Newborn Care: A learning programme for professionals

English

ISBN: 1920218572

EAN: 9781920218577

Publisher: EBW Healthcare

Release Date: 09/16/2010

Synopsis: Newborn Care was written for healthcare workers providing special care for newborn infants in regional hospitals. It covers resuscitation at birth, assessing infant size and gestational age, routine care and feeding of both normal and high-risk infants, the prevention, diagnosis and management of hypothermia, hypoglycaemia, jaundice, respiratory distress, infection, trauma, bleeding and congenital abnormalities, as well as communication with parents. Skills workshops address resuscitation, size measurement, history, examination and clinical notes, nasogastric feeds, intravenous infusions, use of incubators, measuring blood glucose concentration, insertion of an umbilical vein catheter, phototherapy, apnoea monitors and oxygen therapy.

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Newborn Care: A learning programme for professionals

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