Neonatology for Primary Care

• Author(s): Deborah E. Campbell,
• Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Pages: 1320
• ISBN_10: 1610022246
  ISBN_13: 9781610022248
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Family & General Practice , Medical / Health Care Delivery , Medical / Nursing / General , Medical / Nursing / Pediatric & Neonatal , Medical / Nursing / Maternity, Perinatal, Women's Health , Medical / Pediatrics , Medical / Perinatology & Neonatology , Medical / Practice Management & Reimbursement ,

Description:... The revised and updated second edition covers practical approaches to caring for healthy and high-risk infants. The book covers maternal and fetal health, care of the newborn after delivery, breastfeeding, follow-up care, common congenital anomalies, the newborn with a heart murmur or cyanosis, neurologic findings, primary care issues relating to infants requiring intensive care, and health and developmental outcomes.

More than 40 chapters cover step-by-step guidance on what to do, when to admit, and when to refer. Recommendations and lists detailed references within each chapter.

New in the second edition:
8 new chapters added including:

• Shared decision making around home technologies
• Endocrine disorders manifesting in the newborn period
• Optimizing Nutrition for the Preterm, Very Low-Birth-Weight Infant After Discharge From Neonatal Intensive Care
• Newborn Immunizations and Immune Prophylaxis
• Balancing Safe Sleep and Other Newborn Recommendations
• Vascular Anomalies
• Endocrine Disorders Presenting in the Newborn Period
• Shared Decision Making Around Home Technologies