Common Problems in the Newborn Nursery: An Evidence and Case-based Guide

Description

This comprehensive book thoroughly addresses common clinical challenges in newborns, providing an evidence-based, step-by-step approach for their diagnosis and management. Common Problems in the Newborn Nursery is designed to be an easy-to-use, practical guide, covering a full range of clinical dilemmas: bacterial and viral infections, jaundice, hypoglycemia, hypotonia, nursery arrhythmia, developmental dysplasia of the hips, newborn feeding, cardiac problems, late preterm infants, dermatology, anemia, birth injuries, ocular issues, as well as hearing assessments in the newborn. Written by experts in their fields, each chapter begins with a clinical case presentation, followed by a discussion of potential treatment and management decisions and various differential diagnosis. Correct responses will then be explained and supported by evidence-based literature, teaching readers how to discern the normal from the abnormal, the emergent from the non-emergent, and how to make decisions concerning diagnosis encountered on a daily basis. While this guide is directed towards health care providers such as pediatricians, primary care physicians, and nurse practitioners who treat newborns in the general nursery, this book will also serve as a useful resource for anyone interested in working with this vulnerable patient population, from nursing and medical students, to nurses, and residents in pediatrics or family practice. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Post-resuscitation Care of the Depressed Newborn (Stephany M. Guiles, Jay P. Goldsmith)....Pages 1-12 Newborn Birth Injuries (Smeeta Sardesai)....Pages 13-26 Visual Diagnosis in the Newborn (David A. Clark)....Pages 27-38 Common Dermatological Conditions (Mercedes E. Gonzalez)....Pages 39-53 Evaluation and Management of the Late Preterm Infant (Stephen A. Pearlman, Kaitlin Kenaley)....Pages 55-60 Jaundice in the Newborn (Warren Rosenfeld)....Pages 61-70 Neonatal Bacterial Infections (Thomas A. Hooven, Richard A. Polin)....Pages 71-80 Viral Infections in the Nursery (Asif Noor, Theresa M. Fiorito, Leonard R. Krilov)....Pages 81-87 Anemia in the Nursery: When to Observe, When to Treat, and When to Refer (Emily A. Morris, Ann R. Stark)....Pages 89-98 Neonatal Hypoglycemia (David H. Adamkin)....Pages 99-108 Disorders of Calcium, Phosphorous, and Magnesium in the Newborn (Arielle L. Olicker, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Jonathan M. Fanaroff)....Pages 109-115 Nutrition in the Newborn (Stephanie Tong-Miller, Henry H. Bernstein)....Pages 117-130 Cardiology in the Newborn Nursery (Bruce D. Sindel, Joseph Ahdoot)....Pages 131-148 Diagnosis and Management of Nursery Arrhythmia (Robert Loitz)....Pages 149-159 Gastrointestinal Problems in the Newborn Nursery (Gregory C. Martin)....Pages 161-169 Hypotonia in the Newborn (Ranjith Kamity)....Pages 171-182 The Jittery Baby and Seizures (Lu-Ann Papile)....Pages 183-192 Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (Lincoln Ferguson)....Pages 193-202 Ambiguous Genitalia and Problems with Sexual Differentiation (Moris Angulo)....Pages 203-214 Dilemmas: Eye Problems in the Newborn (Walter M. Fierson)....Pages 215-226 Hearing Assessment in the Newborn Infant (Gilbert I. Martin, James S. Yeh, Andrea C. Morris)....Pages 227-233 Back Matter ....Pages 235-242