"Physical Assessment of the Newborn, Sixth Edition" addresses the physical, physiologic, neurologic, and behavioral implications of a thorough assessment, and explains how healthcare providers can reduce the risks associated with the transition to extrauterine life and the neonatal period. Grounded with a scientific basis and rationale, each system assessment represents the most up-to-date clinical content. Because assessment skills are such an integral aspect of practice, many individuals take them for granted, yet all health professionals who perform newborn examinations can benefit from the essential content presented in this book. -- From publisher's description.

Principles of physical assessment / Mary Ellen Honeyfield -- Recording and evaluating the neonatal history / Kimberly Horns LaBronte -- Gestational age assessment / Carol Wiltgen Trotter -- Skin assessment / Catherine Witt -- Head, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and neck assessment / Patricia J. Johnson -- Chest and lungs assessment / Debbie Fraser -- Cardiovascular assessment / Lyn Vargo -- Abdomen assessment / Martha Goodwin -- Genitourinary assessment / Terri A. Cavaliere -- Musculoskeletal system assessment / Ellen P. Tappero -- Neurologic assessment / Pamela Dillon Heaberlin -- Behavioral assessment / Jacqueline McGrath, Dorothy Vittner -- Assessment of the dysmorphic infant / Michelle Bennett, Susan R. Meier -- Pain assessment in the newborn / Marlene Walden, Carol Turnage Spruill -- Assessment of the newborn with antenatal exposure to drugs / Carol Wallman.