Providing a comprehensive yet concise guide for trainee doctors, neonatal nurses and midwives, Essential Neonatal Medicine continues to be an indispensable resource that combines the depth and breadth of a textbook with the efficiency of a revision guide. Extensively updated and full-colour throughout, this edition includes new chapters on neonatal transport and palliative care, as well as further content on pathophysiology and embryology, quality improvement and risk management, infection control, and non-invasive ventilation. With an improved artwork programme and a new glossary of terms, Essential Neonatal Medicine is ideal for all trainee health professionals new to neonatology, or looking for a comprehensive aid to support them.
Autorentext
Sunil Sinha
Professor of Paediatrics
University of Durham
Consultant Neonatologist
James Cook University Hospital
Middlesbrough, UK
Lawrence Miall
Consultant Neonatologist
Quality Lead, Leeds Children's Hospital
Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Leeds, UK
Luke Jardine
Deputy Director Neonatology, Mater Mothers' Hospital
Senior Staff Specialist Neonatology, Mater Mothers' Hospital
Honorary Researcher, Mater Research
Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
Australia
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Providing a comprehensive yet concise guide for trainee doctors, neonatal nurses and midwives, Essential Neonatal Medicine continues to be an indispensable resource that combines the depth and breadth of a textbook with the efficiency of a revision guide.
Extensively updated and full-colour throughout, this edition includes new chapters on neonatal transport and palliative care, as well as further content on pathophysiology and embryology, quality improvement and risk management, infection control, and non-invasive ventilation.
With an improved artwork programme and a new glossary of terms, Essential Neonatal Medicine is ideal for all trainee health professionals new to neonatology, or looking for a comprehensive aid to support them.
A companion website is available at www.essentialneonatalmed.com featuring:
- Downloadable figures from the book in PowerPoint format
- Interactive self-assessment questions and answers
- Further reading list
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Inhalt
Preface to the Sixth Edition vii
Acknowledgements vii
Preface to the First Edition viii
Abbreviations ix
How to use your textbook xi
About the companion website xii
1 The fetus, placenta and changes at birth 1
2 Perinatal epidemiology and audit 14
3 Multiple births 19
4 Neonatal consequences of maternal conditions 25
5 Resuscitation at birth 33
6 Examination of the newborn 46
7 Birth injury 65
8 Genetic disorders 73
9 Infant feeding and nutrition 82
10 Infection in the newborn 98
11 The extreme preterm infant 114
12 The low-birthweight infant 124
13 Respiratory physiology and respiratory support 131
14 Respiratory disorders 144
15 Apnoea, bradycardia and upper airway obstruction 160
16 Cardiovascular disorders 168
17 Gastrointestinal and abdominal disorders 186
18 Renal disorders 201
19 Jaundice 210
20 Haematological disorders 221
21 Endocrine and metabolic disorders 233
22 The central nervous system 250
23 Neurodevelopmental follow-up and assessment of hearing and vision 270
24 Developmental care and the neonatal environment 277
25 Organization of perinatal services 287
26 Neonatal transport 291
27 Discharge and follow-up of high-risk infants 297
28 Parentinfant attachment and support for parents of critically ill infants 306
29 Ethical issues and decision-making process in the treatment of critically ill newborn infants 311
30 End-of-life care and palliative care 316
Index 323