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Short description To support all health professionals experiencing the discipline of neonatology for the first time, Essential Neonatal Medicine offers the depth of a textbook combined with the accessibility of a learning consolidator. This edition includes new chapters on neonatal consequences of maternal disease, congenital abnormalities, developmental care and environment, extreme preterm births and small for gestational age infants.
From the contents Preface to the fifth edition vi
Acknowledgements vi
Preface to the first edition vii
Abbreviations viii
How to get the best out of your textbook x
1 Fetal well-being and adaptation at birth 1
2 Perinatal epidemiology and audit 14
3 Multiple births 18
4 Neonatal consequences of maternal conditions 24
5 Resuscitation at birth 33
6 Examination of the newborn 47
7 Birth injury 69
8 Genetic disorders 78
9 Infant feeding and nutrition 89
10 Infection 108
11 The extreme preterm infant 125
12 The low-birthweight infant 137
13 Respiratory disorders 145
14 Apnoea, bradycardia and upper airway obstruction 163
15 Respiratory physiology and respiratory support 173
16 Cardiovascular disorders 188
17 Gastrointestinal and abdominal disorders 210
18 Renal disorders 227
19 Jaundice 238
20 Haematological disorders 252
21 Endocrine and metabolic disorders 266
22 Neurological disorders 287
23 Neurodevelopmental follow-up and assessment of hearing and vision 311
24 Developmental care and the neonatal environment 319
25 Organization of perinatal services and neonatal transport 330
26 Discharge and follow-up of high-risk infants 339
27 Parent-infant attachment and support for parents of critically ill infants 349
28 Ethical issues and decision-making process in the treatment of critically ill newborn infants 356
29 Practical procedures 362
Index 377
Companion website
This book has a companion website at: www.essentialneonatalmed.com
with:
* Figures from the book in PowerPoint format
* Interactive self-assessment questions and answers
