ABC of the First Year

This well–established book gives clear guidance on normal development and how to diagnose and manage illness in newborn infants and babies.
The sixth edition of the ABC of the First Year has been fully revised and updated to reflect the introduction of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines, the reduction in universal screening and the increasing care of the newborn provided by family practitioners and midwives. There are new sections on the recognition and prevention of obesity, which is an increasing problem. The reduction in universal screening has resulted in parents requesting advice about their child’s development at a variety of ages. A Development Chart shows the age–related normal range in different abilities and activities and will enable family doctors, at a glance, to determine whether a parent should be reassured that an infant is normal or needs further assessment.
The inclusion of useful links and addresses of resources and organisations helps make the new edition of the ABC of the First Year an invaluable resource for GPs, midwives, paediatric nurses, health visitors and medical students, and an ideal companion to Bernard Valman’s ABC of One to Seven.


Spis treści:
Preface to the sixth edition.
Foreword to the first edition.
Acknowledgements.
1 Prenatal assessment.
2 Resuscitation of the newborn.
3 Infants of low birthweight.
4 Breathing difficulties in the newborn.
5 Birth trauma.
6 Some congenital abnormalities.
7 Routine examination of the newborn.
8 Dislocated and dislocatable hip in the newborn.
9 Infection in the newborn.
10 Jaundice in the newborn.
11 Convulsions in the newborn.
12 Vomiting.
13 Diarrhoea.
14 Mother–infant attachment.
15 Growth and growth charts.
16 Feeding and feeding problems.
17 Failure to thrive.
18 Weaning.
19 Review at six weeks.
20 Review at eight m onths.
21 Respiratory infections in the older infant.
22 Fever in the older infant.
23 Convulsions in the older infant.
24 Crying babies and sleep problems.
25 Non–accidental injury.
26 Selected Drugs.
Index

Nota biograficzna:
Bernard Valman, Consultant Paediatrician, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
Roslyn Thomas, Consultant Paediatrician, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK

Okładka tylna:
This well–established book gives clear guidance on normal development and how to diagnose and manage illness in newborn infants and babies.
The sixth edition of the ABC of the First Year has been fully revised and updated to reflect the introduction of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines, the reduction in universal screening and the increasing care of the newborn provided by family practitioners and midwives. There are new sections on the recognition and prevention of obesity, which is an increasing problem. The reduction in universal screening has resulted in parents requesting advice about their child’s development at a variety of ages. A Development Chart shows the age–related normal range in different abilities and activities and will enable family doctors, at a glance, to determine whether a parent should be reassured that an infant is normal or needs further assessment.
The inclusion of useful links and addresses of resources and organisations helps make the new edition of the ABC of the First Year an invaluable resource for GPs, midwives, paediatric nurses, health visitors and medical students, and an ideal companion to Bernard Valman’s ABC of One to Seven.