Neonatal medicine

The aim of this book is to provide evidence-based information on the management of high-risk newborn infants.

In severe asphyxia, lipid peroxidation occurs.

Prenatal Cocaine Exposures addresses the timely problem of maternal cocaine abuse and its effects on exposed infants, including growth retardation, learning, cardiovascular effects, and seizures.

Every year in the United States, 12 per cent of all births are preterm births, 5 per cent of all babies need help to breathe at birth, and 3 per cent of neonates are born with at least one severe malformation.

The 21st edition of this standard reference book - now published in English for the first time - provides indispensable, hands-on information for the delivery room, as well as before and after childbirth.

Get Through MRCOG Part 1, Second Edition, provides a selection of questions covering the basic and applied sciences relevant to the clinical practice of obstetrics and gynaecology and mapped to the RCOG Knowledge Areas in the MCQ style.

Highly illustrated complete overview of pathological aspects of sudden death in the young, from before birth to middle adult life.

Caring for the well newborn is an essential element of everyday midwifery practice.

Although there is an increasing number of pregnant individuals taking nutraceuticals to maintain good health, many gaps exist in the knowledge base.

Psychodynamic Interventions in Pregnancy and Infancy builds on Bjorn Salomonsson's experiences as a psychoanalytic consultant working with parents and their babies.

THE FIELD'S MOST TRUSTED AND COMPREHENSIVE POCKET GUIDE TO TREATING COMMON AND RARE PROBLEMS IN NEWBORNS--EXPANDED AND UPDATED"e;A copy of this reference should be kept readily available in the newborn unit.

Collaborative Practice with Vulnerable Children and Their Families focuses on the knowledge and skills needed by professionals who work across disciplines to meet the needs of parents and children experiencing complex difficulties.

This new text from the Great Ormond Street Hospital team is a practical guide to the current multidisciplinary clinical management of paediatric vascular anomalies.

We have all been hypoxic.

Despite research which highlights parents' increased anxiety and risk of attachment issues with the pregnancy that follows a perinatal loss, there is often little understanding that bereaved families may need different care in their subsequent pregnancies.

A Practical Guide to 3D Ultrasound was conceived with the beginner in mind.

The only text to provide in-depth illustrations of the normal and abnormal fetal anatomy on MR imaging, this guide includes chapters highlighting the state-of-the-science in the imaging of the fetal skull, face, neck, nervous system, chest, abdomen, and musculoskeletal system.

This full-colour book provides midwives with highly practical, readily accessible information on the wide range of infections affecting pregnancy and childbirth.

The new edition of this respected work presents a comprehensive review of basic mechanisms of fetal and neonatal brain development.

Fully revised new edition of a popular practical guide provides a concise introduction to radiology in newborn babies.

A complete clinical reference on the management of neonates in emergency and acute care settings!

A concise, practical guide to hypothermic neural rescue therapy, the technique that has revolutionized the approach to treating perinatal asphyxia.

Genetic Disorders and the Fetus: Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment, Seventh Edition is the eagerly awaited new edition of the discipline-leading text that has been at the forefront of diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of fetal genetic disorders for over 36 years.

As one of the most renowned figures in the history of anthropology, Bronislaw Malinowski is recognised as having been central to the development of the discipline, with interpretations of his thought usually drawing attention to his work in founding the approach of functionalism and his innovative method of intensive field research.

In Utero Diagnosis of Skeletal Disorders is a unique compendium of current information and 350 original ultrasound images covering the physiology and pathophysiology of osteogenesis.

Providing essential knowledge and understanding that midwives, health visitors, nursery nurses and lay birth and early parenting educators need to deliver effective and evidence-based education to all new parents and families, this book explores key issues in perinatal education.

Over the last hundred years, pregnancy and childbirth has become increasingly safe - yet it is still a site of risk, and a contested ground on which health professionals and pregnant women both face high costs of error.

Precautions often apply to pregnancy in any workplace, but being a vet in practice presents additional specific risks.

As our understanding of the human body broadens, so does the need for a comprehensive text that encompasses all aspects of human development.

Most neurologists, fellows, and residents are familiar with adult EEG, but have not developed a similar understanding of pediatric EEG.

Sadly, women often feel they have no alternative but to give up breastfeeding, having been prescribed or purchased medication.

Due to new developments in prenatal testing and therapy the fetus is increasingly visible, examinable and treatable in prenatal care.

Preterm delivery is probably the most important problem in obstetrics, and a major public health concern.

Provides practical guidance on all nutritional strategies for all healthcare professionals caring for premature babies.

Perinatal hospice is a novel form of care for an unborn child who has been diagnosed with a significantly life-limiting condition.

The potential impact of work being conducted in genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics upon clinical practice for gynecologists is immense but not yet completely appreciated.

This is a complete, medically reliable dictionary of congenital malformations and disorders.

Paediatric Surgery has been fully updated to reflect current guidelines and practices, and offers a contemporary overview of the subject in general, as well as detailed information about core subjects.

Following the success of three previous editions, this new edition of Newborn Surgery continues to provide the most comprehensive information on the surgical management of neonatal disorders.

New mothers are often unprepared for the emotional impact of having a baby.

This is the fifth and last Volume in the Atlas of Human Central Nervous System Development Series.

This new edition of an acclaimed text reviews the evidence for best practice in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, to present the reader with the right information, with appropriate use of proven interventions and avoidance of ineffectual or harmful ones.

This is the first textbook devoted entirely to understanding and treating necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), one of the leading causes of death and disability in premature infants.

This important book introduces the basics of prenatal psychology and works through the current scientific findings in the psychology and psychosomatics of pregnancy and birth.

50 Studies Every Pediatrician Should Know presents key studies that have shaped the current clinical practice of pediatrics.

Dignity in the care of patients and clients of all ages, whether in hospital or community settings, is an area of increasing national and international importance and concern.