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Ninth Edition
By
Peter Johnston, MB, FRCP, FRCPCH, Formerly Consultant Paediatrician, West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Trust, Dorset, UK
Kristie Flood, Staff Nurse, Special Care Baby Unit, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK
Karen Spinks, Senior Staff Nurse, Special Care Baby Unit, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK
Description
This well-established, introductory text is ideal for all health professionals concerned with care of newborns. It provides in-depth information
on the care of the newborn, both normal and abnormal, full-term and pre-term, and from minor to major abnormalities and illnesses. An
introduction to neonatology concentrates on common conditions, and all aspects of care of the baby are covered – from the antenatal period
to the end of the first month after birth.
Audience
Nursing students
Contents
Introduction
1. Maternal and Fetal Health
2. Care of the Infant at Birth
3. Physiology of the Neonate
4. Examination of the
Newborn and Detection of Abnormality
5. Care of the Normal Infant
6. Pre-term Infants
7. Intensive Neonatal Care
8. Birth
Injury and Neurological Disorders
9. Infections
10. Hematological Problems and Jaundice
11. Congenital Malformations and Genetic
Disorders
12. Helping the Parents
13. Neonatal Pharmacopeia
Index
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Paperback, 264 pages, publication date: NOV-2002
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07159-1
ISBN-10: 0-443-07159-4
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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