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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829013203321

Autore

Emmett Gary A.

Titolo

Field guide to the normal newborn / / Gary A. Emmett ; Timothy Hiscock, acquisitions editor ; Lisa Consoli, developmental editor ; Jeff Somers, production editor ; Patricia Gast, cover designer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-4511-6659-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Collana

Field guide Field guide to the normal newborn

Disciplina

618.92/01

Soggetti

Neonatology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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 and Jay Goldberg -- 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.

High-risk newborn follow-up / William McNett -- Talking to parents / Budd N. Shenkin.

Sommario/riassunto

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" and "how" of normal newborn care-with clear descriptions highlighted by tables, charts, illustrations, and algorithms.   Abundant tables and charts provide vital information at a glance-from use of maternal medications in breast-feeding and newborn metabolic screening tests, to a newborn-specific formu