Category: Neonatology

Physical Examination of the Newborn at a Glance

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Campbell D
Pages: 130p.
Format: EPUB
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, (16 Mar. 2018)
eISBN-13: 978-1119155577

Physical Examination of the Newborn at a Glance provides a comprehensive guide for all those involved with both the routine neonatal examination and the more specific full physical examination of a newborn.

Covering the routine care and the competencies required to perform the examination of the newborn as set out by the Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) Screening Programme, this beautifully illustrated book encourages the critical appraisal of personal and practice standards relating to the examination of the newborn in order to promote effective and high quality holistic care of the family unit.

Encapsulating the learning requirements across a pre and post-registration audience, Physical Examination of the Newborn at a Glance is an indispensable resource for those beginning their journey to become a NIPE practitioner, as well as those who are looking to update their professional knowledge and understanding.

Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing, 3rd ed.

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Boxwell G, Petty J and Kaiser L
Pages: 700p.
Format: EPUB
Publisher: Routledge, (11 Nov. 2019)
eISBN-13: 978-1138556843

Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition of Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing is a comprehensive, evidence-based text for nurses and allied health professionals caring for sick newborn infants.

This user-friendly text focuses on the common problems and related care occurring within the neonatal specialty. All previous chapters have been thoroughly updated and new content includes chapters on, for example, organisation of neonatal care, assessment of the neonate, the premature and low birth weight neonate as well as palliative care. In addition, the book now includes a broad and in-depth web-based companion comprising online resources, case studies with answer guides and learning activities. This accessible and interactive approach enables nurses to recognise, rationalise and understand clinical problems using an evidence-based approach. Divided into four parts, the book provides an overview of neonatal care, and a detailed look at the physical and emotional wellbeing of neonate and family, a range of clinical aspects of neonatal care, and key practices and procedures.

Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing will be essential reading for both new and experienced nurses, allied health professionals and students learning about neonatal care including those undertaking qualifications in the neonatal specialism and pre-registration students taking relevant modules or placements.

The Newborn Lung: Neonatology Questions and Controversies, 3rd ed.

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Bancalari, Eduardo Pages: 419 Size: 5.85 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 13 October, 2018
eISBN-13: 9780323568753

Dr. Richard Polin’s Neonatology Questions and Controversies series highlights the most challenging aspects of neonatal care, offering trustworthy guidance on up-to-date diagnostic and treatment options in the field. In each volume, renowned experts address the clinical problems of greatest concern to today’s practitioners, helping you handle difficult practice issues and provide optimal, evidence-based care to every patient.

  • Stay fully up to date in this fast-changing field with The Newborn Lung, 3rd Edition.
  • The most current clinical information throughout, including key management strategies that may reduce some of the chronic sequelae of neonatal respiratory failure.
  • New content on the role of microbiome in lung injury and lung development.
  • Current coverage of non-invasive respiratory support, perinatal events and their influence on lung development and injury, cell-based lung therapy, automation of respiratory support, and oxygenation targeting in preterm infants.
  • Consistent chapter organization to help you find information quickly and easily.
  • The most authoritative advice available from world-class neonatologists who share their knowledge of new trends and developments in neonatal care.

The most authoritative advice available from world-class neonatologists who share their knowledge of new trends and developments in neonatal care.

Fetal therapy: scientific basis and critical appraisal of clinical benefits

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Edited By Mark Kilby, Anthony Johnson, Dick Oepkes. Pages: 472 Size: 38.56 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 30 November, 2012
eISBN-13: 9781139845731

Fetal treatment, particularly complex fetal therapy, is an emergent and expanding field. This comprehensive text focuses on areas of fetal disease and pathophysiology that can be treated in utero and the benefits and problems with such therapy. Both medical (non-invasive) and surgical procedures are discussed, drawing on the expertise of an internationally renowned author team. Each chapter includes a comprehensive overview of the basic science underlying fetal pathology, as well as discussing the highest level of technical performance of fetal interventions. Contributions from fetal therapy `centers-of-excellence` around the world collectively emphasize the need for an evidence-based approach to the field. This volume is useful both as a quick reference guide to the latest fetal therapy options and as an in-depth study book for maternal-fetal medicine and neonatology specialists at any stage of their career who are seeking to acquire essential background knowledge. Indispensable on any bookshelf in fetal medicine units.

Fetal & Neonatal Secrets

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Richard A. Polin, Alan R. Spitzer. Pages: 578 Size: 10.55 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Mosby
Published: 27 August, 2013
eISBN-13: 9780323172868

Fetal and Neonatal Secrets by Drs. Richard Polin and Alan Spitzer, uses the success formula of the highly popular Secrets Series to offer fast answers to the most essential clinical questions in fetal and neonatal medicine. With its user-friendly Q&A format, practical tips from neonatologists and fetal medicine experts, and “Key Points” boxes, this portable and easy-to-read medical reference book provides rapid access to the practical knowledge you need to succeed both in practice and on board and recertification exams. “Fetal and Neonatal Secrets is a book with an alternative setup that offers answers to a wide spectrum of clinical questions in the field of fetal and neonatal medicine. The book covers both fetal and neonatal medicine, and could be relevant for junior doctors aiming to become obstetricians or pediatricians.” Reviewed by: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, January 2015

Examination of the Newborn

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Edited By Anne Lomax. Pages: 267 Size: 5.62 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 18 June, 2015
eISBN-13: 9781118913185

This is a practical, evidence-based guide for students and practitioners to undertake safe and effective neonatal examination. It is revised and updated throughout in line with current national and Nursing and Midwifery Council guidelines. It includes full colour photographs and illustrations, as well as clinical case studies at the end of each chapter to help guide and illustrate good practice. A new companion website contains a wealth of information on all aspects of examining the newborn, including safeguarding, early warning systems, and tongue tie, as well as interactive multiple choice questions, and links to videos.

Myles Survival Guide to Midwifery

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Maureen Raynor, Christine Catling. Pages: 623 Size: 8.16 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 15 March, 2017
eISBN-13: 9780702071775

The latest edition of the Survival Guide to Midwifery continues to offer readers with a wealth of information presented in a quick reference format which is perfectly tailored for use in the clinical environment.

Fully updated throughout and now with new authorship, the book covers the core essentials of midwifery with topics that range from anatomy and reproduction, change and adaptation in pregnancy, antenatal care, clinical investigations, abnormalities and common medical problems. Other areas include obstetric emergencies, physical problems and complications in the puerperium, infant feeding, and the sick neonate.

Now rebranded as Myles Survival Guide to Midwifery, this popular title will be ideal for midwives – whether qualified or in training – in all parts of the world.

  • Helpful bullet point style allows rapid access to essential information
  • Useful revision guide for examinations and assessments
  • Contains common abbreviations, medications, drug calculations, glossary of common terms, and normal values
  • Thoroughly revised to reflect key developments in current midwifery practice
  • Now includes further reading and useful website addresses

Nursing Key Topics Review: Maternity

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Elsevier Pages: 363 Size: 4.2 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 08 September, 2016
eISBN-13: 9780323449281

Study efficiently with Nursing Key Topics Review: Maternity! This quick review and accompanying mobile web app focus on the most critical, practical, and relevant maternal nursing information to prepare you for success on course exams. Concise coverage includes topics from pregnancy, labor, and birth to postpartum and newborn nursing care. Summary tables and quick, bulleted lists make it easier to glance through and remember concepts. Mobile web app audio summaries reinforce content when you are on the go. Best of all, it’s easy to assess your understanding as you go along – because key maternity topics are always immediately followed by review questions with correct answers and rationales.

Myles Pocket Reference for Midwives

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Ashwin, Cathy;anderson, Michelle Pages: 103 Size: 1.87 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 29 April, 2017
eISBN-13: 9780702074431

Myles Pocket Reference for Midwives is a brand new resource that offers readers a ready source of up-to-date information at the fingertips!

Well illustrated with over 100 figures, tables and pull-out boxes, this slim pocket guide includes a wealth of information ranging from physical examination to drug calculations, antenatal investigations, screening, infant feeding, medical complications of pregnancy, and birth emergencies.

Myles Pocket Reference for Midwives will be ideal for all midwives – whether qualified or in training.

  • Helpful bullet point style enables rapid access to essential information
  • Rich illustrative programme enables rapid access to key information

Midwifery Essentials: Labour: Volume 3, 2nd ed.

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Baston, Helen;hall, Jenny Pages: 225 Size: 3.15 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Published: 18 April, 2017
eISBN-13: 9780702071393

The second edition of the popular Midwifery Essentials series continues to help readers understand and master a range of core issues safely and with confidence!

Written by leading midwifery academics, each book in the series provides a user-friendly source of information which has been fully updated throughout to reflect the latest evidence-base for current practice. Now with an improved design to make learning as easy as possible, each paperback in the series focuses on the importance of communication and contemporary women-centred care and presents helpful ‘scenarios’ to encourage debate and reflection.

The Midwifery Essentials series is ideal for all midwives – whether qualified or in training – and is also helpful to nurses and HCAs working in the maternity environment.

  • Fully updated to provide a useful, friendly source of information
  • Strong focus on contemporary women-centred care
  • Designed to stimulate debate and reflection upon current practice, local policies and procedures
  • Scenarios enable practitioners to understand the context of maternity care and explore their role in safe and effective service provision
  • Helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach enables readers to explore specific topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. consent, safety and health promotion
  • Explains the professional and legal issues surrounding clinical procedures
  • Chapters designed to be read as a ‘standalone’ or in succession
  • Emphasises the crucial role of effective communication
  • Makes reference to the latest national and international guidelines
  • Contains new scenarios to reflect recent changes in practice
  • Improved layout aids retention and learning
  • Fully updated throughout with the latest evidence base for clinical skills and procedures
  • Embraces the principles of ‘Better Births’

Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal: Volume 4, 2nd ed.

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Baston, Helen;hall, Jenny Pages: 201 Size: 2.23 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Published: 17 April, 2017
eISBN-13: 9780702071447
eISBN-10: 0702071447
Print ISBNs: PB: 9780702071003, 0702071005

The second edition of the popular Midwifery Essentials series continues to help readers understand and master a range of core issues safely and with confidence!

Written by leading midwifery academics, each book in the series provides a user-friendly source of information which has been fully updated throughout to reflect the latest evidence-base for current practice. Now with an improved design to make learning as easy as possible, each paperback in the series focuses on the importance of communication and contemporary women-centred care and presents helpful ‘scenarios’ to encourage debate and reflection.

The Midwifery Essentials series is ideal for all midwives – whether qualified or in training – and is also helpful to nurses and HCAs working in the maternity environment.

  • Fully updated to provide a useful, friendly source of information
  • Strong focus on contemporary women-centred care
  • Designed to stimulate debate and reflection upon current practice, local policies and procedures
  • Scenarios enable practitioners to understand the context of maternity care and explore their role in safe and effective service provision
  • Helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach enables readers to explore specific topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. consent, safety and health promotion
  • Explains the professional and legal issues surrounding clinical procedures
  • Chapters designed to be read as a ‘standalone’ or in succession
  • Emphasises the crucial role of effective communication
  • Makes reference to the latest national and international guidelines
  • Contains new scenarios to reflect recent changes in practice
  • Improved layout aids retention and learning
  • Fully updated throughout with the latest evidence base for clinical skills and procedures
  • Embraces the principles of ‘Better Births’

Midwifery Essentials: Basics: Volume 1, 2nd ed.

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Baston, Helen;hall, Jenny;einion, Alys Bethan Pages: 259 Size: 2.75 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 20 April, 2017
eISBN-13: 9780702071331

The second edition of the popular Midwifery Essentials series continues to help readers understand and master a range of core issues safely and with confidence!

Written by leading midwifery academics, each book in the series provides a user-friendly source of information which has been fully updated throughout to reflect the latest evidence-base for current practice. Now with an improved design to make learning as easy as possible, each paperback in the series focuses on the importance of communication and contemporary women-centred care and presents helpful ‘scenarios’ to encourage debate and reflection.

The Midwifery Essentials series is ideal for all midwives – whether qualified or in training – and is also helpful to nurses and HCAs working in the maternity environment.

  • Fully updated to provide a useful, friendly source of information
  • Strong focus on contemporary women-centred care
  • Designed to stimulate debate and reflection upon current practice, local policies and procedures
  • Scenarios enable practitioners to understand the context of maternity care and explore their role in safe and effective service provision
  • Helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach enables readers to explore specific topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. consent, safety and health promotion
  • Explains the professional and legal issues surrounding clinical procedures
  • Chapters designed to be read as a ‘standalone’ or in succession
  • Emphasises the crucial role of effective communication
  • Makes reference to the latest national and international guidelines
  • Contains new scenarios to reflect recent changes in practice
  • Improved layout aids retention and learning
  • Fully updated throughout with the latest evidence base for clinical skills and procedures
  • Embraces the principles of ‘Better Births’

Mayes’ Midwifery, 15th ed.

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Macdonald, Sue;johnson, Gail Pages: 1,221 Size: 32.75 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
Published: 14 August, 2017
eISBN-13: 9780702063367

Mayes Midwifery retains all of the features that characterised the success of earlier editions – authority, accessibility and comprehensiveness – while addressing the wider context of current midwifery practice by applying evidence into practice.

The book explores anatomy and applied physiology, a wide range of public health issues, as well as cultural competence. Fast moving areas such as professional and leadership issues, fertility control, genetics, foetal development, medical problems in pregnancy and care of the new born and baby with complex needs are brought right up to date.

The latest edition of Mayes’ Midwifery has also been redesigned to further assist with engagement of the topics while the artwork programme has been upgraded to help with the understanding of complex physiological processes. As with the previous edition, the book also comes with an associated website containing over 600 MCQs, case studies, and reflective activities together with a wealth of other learning tools.

Mayes’ Midwifery 15th edition is an essential tool for midwives at every stage of their professional career – student midwives seeking knowledge, skills and guidance on their journey to becoming midwives – midwives returning to practice and for qualified midwives wherever they work. Nurses and health care assistants working on maternity units in the UK and overseas will also find the volume an important resource.

  • New edition of a classic textbook updated and designed for today’s midwifery student!
  • Chapters authored by experts in their field, including midwifery academics and clinicians as well as allied professionals such as researchers, physiotherapists, neonatal nurse specialists, social scientists and legal experts
  • Evidence and research based throughout to help facilitate safe clinical practice
  • Learning outcomes and key points help readers structure their study and recap on what they have learned
  • Reflective activities encourage the application of theory to practice
  • Contains practice based tools and checklists
  • Presents and discusses the latest national and international guidelines
  • Associated website with over 600 MCQs, reflective activities to encourage the application of theory to practice, case studies and additional learning tools
  • Downloadable image bank to assist readers with essay preparation and other assignments
  • Suitable for use in normal community and midwife led arenas, high tech environments and more rural areas of clinical practice
  • Brand new design – incorporating helpful learning features – aids reader engagement and retention of facts
  • Updated artwork program helps clarify complex physiological processes and other challenging concepts

OSH Paediatric Anaesthesia

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Edward Doyle
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Print ISBN-13: 9780199202799
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199202799.001.0001

This title covers all aspects of modern paediatric anaesthesia; from common ENT and general surgical day case procedures through to specialist neonatal, neurosurgical, spinal and cardiac procedures restricted to paediatric centres.

OSH Fetal Cardiology

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Nick Archer and Nicky Manning
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Print ISBN-13: 9780199230709
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199230709.001.0001

This resource brings together information in an accessible single source to allow professionals from many different disciplines to have a sound understanding of the scope and limitations of fetal cardiac diagnosis and treatment. It will be of practical clinical value to all involved in fetal cardiac assessment or in the management of feto-maternal problems.

Oxford Handbook of Neonatology (2 ed.)

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Lorraine Avery and Sue Beckwith
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Print ISBN-13: 9780198703952
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780198703952.001.0001

A user-friendly guide for all healthcare professionals involved in the care of newborns. Accessible, practical, and updated with the latest evidence, this new addition to the bestselling Oxford Medical Handbook series is a key resource designed for use at the cot-side. Using guidance from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and including the most up-to-date NICE guidelines, the second edition of this handbook uses diagrams and an easy-to-assimilate format to cover good communication practice, neonatal emergencies, and technical procedures. With a new chapter on endocrinology, and fully updated and expanded sections covering therapeutic hypothermia and developmental care, amongst other advances in the field, the Oxford Handbook of Neonatology addresses post-natal and antenatal care and commonly encountered problems. It includes specific sections on cardiology, neurology, and haematology alongside other key areas needed for the clinician working with newborns.

Oxford Handbook of Paediatrics (2 ed.)

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Robert C. Tasker, Robert J. McClure, and Carlo L. Acerini
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Print ISBN-13: 9780199608300
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199608300.001.0001

This invaluable reference covers all significant aspects of acute and chronic paediatrics. Areas such as neonatology, surgery, genetics and congenital malformations and child protection are covered in a user-friendly and succinct style.

Emergencies in Paediatrics and Neonatology (2 ed.)

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Stuart Crisp and Jo Rainbow
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Print ISBN-13: 9780199605538
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199605538.001.0001

The second edition of this essential handbook provides a practical, accessible guide to all emergency situations encountered in paediatrics and neonatology, from the immediately life-threatening to the smaller but urgent problems that may arise.

Ayliffe`s Control of Healthcare-Associated Infection

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Adam P. Fraise, Christina Bradley

Pages: 521 Size: 2.66 MB Format: PDF Publisher: CRC Press Inc – M.U.A.
Published: 29 May, 2009
eISBN-13: 9781444113075

The fifth edition of this classic text is the definitive, clinically orientated guide to a critical area within healthcare practice, full of sound, practical advice for all those involved in the control of infection in a variety of settings. Known in previous editions as Control of Hospital Infection, the new Ayliffe`s Control of Healthcare-Associated Infection has again been brought up to date and thoroughly revised to emphasise the broader range of its coverage, from the hospital setting – including the ward, operating theatres, kitchens and laundry facilities – to health care provision in the community. Returning readers will find that the content has also been restructured, improving access to related topics. Part One discusses the basic principles of infection control, including administrative issues, surveillance and reporting, sterilization, disinfection and decontamination, with an emphasis on the key area of hand hygiene. Part Two covers the specific areas of prophylaxis and treatment of infections. In Part Three prevention in different healthcare settings is presented, including issues particular to special wards and departments such as paediatric and neonatal units, intensive care, the elderly and those being treated or working within allied health areas such as x-ray, physiotherapy and the laboratory setting. Ayliffe`s Control of Healthcare-Associated Infection remains essential reading for all infection control practitioners, nurses, doctors, surgeons, allied health professionals, hospital managers and administrators, and public health personnel.