PediatricsPDF e-book2020
Neonatology for Primary Care, 2nd Edition — AAP guidance on healthy and high-risk newborns in 1,320 pages
Neonatology for Primary Care, 2nd Edition is the American Academy of Pediatrics handbook for the clinician who looks after babies once they leave the delivery room or the NICU. Across more than 40 chapters it sets out management, admission thresholds and referral triggers, from maternal and fetal health through breastfeeding, murmurs, cyanosis and neurological signs to the follow-up of graduates of intensive care. The 2020 revision adds eight chapters and each chapter carries its own reference list.
- 1,320pages
- 40+chapters
- 8new chapters in the 2nd edition
- 2020publication
What you’ll be able to do
- Provide confident routine newborn care and breastfeeding support after delivery
- Evaluate a baby with a heart murmur, cyanosis or abnormal neurological findings
- Recognise common congenital anomalies, vascular anomalies and neonatal endocrine disorders
- Follow up NICU graduates, including nutrition for the very low-birth-weight preterm infant
- Advise families on immunisation, immune prophylaxis and safe sleep
Inside the book
Before and around birth
Maternal and fetal health, the new chapters on prenatal diagnosis and fetal interventions, and care of the infant immediately after delivery set the scene.
The newborn in the office
Feeding, follow-up visits and the approach to murmurs, cyanosis, anomalies and neurological findings are written as practical, step-by-step guidance with clear referral thresholds.
Neonatology for Primary Care after the NICU
Chapters on babies discharged from intensive care cover post-discharge nutrition, shared decision-making about home technologies and long-term health and developmental outcomes.
Built for
- General pediatriciansA desk reference for the first months of life.
- Family physiciansClear advice on when a newborn needs admission or specialist input.
- Pediatric residents and NPsStructured reading on normal and high-risk newborns.
New in this edition
Chapters added in the 2nd edition 8 chapters
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Fetal Interventions
- Optimizing Nutrition for the Preterm, Very Low-Birth-Weight Infant After Discharge From Neonatal Intensive Care
- Newborn Immunizations and Immune Prophylaxis
- Balancing Safe Sleep and Other Recommendations for Newborns
- Vascular Anomalies
- Endocrine Disorders Presenting in the Newborn Period
- Shared Decision Making Around Home Technologies
Before you buy
Is the 2nd edition of Neonatology for Primary Care the latest?
It was published on 15 February 2020, so some immunisation and safe-sleep recommendations may since have been updated; check current AAP guidance.
Is it the full book or a summary?
It is the publisher’s PDF of the complete 1,320-page paperback edition.
Do I get CME credit or a certificate?
No. Clinicapedia provides the educational content only — no CME or CE credits, MOC points or certificates of completion are included with this product.
Specifications
| Format | Publisher PDF |
|---|---|
| Pages | 1,320 (print edition) |
| Edition | 2nd, 15 February 2020 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1610022248 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Academy of Pediatrics |
| Department | Pediatrics |
| Delivery | Instant download · lifetime re-download |
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