Essentials of Neonatal Medicine

Contents: Definitions and terminology; Fetal physiology, assessment of fetal well-being and adaptation to extrauterine life; Perinatal asphyxia and resuscitation of the newborn; Examination of the newborn; Birth trauma; Infant feeding and nutrition; Infection; The low-birth weight infant; Thermoregulation; Respiratory disorders; Ventilatory support; Apnoea, bradycardia and upper airway obstruction; Jaundice; Congenital abnormalities: malformations and deformations; Genetics and genetic disorders; Metabolic and endocrine disorders; Disorders of the cardiovascular system; Haematological disorders; Neurological disorders; The special senses: hearing and vision; Abnormalities of the extremities and congenital postural deformities; Renal disorders in the newborn; Gastrointestinal disorders; Skin disorders; Multiple births; Neonatal transport; Follow-up of high-risk infants; Parental-infant bonding and the care of the dying infant; Procedures; Some normal ranges, treatment and gestational assessment; Pharmacopoeia.