Mike Hall, Alan Hall, Susan Smith

A Foundation for Neonatal Care

A Multi-Disciplinary Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This authoritative guide offers a vital overview including the recent fundamental changes in the care of newborn babies

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 174mm x 255mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9781846191480
• ISBN-10: 1846191483
• Artikelnr.: 27053434

Autorenporträt

Mike Hall, Alan Hall, Susan Smith

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. About the authors. Acknowledgements. Fetal medicine. The placenta
and implantation. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Maternal disorders
affecting the fetus. Fetal Investigations and their interpretation.
Multiple pregnancies. Fetal infections. Blood group antibodies. Fetal
therapies. An overview of genetics. DNA, the genetic code and alterations.
Mutations. Mitochondrial DNA. Patterns of inheritance. Autosomal Dominant
(AD) inheritance. Autosomal recessive inheritance. X-linked inheritance.
Mitochondrial inheritance. Chromosomes. Chromosome morphology. Cell
division. Chromosomal abnormalities. Key points for practice. Inherited
biochemical disorders. Examples of inherited enzyme defects. Congenital
adrenal hyperplasia. Galactosaemia. Inherited organic acid disorders.
Inherited urea cycle defects. Non-ketotic hyperglycinaemia (NKH). Other
disorders causing severe seizures. Diagnosis of inherited metabolic
disorders. Good samples for biochemistry tests. Key points for practice.
Fundamental physiological concepts. Body fluid compartments. Movement of
substances across cell membranes. Membrane potentials. Cell to cell
communication mechanisms. Acid-base balance. Autonomic nervous system. The
cardiovascular system. Anatomy of the fetal and neonatal circulations.
Cardiac muscle. Control of cardiac output. The baroreceptor reflex.
Capillary function. The renal system. Glomerular filtration. Reabsorption
in the kidney tubule. Tubular secretion. The respiratory system. Carriage
of gases in blood. Respiratory control mechanisms. Pulmonary mechanics.
Bacterial and transplacental infections. Bacterial structure and
classification. Antibiotic structure and mechanism of action. Bacterial
resistance. Antibiotic choice in neonatal units. Routes of infection.
Early-onset sepsis. Late-onset sepsis.Transplacental infections. Summary.
Key points for practice. Pharmacokinetics. Drug movement through the body.
Absorption. Distribution. Elimination. Conclusion. Nutrition. An overview
of haemostasis. Introduction. Normal haemostasis. Assessment of
haemostasis. Disorders of the haemostatic system. Haemostasis in the
neonate. Implications for diagnosis. Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn.
Key points for practice. Clinical decision making. Introduction. Defining
clinical decision-making. The nature of decision analysis. Summary. Key
points for practice.