Primary Care of the Newborn

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.