Essential Neonatal Medicine combines the depth and breadth of a textbook with the clarity and efficiency of a learning consolidator. Providing a solid reference for trainee doctors, neonatal nurses and midwives, this full colour edition has been extensively updated with a range of new illustrations, clinical tips, cross-references to Wiley title Nursing the Neonate (2010, 9781405149747), and end-of-chapter summaries for quick study or revision. Essential Neonatal Medicine is ideal for all trainee health professionals experiencing neonatology for the first time and looking for a readable and comprehensive resource to support them. It is now accompanied by the enhanced Wiley Desktop Edition (the interactive digital version of the book featuring downloadable text and images, highlighting and note-taking facilities, book-marking, cross-referencing, in-text searching, and linking to references and glossary terms), and a companion website at essentialneonatalmed.com featuring figures from the book to download in PowerPoint, further reading, and self-test questions for each chapter. This title is also available as a mobile App from MedHand Mobile Libraries. Buy it now from iTunes, Google Play or the MedHand Store.

Essential Neonatal Medicine combines the depth and breadth of a textbook with the clarity and efficiency of a learning consolidator. Providing a solid reference for trainee doctors, neonatal nurses and midwives, this full colour edition has been extensively updated with a range of new illustrations, clinical tips, cross-references to Wiley title Nursing the Neonate (2010, 9781405149747), and end-of-chapter summaries for quick study or revision.Essential Neonatal Medicine is ideal for all trainee health professionals experiencing neonatology for the first time and looking for a readable and comprehensive resource to support them. It is now accompanied by the enhanced Wiley Desktop Edition (the interactive digital version of the book featuring downloadable text and images, highlighting and note-taking facilities, book-marking, cross-referencing, in-text searching, and linking to references and glossary terms), and a companion website at essentialneonatalmed.com featuring figures from the book to download in PowerPoint, further reading, and self-test questions for each chapter.This title is also available as a mobile App from MedHand Mobile Libraries. Buy it now from iTunes, Google Play or the MedHand Store.

Preface to the fifth edition viAcknowledgements viPreface to the first edition viiAbbreviations viiiHow to get the best out of your textbook x1 Fetal well-being and adaptation at birth 12 Perinatal epidemiology and audit 143 Multiple births 184 Neonatal consequences of maternal conditions 245 Resuscitation at birth 336 Examination of the newborn 477 Birth injury 698 Genetic disorders 789 Infant feeding and nutrition 8910 Infection 10811 The extreme preterm infant 12512 The low-birthweight infant 13713 Respiratory disorders 14514 Apnoea, bradycardia and upper airway obstruction 16315 Respiratory physiology and respiratory support 17316 Cardiovascular disorders 18817 Gastrointestinal and abdominal disorders 21018 Renal disorders 22719 Jaundice 23820 Haematological disorders 25221 Endocrine and metabolic disorders 26622 Neurological disorders 28723 Neurodevelopmental follow-up and assessment of hearing andvision 31124 Developmental care and the neonatal environment 31925 Organization of perinatal services and neonatal transport33026 Discharge and follow-up of high-risk infants 33927 Parent-infant attachment and support for parents ofcritically ill infants 34928 Ethical issues and decision-making process in the treatmentof critically ill newborn infants 35629 Practical procedures 362Index 377Companion websiteThis book has a companion website at: essentialneonatalmed.comwith:* Figures from the book in PowerPoint format* Interactive self-assessment questions and answers* Further reading list