Newborn Intensive Care: What Every Parent Needs to Know (Electronic book text)

The new 3rd edition of Newborn Intensive Care: What Every Parent Needs to Know helps parents of premature and sick newborns understand their baby's illness and work as partners with the healthcare team. Expert contributors illuminate everything from communicating with parents; to the latest clinical and technologic advances; to the most effective use of posthospital care resources. Look here for: Valuable perspectives on today's NICU experience from admission to outcome, Contributions from highly experienced physicians, NICU nurses, and neonatologistsNumerous photos, diagrams, and line drawings, Quick reference tools: bibliography, resource listings, glossary of common abbreviations and terms, Targeting key NICU issues and concerns, Who's who in the NICU and how to work with the team, The special health needs of a premature infant, Mother-baby factors: effects on newborn health, Feeding your baby, Parenting in the NICU, Financial concerns, Major medical problems of premature and full-term infants, Neonatal surgery, Coping with severe disabilities or infant loss, Heading home from the NICU, Future health and development of the growing child.