Neonatology for Primary Care Paperback / softback

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 recommendations 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:Prenatal DiagnosisFetal InterventionsOptimizing Nutrition for the Preterm, Very Low-Birth-Weight Infant After Discharge From Neonatal Intensive CareNewborn Immunizations and Immune ProphylaxisBalancing Safe Sleep and Other Newborn RecommendationsVascular AnomaliesEndocrine Disorders Presenting in the Newborn PeriodShared Decision Making Around Home Technologies