Publisher's Synopsis
Here's a comprehensive, pocket-sized resource for the care of full-term newborns. It provides guidance on well-baby development, monitoring the newborn, non-acute disease management, patient education, and more. Concise and convenient, this is the perfect reference for anyone who cares for babies in the first hours of life.
- Presents cutting-edge chapters on prenatal diagnosis, screening, and genetics.
- Speeds information gathering with extensive charts and tables, procedures, laboratory observations and other essential data collected in appendices.
- Expedites access to vital information with a bulleted outline format.
- Offers relevant tables on cultural and religious considerations affecting care of the newborn.
- Enhances favorite figures to make visual information easier access.
- Adds Fast Facts, Pearls and Pitfalls and expert opinions to give you authority in a flash.
