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Field guide to the normal newborn /

This handy pocket book provides an easy-to-follow roadmap to the processes and procedures essential to care of normal newborns. The ideal quick-reference for family physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, medical students, and pediatric residents, this guide focuses on the "what&...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Emmett, Gary A. (Author)
Other Authors: Hiscock, Tim (Editor), Consoli, Lisa (Editor), Somers, Jeff (Editor), Gast, Patricia (Cover designer)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004.
Subjects:
Neonatology.
Newborn infants > Diseases.
Newborn screening.
Perinatal Care > methods
Neonatology
Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Neonatal Screening
Infant Care > methods
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781451166590
1451166591
0781728770
9780781728775
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The prenatal visit / Lisa M. Asta
  • The delivery room / Mae M. Coleman
  • Stabilization / Mae M. Coleman
  • Admission to the well nursery / Gary A. Emmett
  • Common malformations affecting transition / Mae M. Coleman
  • Tachypnea and respiratory distress / Mae M. Coleman
  • Hypoglycemia in the delivery room / Gary A. Emmett
  • Tuberculosis / Gary A. Emmett
  • Prevention of croup b streptococcal disease / Judith A. Turow
  • Congenital syphilis / Gary A. Emmett
  • The TORCH syndrome / Gary A. Emmett
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) / Sue Jue and Nicholas Slamon
  • Hepatitis and other liver inflammations / Gary A. Emmett and Sue Jue
  • Varicella (chicken pox) / Gary A. Emmett
  • Hyperbilirubinemia in the well nursery / Gary A. Emmett
  • Physical examination / J. Lindsey Lane
  • Newborn and infant growth and development charts / Gary A. Emmett
  • Teratogens: prenatal maternal drugs producing congenital defects / Gary A. Emmett.
  • Effects of maternal drug use in newborns / Gary A. Emmett
  • Breast-feeding when mothers are taking prescribed medication / Gary A. Emmett
  • Maternal disease producing neonatal problems / Gary A. Emmett
  • Large and small babies / Gary A. Emmett
  • Newborn hearing screening / Gary A. Emmett
  • Circumcision / Judith Turow, Jay Goldberg and Erika Johnston
  • Delayed stooling / William B. Stephenson
  • Delayed urine output / William B. Stephenson
  • Discharge / Judith Turow
  • Newborn metabolic screening / Gary A. Emmett
  • Practitioner responsibilities after hospital discharge / Gary A. Emmett
  • First outpatient visit / Gary A. Emmett
  • Immunizations / Gary A. Emmett
  • Fever in the newborn / Gary A. Emmett
  • Bilirubin follow-up after discharge from the well baby nursery / Gary A. Emmett
  • Feeding and feeding problems / John Olsson
  • Breathing difficulties / Gary A. Emmett
  • Urination and defecation / Gary A. Emmett
  • Dermatology / Linda Meloy.
  • High-risk newborn follow-up / William McNett
  • Talking to parents / Budd N. Shenkin.

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