The revised and updated second edition covers practical approaches to caring for healthy and high-risk newborns and infants. The book covers maternal and fetal health, care of the newborn after delivery, breastfeeding, follow-up care, common congenital anomalies, the newborn with a heart murmur or cyanosis, neurologic findings, primary care issues relating to newborns and infants requiring intensive care, and health and developmental outcomes. More than 40 chapters cover step-by-step guidance on what to do, when to admit, and when to refer. Recommendations and lists detail references within ea.

Previous edition: 2015.

Intro -- Preface -- Part 1: Perinatal Health -- 1. Perinatal Preventive Care: Fetal Assessment -- 2. Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Multiple Births, and Pregnancy Outcomes -- 3. Prenatal Diagnosis -- 4. Fetal Interventions -- 5. Maternal Depression -- Part 2: Routine Care Issues -- 6. Medicolegal Considerations in the Care of Newborns -- 7. Prenatal Pediatric Visit -- 8. Care of the Newborn After Delivery -- 9. Breastfeeding the Newborn -- 10. Optimizing Nutrition for the Preterm, Very Low-Birth-Weight Infant After Discharge From Neonatal Intensive Care. 11. Newborn Immunizations and Immune Prophylaxis -- 12. Balancing Safe Sleep and Other Recommendations for Newborns -- 13. The Circumcision Decision -- 14. Care of the Late Preterm and Early Term Infant -- 15. Hospital Discharge of the Healthy Term and Late Preterm Infant -- 16. Follow-up Care of the Healthy Newborn -- Part 3: Assessment and Physical Examination of the Newborn -- 17. Maternal Medical History -- 18. Physical Examination of the Newborn -- 19. Neonatal Skin -- 20. Vascular Anomalies -- 21. Common Congenital Anomalies 22. Postnatal Assessment of Common Prenatal Sonographic Findings -- Part 4: Neonatal Medical Conditions -- 23. Abnormalities of Fetal Growth -- 24. Neonatal Jaundice -- 25. Respiratory Distress and Breathing Disorders in the Newborn -- 26. The Newborn With a Heart Murmur or Cyanosis -- 27. The Newborn at Risk of Infection -- 28. The Newborn With Hematologic Abnormalities -- 29. Prenatal Drug Use: Neonatal Effects and the Neonatal Withdrawal Syndrome -- 30. Transient Metabolic Disturbances in the Newborn -- 31. Specific Congenital Metabolic Diseases 32. Endocrine Disorders Manifesting in the Newborn Period -- 33. The Newborn With Neurologic Findings -- 34. Surgical Emergencies of the Chest and Abdomen in the Newborn -- Part 5: Perinatal Care: Caring for the High-Risk Infant -- 35. Assessment and Stabilization at Delivery -- 36. Identifying the Newborn Who Requires Specialized Care -- 37. Care of the Sick or Preterm Newborn Before Transport -- 38. Continuing Care of the Infant After Transfer From Neonatal Intensive Care -- 39. Discharge Planning for the High-Risk Newborn Requiring Intensive Care 40. Follow-up Care of the Graduate From Neonatal Intensive Care -- Part 6: Neonatal Outcomes -- 41. Health and Developmental Outcomes of Very Preterm and Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants -- 42. Health and Developmental Outcomes of Selected Medically Complex Neonates -- Part 7: Supporting Families During Perinatal Illness and Death -- 43. Shared Decision Making Around Home Technologies -- 44. Support for Families Whose Infant Is Sick or Dying -- Index