Primary Care of the Newborn

by Seidel, Henry M.

• ISBN13: 9780323037242
• ISBN10: 0323037240
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: MOSBY-YEAR BOOK INC

Summary

Here's a comprehensive, pocket-sized resource for the care of full-term newborns. It provides guidance on well-baby development, monitoring the newborn, non-acute disease management, patient education, and more. Concise and convenient, this is the perfect reference for anyone who cares for babies in the first hours of life. Presents cutting-edge chapters on prenatal diagnosis, screening, and genetics. Speeds information gathering with extensive charts and tables, procedures, laboratory observations and other essential data collected in appendices. Expedites access to vital information with a bulleted outline format. Offers relevant tables on cultural and religious considerations affecting care of the newborn. Enhances favorite figures to make visual information easier access. Adds Fast Facts, Pearls and Pitfalls and expert opinions to give you authority in a flash.

Table of Contents

Prenatal Visit	1	(8)
Henry M. Seidel
High-Risk Pregnancy	9	(10)
Timothy R.B. Johnson
Perinatal Monitoring	19	(10)
Timothy R.B. Johnson
Neonatal Resuscitation	29	(8)
Siew-Jyu Wong
Physical Examination of the Newborn	37	(24)
Henry M. Seidel
Cultural Considerations	61	(16)
Henry M. Seidel
Pain and the Control of Pain	77	(2)
Henry M. Seidel
Transitional Period: The First 6 Hours of Adaptation from Intrauterine to Extrauterine Life	79	(16)
Patricia H. Smouse
The Head	95	(14)
Beryl J. Rosenstein
Otolaryngology	109	(10)
Max M. April
Robert M. Naclerio
Ophthalmology	119	(10)
Michael X. Repka
Cardiology	129	(14)
Joel I. Brenner
Pulmonary System	143	(12)
Siew-Jyu Wong
Gastroenterology	155	(20)
Jose M. Saavedra
Genitourinary System	175	(16)
John P. Gearhart
Nervous System	191	(12)
Rebecca N. Ichord
Orthopedics	203	(20)
Paul D. Sponseller
Dermatology	223	(22)
Henry M. Seidel
Bernard A. Cohen
Hematology	245	(68)
Gregory J. Kato
James F. Casella
Henry M. Seidel
Birth Injuries	313	(16)
Beryl J. Rosenstein
Jaundice	329	(30)
Ambadas Pathak
Infection	359	(46)
Timothy Townsend
In Utero Drug Exposure	405	(14)
Beryl J. Rosenstein
Inherited Metabolic Diseases	419	(12)
Ada Hamosh
Metabolism and Endocrinology	431	(14)
David W. Cooke
Prenatal Diagnosis, Prenatal Screening, and Newborn Screening	445	(14)
Michael D. Cabana
Breast-Feeding	459	(12)
Judith W. Vogelhut
Childbirth Education and Bonding	471	(6)
Henry M. Seidel
Transfer to the Intensive Care Nursery	477	(2)
Ambadas Pathak
Discharge Considerations and Process	479	(16)
Jean S. Wheeler
Adoption	495	(4)
Patricia H. Smouse
The Importance of Wasting No Time	499	(124)
Henry M. Seidel
APPENDICES
Ambadas Pathak
Appendix A Conversion Tables and Formulas	501	(4)
Appendix B Anthropometric Charts and Tables	505	(8)
Appendix C Laboratory Observations	513	(16)
Appendix D Procedures	529	(12)
Appendix E Breast Milk and Chemicals	541	(10)
Appendix F Composition of Nutritional Products	551	(12)
Appendix G Physical Observations	563	(4)
Appendix H Neonatal Pharmacology	567	(56)
Index	623