A much-needed overview of the available information now accumulating to indicate that assisted reproductive technologies are generally safe for both babies and mothers.
Newborn babies are examined at around 6 to 72 hours after their birth to rule out major congenital abnormalities and reassure the parents that their baby is healthy.
This new edition of an acclaimed text reviews the evidence for best practice in obstetrics to present the reader with the right information, with appropriate use of proven interventions and avoidance of ineffectual or harmful ones.
Many children spend their first days, weeks, and sometimes months in a neonatal intensive care unit as a consequence of prematurity, congenital anomalies, or birth complications.
Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) is now well established as a valuable treatment option for patients wishing to start or continue a family, for a range of indications from advanced maternal age to high risk of transmitting inherited disease.
The new edition of this authoritative review of the clinical approach to diagnostic and therapeutic obstetric, maternal-fetal and perinatal procedures will be welcomed by all professionals involved in childbirth as a significant contribution to the practice of maternal-fetal medicine and surgical obstetrics.
A complete, authoritative guide to the management and treatment of neonatal jaundiceCare of the Jaundiced Neonate focuses exclusively on the scientific underpinnings of jaundice, as well as the care of the jaundiced neonate.
The field's most trusted and comprehensive guide to treating common and rare problems in newbornsGomella s Neonatology makes it easy to quickly retrieve information and includes sections on procedures and drug administration.
The ONLY review book for the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine board examThis comprehensive review for the Neonatal-Perinatel Medicine board exam includes everything test takers need for exam success: thorough concept reviews, full-color illustrations, highlighted key points, and case-based Q&A.
This thoroughly revised and updated reference addresses the drugs and chemicals causing malformations and congenital anomalies in the human fetus-comprehensively reviewing experimental studies in animals and clinical data on human development, primarily in the organogenesis period.
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.
Now in its second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Neonatology is the essential user-friendly guide for all healthcare professionals involved in the care of newborns.
The Oxford Handbook of Genetics provides an essential overview of this complex subject, distilled into an accessible format for primary care practitioners and junior doctors.
APPRAISAL AND REVALIDATION SERIES The new Appraisal and Revalidation Series helps doctors demonstrate their competence to the standard expected by the General Medical Council and to the standard expected if they are recognised as having 'special clinical interests'.
Placenta accreta comprises a spectrum of disorders where all or part of the placenta becomes attached to the muscular wall of the uterus, which can result in life-threatening hemorrhage at the time of delivery.
The classic on-the-go guide to pediatric practice and most up-to-date resource on the diagnosis, understanding, and treatment of the medical problems of children from birth through adolescence A Doody's Core Title for 2017!
Written by a multidisciplinary team of medical and nursing experts, this fully-updated second edition provides evidence-based coverage of all frequently seen neonatal conditions.
This new book provides evidence in support of the hypothesis that prenatal alcohol/ethanol exposure (PAE) interferes with normal development and function of the hippocampus.
Written by a cadre of experts, this new edition provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and international view of gestational diabetes mellitus and will be invaluable to maternal-fetal medicine specialists, diabetologists, neonatologists, and a growing number of gynecologists and general physicians concerned with the management of noncommunicable diseases in pregnancy.
Neonatal Formulary provides comprehensive guidance on the safe use of the drugs prescribed during pregnancy and commonly given to babies during labour and delivery, as well as during lactation and the first year of life.
This new edition updates the definitive clinical atlas textbook on interpreting continuous amplitude-integrated electroencephalography monitoring in neonatal units.
This third edition of Epstein's Inborn Errors of Development provides essays on pathways of development and thoughtful reviews of dysmorphic syndromes for which the causative gene has been identified.
Written by a multidisciplinary team of medical and nursing experts, this fully-updated second edition provides evidence-based coverage of all frequently seen neonatal conditions.
From prenatal diagnosis through neonatal surgery and beyond-a multidisciplinary resource for an evolving specialty Fetal and Neonatal Surgery and Medicine is a comprehensive resource for all clinicians who care for fetal and neonatal patients.
Paediatric Respiratory Medicine Second edition remains the first point of reference for those faced with treating acute or chronic respiratory problems.
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.
The third edition of Craniofacial Embryogenetics and Development is dedicated to increased understanding of normal and abnormal orofacial development by integrating embryological development with its underlying genetic information.