Neonatology for Primary Care

The revised and updated second edition covers practical approaches to caring for healthy and high-risk newborns and infants. The book covers maternal and fetal health, care of the newborn after delivery, breastfeeding, follow-up care, common congenital anomalies, the newborn with a heart murmur or cyanosis, neurologic findings, primary care issues relating to newborns and infants requiring intensive care, and health and developmental outcomes. More than 40 chapters cover step-by-step guidance on what to do, when to admit, and when to refer. Recommendations and lists detailed references within each chapter. New in the second edition: 8 new chapters added including: -Prenatal Diagnosis -Fetal Interventions -Optimizing Nutrition for the Preterm, Very Low-Birth-Weight Infant After Discharge From Neonatal Intensive Care -Newborn Immunizations and Immune Prophylaxis -Balancing Safe Sleep and Other Recommendations for Newborns -Vascular Anomalies -Endocrine Disorders Presenting in the Newborn Period -Shared Decision Making Around Home Technologies