and dosing unique to the neonatal population.
- Clinical pearls highlight key messages at the conclusion of each chapter.
- Wide range of excellent photography, illustrations, and diagrams give an inside look at common neonatal disease processes and neonatal procedures.
Contents
- Care of the Normal Newborn and Family
- Resuscitation
- Physical Examination of the Newborn
- Assessment of Gestational Age
- Thermoregulation
- Infant Nutrition
- Common Metabolic Problems: Hypoglycemia, Hyperglycemia, and Hypocalcemia
- Jaundice
- Nonsurgical Causes of Respiratory Distress
- Surgically Correctable Causes of Respiratory Distress
- Oxygen: Use and Monitoring
- Apnea
- Infectious Diseases
- Congenital Heart Disease in the Neonate
- Fluid and Electrolyte Management
- Neonatal Neurology
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis
- Abdominal Surgical Emergencies
- Hematologic Disorders
- Stabilization and Preparation of the Infant for Transport
- Caring for the Family Mourning a Perinatal Death
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