Editor: Yaseen Joolay; Founding Author: Vincent Harrison
ISBN – print: 9781485129684; eBook: 9781485129707 | Pages: 440 | Estimated Retail Price: R499 (incl. 15% VAT, excluding delivery)
The first few days and weeks after birth are a critical transitional period in the life of both the newborn baby and their parents.
The updated seventh edition of this popular and well established textbook introduces readers who are unfamiliar with the field of neonatology to the most pertinent issues that arise in the newborn period. Normal findings in newborn babies, for which parental reassurance is all that is required, are differentiated from those that are cause for concern and the text presents an evidence-based approach to their management.
The book describes common symptoms and signs as well as the time of their onset in differentiating the underlying conditions in both term and preterm babies. An emphasis is placed on the safe treatment of common newborn conditions and the avoidance of therapies that are inappropriate or potentially harmful.
The Newborn Baby will be of interest and benefit to nurses, medical students, doctors, and other health professionals who want to learn or broaden their understanding of neonatology.
This new edition covers:
• Perinatal terminology
• Intrauterine growth and gestational age
• The physical examination
• Nursery care
• Breastfeeding
• Artificial feeding
• Disorders of maturation, growth, and development
• Infection
• Jaundice
• Congenital abnormalities
• Neurological disorders
• Special sense organ disorders
• Respiratory disorders
• Cardiovascular disorders
• Gastrointestinal disorders
• Blood disorders
• Urogenital disorders
• Skin and tissue disorders
• Metabolic and endocrine system disorders
• Musculoskeletal disorders
• Miscellaneous problems
• Drugs and dosages
About the Editor
Dr Yaseen Joolay is a subspecialist Neonatologist at Groote Schuur Hospital. The founding author is Professor Vincent Harrison, previously of Groote Schuur Hospital, and now retired.
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