ABC of the First Year (eBook)

Bernard Valman, Consultant Paediatrician, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK Roslyn Thomas, Consultant Paediatrician, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK

Preface to the Sixth Edition vi

Foreword to the First Edition vii

Acknowledgements viii

1 Prenatal Assessment 1

2 Resuscitation of the Newborn 5

3 Infants of Low Birthweight 12

4 Breathing Diffi culties in the Newborn 16

5 Birth Trauma 22

6 Some Congenital Abnormalities 25

7 Routine Examination of the Newborn 28

8 Dislocated and Dislocatable Hip in the Newborn 39

9 Infection in the Newborn 43

10 Jaundice in the Newborn 50

11 Convulsions in the Newborn 54

12 Vomiting 57

13 Diarrhoea 61

14 Mother-Infant Attachment 64

15 Growth and Growth Charts 68

16 Feeding and Feeding Problems 73

17 Failure to Thrive 78

18 Weaning 82

19 Review at Six Weeks 87

20 Review at Eight Months 94

21 Respiratory Infections in the Older Infant 97

22 Fever in the Older Infant 105

23 Convulsions in the Older Infant 109

24 Crying Babies and Sleep Problems 114

25 Non-accidental Injury 120

26 Selected Drugs 121

Index 123

"A concise and illustrated text of assessment, diagnosis and
approaches to healthy and diseased babies. For medical students and
nurses." (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, April
2010)

"The structure of the book is reader-friendly with clear
objectives for each chapter and summary boxes enabling the reader
to navigate very easily and have quick access to the needed
information. The figures and diagrams are clear, optimal and
appropriate to the contents. They are very illustrative and many of
them could be used when counseling or giving explanations to
parents." (SQU Medical Journal, April 2010)"This
well-established book gives clear guidance on normal development
and how to diagnose and manage illness in newborn infants and
babies." (Doody's Reviews, June 2009)