ABC of the First Year

Bernard Valman, Consultant Paediatrician, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UKRoslyn Thomas, Consultant Paediatrician, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK

• Preface to the Sixth Edition viForeword to the First Edition viiAcknowledgements viii1 Prenatal Assessment 12 Resuscitation of the Newborn 53 Infants of Low Birthweight 124 Breathing Diffi culties in the Newborn 165 Birth Trauma 226 Some Congenital Abnormalities 257 Routine Examination of the Newborn 288 Dislocated and Dislocatable Hip in the Newborn 399 Infection in the Newborn 4310 Jaundice in the Newborn 5011 Convulsions in the Newborn 5412 Vomiting 5713 Diarrhoea 6114 Mother–Infant Attachment 6415 Growth and Growth Charts 6816 Feeding and Feeding Problems 7317 Failure to Thrive 7818 Weaning 8219 Review at Six Weeks 8720 Review at Eight Months 9421 Respiratory Infections in the Older Infant 9722 Fever in the Older Infant 10523 Convulsions in the Older Infant 10924 Crying Babies and Sleep Problems 11425 Non-accidental Injury 12026 Selected Drugs 121Index 123

"A concise and illustrated text of assessment, diagnosis and approaches to healthy and diseased babies. For medical students and  nurses." (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, April 2010) "The structure of the book is reader-friendly with clear objectives for each chapter and summary boxes enabling the reader to navigate very easily and have quick access to the needed information. The figures and diagrams are clear, optimal and appropriate to the contents. They are very illustrative and many of them could be used when counseling or giving explanations to parents." (SQU Medical Journal, April 2010)“This well-established book gives clear guidance on normal development and how to diagnose and manage illness in newborn infants and babies.” (Doody's Reviews, June 2009)