Neonatology
Essential neonatal medicine
| Essential Neonatal Medicine combines the depth and breadth of a textbook with the clarity and efficiency of a learning consolidator. Providing a solid reference for trainee doctors, neonatal nurses and midwives, this full colour edition has been extensively updated with a range of new illustrations, clinical tips, cross-references to Wiley title Nursing the Neonate (2010, 9781405149747), and end-of-chapter summaries for quick study or revision. Essential Neonatal Medicine is ideal for all trainee health professionals experiencing neonatology for the first time and looking for a readable and comprehensive resource to support them. It is now accompanied by the enhanced Wiley Desktop Edition (the interactive digital version of the book featuring downloadable text and images, highlighting and note-taking facilities, book-marking, cross-referencing, in-text searching, and linking to references and glossary terms), and a companion website at www.essentialneonatalmed.com featuring figures from the book to download in PowerPoint, further reading, and self-test questions for each chapter. | |||
Table of contents : Content: Fetal wellbeing and adaptation at birth -- Perinatal epidemiology and audit -- Multiple births -- Neonatal consequences of maternal disease -- Resuscitation at birth -- Examination of the newborn -- Birth injury -- Genetic disorders -- Infant feeding and nutrition -- Infection -- The extreme preterm infant -- The low birthweight infant -- Respiratory disorders -- Apnoea, bradycardia, and airway obstruction -- Respiratory physiology and respiratory support -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Gastrointestinal and abdominal disorders -- Renal disorders -- Jaundice -- Haematological disorders -- Endocrine and metabolic disorders -- Neurological disorders -- Neurodevelopmental follow-up and assessment of hearing and vision -- Developmental care and the neonatal environment -- Organization of perinatal services and transport -- Discharge and follow up of high risk infants -- Parental attachment and loss -- Ethical issues in critical care -- Procedures. Abstract: This full colour edition has been extensively updated with a range of new illustrations, clinical tips, cross-references to Wiley title Nursing the Neonate (2010, 9781405149747), and end-of-chapter summaries for quick study or revision. This book is ideal for all trainee health professionals experiencing neonatology for the first time and looking for a readable and comprehensive resource to support them |
