Born into this world : health issues / Donald E. Greydanus, Arthur N. Feinberg, Joav Merrick, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greydanus, Donald E., editor.

Feinberg, Arthur N., editor.

Merrick, Joav, editor.

Series:

Pediatrics, child and adolescent health.

Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Health

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Health and hygiene.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The mortality rate of newborns has been reduced in many parts of the world and we have learned much about how to keep more newborns alive, especially when health care providers and society collaborate in this important endeavor and emphasize known preventative principles. We know that death of newborns causes emotional stress to the newborn's family as well as to the involved health caregivers. We are also learning about the historical rights of the fetus in modern society. Over the past 50 years, there has been an increasing focus of attention, research and resources on assuring the survival

Contents:

""BORN INTO THIS WORLD: HEALTH ISSUES""; ""BORN INTO THIS WORLD: HEALTH ISSUES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Born into this world - A historical view""; ""Introduction""; ""New born care enters the 20th century""; ""The first breaths""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Section one: Issues in the newborn period""; ""Chapter 2: Evaluation: During pregnancy, labor, delivery and of the newborn""; ""Introduction""; ""Prenatal history""; ""Maternal problems""; ""Prenatal testing""

""Monitoring pregnancy, labor and delivery""""The newborn assessment""; ""The complete physical examination""; ""Head""; ""Eyes""; ""Ears""; ""Nose""; ""Mouth, tongue and throat""; ""Neck""; ""Thorax""; ""Abdomen""; ""The perineum""; ""The back""; ""Extremities""; ""Neurological exam""; ""Monitoring the normal newborn""; ""Common problems in a term newborn""; ""Growth problems""; ""Temperature instability""; ""Tachypnea""; ""Apnea""; ""Cyanosis""; ""Heart murmurs""; ""Poor feeding, vomiting and constipation""; ""Irritability/jitteriness""; ""Seizures""; ""Pallor or plethora""; ""Jaundice""

""Confirmatory laboratory and imaging""""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: The late preterm newborn""; ""Introduction""; ""Identification of late preterms""; ""Scope and incidence of late preterms""; ""Neurodevelopmental risks""; ""Physiologic risk factors""; ""Respiratory""; ""Thermoregulatory""; ""Hypoglycemia""; ""Maternal risk factors for hypoglycemia""; ""Neonatal risk factors for hypoglycemia""; ""Infection: Sepsis""; ""Hyperbilirubinemia""; ""Feeding challenges in the late preterm newborn""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Newborn screening""; ""Abstract""

""Introduction""""History""; ""Considerations in developing screening tests: Who should be screened?""; ""How are accurate and reliable screening tests designed?""; ""Follow up""; ""Ethics""; ""What are the risks vs. the benefits?""; ""Who are the beneficiaries? Are there adverse consequences to non-beneficiaries?""; ""What is the present understanding of this condition?""; ""Can the condition be remediated?""; ""The Wilson and Jungner screening criteria""; ""Issues for the future""; ""Pro""; ""Con""; ""Newborn screening for special care infants""; ""Screening upon admission""

""Screen repeat at 72 hours""""Rescreen at 28 days or upon NICU discharge""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: Resuscitation""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""The physiology of birth transition""; ""The perils of birth transition""; ""Signs of compromise in the newborn infant""; ""The flow of neonatal resuscitation procedures""; ""Airway""; ""Breathing""; ""Circulation""; ""Drugs""; ""Training in neonatal resuscitation""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6: Born premature: What does it mean?""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Obstetric considerations""

""Factors predisposing to prematurity""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63321-669-1

OCLC:

916949237