Primary Care of the Newborn - Hardcover

PRIMARY CARE OF THE NEWBORN, 2nd Edition covers all aspects of full-term newborn infant care- from pregnancy to examination and care of the newborn, childbirth education, and discharge. This new edition offers completely updated chapters, and the latest information on breastfeeding, childbirth education, parent-infant bonding, and adoption. Throughout, extensive lists of differential diagnoses as well as drug, growth and laboratory values tables, provide essential information at a glance.

A portable guide for the primary care of the normal and ill newborn. The book begins with obstetric considerations, continues with examination of the newborn, and moves on to the transitional period from labour and delivery to the maternity ward. The child's body systems are also discussed. Also included in these chapters is the management of various complications, including arrythmias, apnea, seizures or bloody stools. The emphasis throughout is on initial management in the nursery.