ABC of the First Year, 6th Edition

by Bernard Valman (Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK); Roslyn Thomas (Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK)

• ISBN13: 9781444312430
• ISBN10: 144431243X
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: BMJ Books

Summary

This well-established book gives clear guidance on normal development and how to diagnose and manage illness in newborn infants and babies. The sixth edition of the ABC of the First Year has been fully revised and updated to reflect the introduction of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines, the reduction in universal screening and the increasing care of the newborn provided by family practitioners and midwives. There are new sections on the recognition and prevention of obesity, which is an increasing problem. The reduction in universal screening has resulted in parents requesting advice about their child's development at a variety of ages. A Development Chart shows the age-related normal range in different abilities and activities and will enable family doctors, at a glance, to determine whether a parent should be reassured that an infant is normal or needs further assessment. The inclusion of useful links and addresses of resources and organisations helps make the new edition of the ABC of the First Year an invaluable resource for GPs, midwives, paediatric nurses, health visitors and medical students, and an ideal companion to Bernard Valman's ABC of One to Seven.

Table of Contents

Preface to the sixth edition

Foreword to the first edition

Acknowledgements

Prenatal assessment

Resuscitation of the newborn

Infants of low birthweight

Breathing difficulties in the newborn

Birth trauma

Some congenital abnormalities

Routine examination of the newborn

Dislocated and dislocatable hip in the newborn

Infection in the newborn

Jaundice in the newborn

Convulsions in the newborn

Vomiting

Diarrhoea

Mother-infant attachment

Growth and growth charts

Feeding and feeding problems

Failure to thrive

Weaning

Review at six weeks

Review at eight months

Respiratory infections in the older infant

Fever in the older infant

Convulsions in the older infant

Crying babies and sleep problems

Non-accidental injury

Selected Drugs

Index

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