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Myles Textbook for Midwives 3E African Edition E-Book
Jayne E. Marshall | Maureen D. Raynor | Anna Nolte
(2016)
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Myles Textbook for Midwives 3E African Edition E-Book
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Myles Textbook for Midwives | iii | ||
| Copyright Page | iv | ||
| Table of Contents | v | ||
| Contributors | vii | ||
| Contributors: UK | vii | ||
| Contributors: RSA | x | ||
| Foreword | xi | ||
| Preface | xiii | ||
| Acknowledgements | xv | ||
| Section 1: The midwife in context | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1. The midwife | 3 | ||
| MIDWIVES, WOMEN AND THEIR BIRTH PARTNERS | 3 | ||
| DEFINITION AND CAPABILITIES OF\rTHE MIDWIFE | 4 | ||
| THE INDEPENDENT FUNCTION OF\rTHE MIDWIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA | 4 | ||
| AUTONOMOUS MIDWIFERY\rPRACTICE | 6 | ||
| THE PERINATAL SERVICES IN SA:\rWHERE THE MIDWIFE PRACTISES | 7 | ||
| REFERENCES | 10 | ||
| Section 2: Human anatomy and reproduction | 13 | ||
| Chapter 2.\rThe female pelvis and the reproductive organs | 15 | ||
| FEMALE EXTERNAL GENITALIA\rORGANS | 15 | ||
| THE PERINEUM | 16 | ||
| THE PELVIC FLOOR | 21 | ||
| THE PUDENDAL NERVE | 22 | ||
| THE PELVIS | 22 | ||
| THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE\rSYSTEM | 30 | ||
| THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM | 37 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 40 | ||
| Chapter 3.\rThe female urinary tract | 41 | ||
| THE KIDNEYS | 41 | ||
| URINE | 44 | ||
| THE URETERS | 46 | ||
| THE BLADDER | 47 | ||
| THE URETHRA | 48 | ||
| MICTURITION | 49 | ||
| CHANGES TO THE URINARY TRACT\rIN PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH | 49 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 50 | ||
| REFERENCES | 50 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 50 | ||
| Chapter 4. Hormonal cycles: fertilization and early development | 51 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 51 | ||
| THE OVARIAN CYCLE | 52 | ||
| THE MENSTRUAL OR\rENDOMETRIAL CYCLE | 54 | ||
| FERTILIZATION | 55 | ||
| DEVELOPMENT OF THE ZYGOTE | 56 | ||
| REFERENCES | 59 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 60 | ||
| Chapter 5. The placenta | 61 | ||
| EARLY DEVELOPMENT | 61 | ||
| THE PLACENTA AT TERM | 63 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 69 | ||
| REFERENCES | 69 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 70 | ||
| Chapter 6. The fetus | 71 | ||
| TIME SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT | 71 | ||
| FETAL GROWTH AND MATURATION | 72 | ||
| THE FETAL CIRCULATION | 76 | ||
| ADAPTATION TO EXTRAUTERINE LIFE | 77 | ||
| THE FETAL SKULL | 78 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 82 | ||
| REFERENCES | 83 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 83 | ||
| Section 3: Pregnancy | 85 | ||
| Chapter\r7. Antenatal education for birth and parenting | 87 | ||
| PARENT EDUCATION: THE RESEARCH\rAND POLICY BACKGROUND | 87 | ||
| ANTENATAL EDUCATION: THE\rEVIDENCE | 88 | ||
| LEADING ANTENATAL SESSIONS:\rAIMS AND SKILLS | 88 | ||
| CONTENT OF ANTENATAL\rEDUCATION IN GROUPS | 92 | ||
| MAXIMIZING ATTENDANCE AT\rANTENATAL SESSIONS | 95 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 97 | ||
| REFERENCES | 97 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 98 | ||
| Chapter\r8. Change and adaptation in pregnancy | 99 | ||
| PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE\rREPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM | 100 | ||
| CHANGES IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR\rSYSTEM | 105 | ||
| CHANGES IN THE RESPIRATORY\rSYSTEM | 113 | ||
| CHANGES IN THE CENTRAL\rNERVOUS SYSTEM | 115 | ||
| CHANGES IN THE URINARY SYSTEM | 115 | ||
| CHANGES IN THE\rGASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM | 117 | ||
| CHANGES IN METABOLISM | 120 | ||
| MATERNAL WEIGHT | 121 | ||
| MUSCULOSKELETAL CHANGES | 122 | ||
| SKIN CHANGES | 123 | ||
| CHANGES IN THE ENDOCRINE\rSYSTEM | 124 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS OF PREGNANCY | 127 | ||
| COMMON DISORDERS ARISING\rFROM ADAPTATIONS TO\rPREGNANCY | 127 | ||
| REFERENCES | 129 | ||
| Chapter 9. Antenatal care | 133 | ||
| THE AIM OF ANTENATAL CARE | 134 | ||
| THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT\r(BOOKING VISIT) | 136 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 140 | ||
| THE MIDWIFE’S EXAMINATION | 143 | ||
| ONGOING ANTENATAL CARE | 152 | ||
| REFERENCESALLISON R 2012 LANGUAGE MATTERS. THE PRACTISING | 154 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 156 | ||
| Chapter\r10. Antenatal screening of the mother and fetus | 157 | ||
| SCREENING PRINCIPLES | 158 | ||
| THE MIDWIFE’S ROLE AND\rRESPONSIBILITIES | 159 | ||
| CONSIDERATIONS IN INDIVIDUAL\rSCREENING TESTS | 161 | ||
| FETAL SCREENING TESTS | 161 | ||
| SCREENING FOR MATERNAL\rCONDITIONS | 166 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 169 | ||
| REFERENCES | 169 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 170 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 171 | ||
| Chapter\r11. Common problems associated with early and advanced pregnancy | 173 | ||
| THE MIDWIFE’S ROLE | 174 | ||
| ABDOMINAL PAIN IN PREGNANCY | 174 | ||
| BLEEDING BEFORE THE 24TH WEEK\rOF PREGNANCY | 174 | ||
| OTHER PROBLEMS IN EARLY\rPREGNANCY | 178 | ||
| BLEEDING AFTER THE 24TH WEEK OF\rPREGNANCY | 181 | ||
| HEPATIC DISORDERS AND JAUNDICE | 188 | ||
| SKIN DISORDERS | 189 | ||
| ABNORMALITIES OF THE AMNIOTIC\rFLUID | 189 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 193 | ||
| REFERENCES | 193 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 194 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 195 | ||
| Chapter 12. Medical disorders | 197 | ||
| HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS | 198 | ||
| METABOLIC DISORDERS | 212 | ||
| ENDOCRINE DISORDERS | 215 | ||
| CARDIAC DISEASE | 223 | ||
| RESPIRATORY DISORDERS | 227 | ||
| THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE | 228 | ||
| HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS | 231 | ||
| NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS | 236 | ||
| INFECTION/SEPSIS | 238 | ||
| REFERENCES | 238 | ||
| Chapter\r13. Sexually transmissible and reproductive tract infections in pregnancy | 243 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 243 | ||
| THE NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR\rSEXUAL HEALTH AND HIV | 244 | ||
| PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF STIs | 245 | ||
| TYPES OF GENITAL INFECTIONS | 246 | ||
| BACTERIAL INFECTIONS | 247 | ||
| VIRAL INFECTIONS | 251 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 261 | ||
| REFERENCES | 261 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 264 | ||
| SOUTH AFRICAN CONTACT | 264 | ||
| Chapter\r14. Multiple pregnancy | 265 | ||
| INCIDENCE | 266 | ||
| TWIN PREGNANCY | 266 | ||
| THE PREGNANCY | 268 | ||
| LABOUR AND THE BIRTH | 270 | ||
| COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH\rMULTIPLE PREGNANCY | 272 | ||
| POSTNATAL PERIOD | 275 | ||
| TRIPLETS AND HIGHER ORDER BIRTHS | 278 | ||
| DISABILITY AND BEREAVEMENT | 278 | ||
| MULTIFETAL PREGNANCY\rREDUCTION (MFPR) | 279 | ||
| SELECTIVE FETICIDE | 279 | ||
| REFERENCES | 279 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 280 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES AND CONTACT DETAILS | 280 | ||
| Section 4: Labour | 281 | ||
| Chapter\r15. The first stage of labour: physiology and care | 283 | ||
| DEFINING LABOUR | 284 | ||
| THE ONSET OF SPONTANEOUS\rPHYSIOLOGICAL LABOUR | 284 | ||
| PHYSIOLOGY OF THE FIRST STAGE\rOF LABOUR | 287 | ||
| RECOGNITION OF THE FIRST STAGE\rOF LABOUR | 291 | ||
| INITIAL MEETING WITH THE\rMIDWIFE | 291 | ||
| SUBSEQUENT CARE IN THE FIRST\rSTAGE OF LABOUR | 297 | ||
| ASSESSING THE WELLBEING OF THE\rWOMAN | 301 | ||
| ASSESSING THE WELLBEING OF THE\rFETUS | 302 | ||
| WOMEN’S CONTROL OF PAIN\rDURING LABOUR | 314 | ||
| PRELABOUR RUPTURE OF FETAL\rMEMBRANES AT TERM (PROM) | 322 | ||
| SUMMARY | 323 | ||
| REFERENCES | 323 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 326 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 326 | ||
| Chapter\r16. Transition and the second stage of labour: physiology and the role of the midwife | 327 | ||
| THE NATURE OF THE TRANSITION\rAND SECOND STAGE PHASES OF\rLABOUR | 328 | ||
| RECOGNITION OF THE START OF THE\rSECOND STAGE OF LABOUR | 329 | ||
| PHASES AND DURATION | 330 | ||
| MATERNAL RESPONSE TO\rTRANSITION AND THE SECOND\rSTAGE | 330 | ||
| THE MECHANISM OF NORMAL\rLABOUR (CEPHALIC PRESENTATION) | 333 | ||
| MIDWIFERY CARE | 336 | ||
| REFERENCES | 341 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 343 | ||
| Chapter\r17. Physiology and care during the third stage of labour | 345 | ||
| PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES | 346 | ||
| CARING FOR A WOMAN IN THE\rTHIRD STAGE OF LABOUR | 348 | ||
| COMPLETION OF THE THIRD STAGE | 355 | ||
| COMPLICATIONS OF THE THIRD\rSTAGE OF LABOUR | 357 | ||
| REFERENCES | 364 | ||
| Chapter\r18. Care of the perineum, repair and female genital mutilation | 367 | ||
| FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH\rREDUCED INCIDENCE OF\rPERINEAL TRAUMA | 368 | ||
| DEFINITION OF PERINEAL TRAUMA | 368 | ||
| EPISIOTOMY | 368 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS OF PERINEAL TRAUMA | 370 | ||
| REPAIR OF PERINEAL TRAUMA | 372 | ||
| OBSTETRIC ANAL SPHINCTER\rINJURIES (OASIS) | 374 | ||
| POST OPERATIVE CARE AFTER OASIS | 374 | ||
| FOLLOW-UP | 374 | ||
| MEDICOLEGAL CONSIDERATIONS | 375 | ||
| FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION/\rGENITAL CUTTING/FEMALE\rCIRCUMCISION | 375 | ||
| REFERENCES | 379 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 380 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 380 | ||
| Chapter\r19. Prolonged pregnancy and disorders of uterine action | 381 | ||
| PROLONGED PREGNANCY | 382 | ||
| INCIDENCE | 382 | ||
| PLAN OF CARE FOR PROLONGED\rPREGNANCY | 383 | ||
| INDUCTION OF LABOUR (IOL) | 384 | ||
| FAILURE TO PROGRESS AND\rPROLONGED LABOUR | 388 | ||
| OBSTRUCTED LABOUR | 391 | ||
| PRECIPITATE LABOUR | 392 | ||
| REFERENCES | 392 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 394 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 394 | ||
| Chapter\r20. Malpositions of the occiput and malpresentations | 395 | ||
| OCCIPITOPOSTERIOR POSITIONS | 396 | ||
| FACE PRESENTATION | 403 | ||
| FIRST STAGE OF LABOUR: VAGINAL\rBREECH AT TERM | 408 | ||
| SECOND STAGE OF LABOUR:\rVAGINAL BREECH AT TERM | 411 | ||
| BROW PRESENTATION | 417 | ||
| SHOULDER PRESENTATION | 419 | ||
| UNSTABLE LIE | 421 | ||
| COMPOUND PRESENTATION | 422 | ||
| SUMMARY | 422 | ||
| REFERENCES | 422 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 424 | ||
| Chapter 21. Operative births | 425 | ||
| ASSISTING A VAGINAL BIRTH | 426 | ||
| INDICATIONS FOR VENTOUSE\rOR FORCEPS | 426 | ||
| CONTRAINDICATIONS TO AN\rINSTRUMENTAL VAGINAL BIRTH | 426 | ||
| PREREQUISITES FOR ANY OPERATIVE\rVAGINAL BIRTH | 427 | ||
| BIRTH BY VENTOUSE | 427 | ||
| BIRTH BY FORCEPS | 429 | ||
| CAESAREAN SECTION | 433 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 441 | ||
| REFERENCES | 441 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 442 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 442 | ||
| Chapter\r22. Midwifery and obstetric emergencies | 443 | ||
| VASA PRAEVIA | 444 | ||
| PRESENTATION AND PROLAPSE OF\rTHE UMBILICAL CORD | 444 | ||
| SHOULDER DYSTOCIA | 446 | ||
| RUPTURE OF THE UTERUS | 451 | ||
| AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM | 452 | ||
| ACUTE INVERSION OF THE UTERUS | 453 | ||
| BASIC LIFE-SUPPORT MEASURES | 454 | ||
| SHOCK | 456 | ||
| DRUG TOXICITY/OVERDOSE | 459 | ||
| SUMMARY | 459 | ||
| REFERENCES | 459 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 461 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 462 | ||
| Section 5: Puerperium | 463 | ||
| Chapter\r23. Physiology and care during the puerperium | 465 | ||
| THE POSTNATAL PERIOD | 465 | ||
| PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES AND\rOBSERVATIONS | 465 | ||
| REFERENCES | 471 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 472 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 473 | ||
| Chapter\r24. Physical health problems and complications in the puerperium | 475 | ||
| THE NEED FOR WOMEN-FOCUSED\rAND FAMILY CENTRED POSTPARTUM\rCARE | 476 | ||
| POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING\rCONDITIONS AND MORBIDITY AFTER\rTHE BIRTH | 476 | ||
| IMMEDIATE UNTOWARD EVENTS\rFOR THE MOTHER FOLLOWING THE\rBIRTH OF THE BABY | 476 | ||
| POSTPARTUM COMPLICATIONS AND\rIDENTIFYING DEVIATIONS FROM THE\rNORMAL | 476 | ||
| PRACTICAL SKILLS FOR\rPOSTPARTUM MIDWIFERY CARE\rAFTER AN OPERATIVE BIRTH | 484 | ||
| EMOTIONAL WELLBEING:\rPSYCHOLOGICAL DEVIATION FROM\rNORMAL | 485 | ||
| SELF-CARE AND RECOVERY | 486 | ||
| BODY IMAGE AND MOTHERHOOD:\rTALKING AND LISTENING AFTER\rCHILDBIRTH | 486 | ||
| REFERENCES | 486 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 489 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 489 | ||
| Chapter\r25. Perinatal mental health | 491 | ||
| STRESS/ANXIETY | 492 | ||
| FEAR OF GIVING BIRTH\r(TOCOPHOBIA) | 492 | ||
| TRANSITION TO PARENTHOOD | 493 | ||
| NORMATIVE EMOTIONAL CHANGES\rDURING PREGNANCY, LABOUR AND\rTHE PUERPERIUM | 495 | ||
| POSTNATAL ‘BLUES' | 498 | ||
| DISTRESS OR DEPRESSION? | 498 | ||
| EMOTIONAL DISTRESS ASSOCIATED\rWITH TRAUMATIC BIRTH EVENTS | 499 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 499 | ||
| TYPES OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER | 500 | ||
| PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER IN\rPREGNANCY | 500 | ||
| PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER AFTER\rBIRTH | 501 | ||
| TREATMENT OF PERINATAL\rPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS | 506 | ||
| PREVENTION AND PROPHYLAXIS | 509 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 510 | ||
| REFERENCES | 510 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 512 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 512 | ||
| Chapter\r26. Bereavement and loss in maternity care | 513 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 513 | ||
| GRIEF AND LOSS | 514 | ||
| FORMS OF LOSS | 515 | ||
| LOSS IN HEALTHY CHILDBEARING | 517 | ||
| CARE | 518 | ||
| THE DEATH OF A MOTHER | 522 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 522 | ||
| REFERENCES | 522 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 524 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 524 | ||
| Chapter\r27. Contraception and sexual health in a global society | 527 | ||
| THE ROLE OF THE MIDWIFE | 528 | ||
| HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVE\rMETHODS | 528 | ||
| LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE\rCONTRACEPTION (LARC) | 533 | ||
| BARRIER METHODS OF\rCONTRACEPTION (MALE AND\rFEMALE METHODS) | 536 | ||
| EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION | 538 | ||
| COITUS INTERRUPTUS | 539 | ||
| FERTILITY AWARENESS (NATURAL\rFAMILY PLANNING) | 539 | ||
| MALE AND FEMALE STERILIZATION | 541 | ||
| ONGOING DEVELOPMENTS | 542 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 543 | ||
| REFERENCES | 543 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 544 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES/CONTACTS | 544 | ||
| Section\r6: The neonate | 545 | ||
| Chapter\r28. The baby at birth | 547 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 547 | ||
| ADAPTATION TO EXTRAUTERINE LIFE | 548 | ||
| FAILURE TO ESTABLISH RESPIRATION\rAT BIRTH | 551 | ||
| METHODS OF RESUSCITATION | 552 | ||
| IMMEDIATE CARE OF THE BABY AT\rBIRTH BY THE ATTENDING MIDWIFE | 555 | ||
| FIRST EXAMINATION BY MIDWIFE | 557 | ||
| EARLY PARENT–BABY\rRELATIONSHIPS | 558 | ||
| REFERENCES | 559 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 561 | ||
| Chapter\r29. Recognising the healthy baby at term through examination of the newborn screening | 563 | ||
| THE FIRST EXAMINATION\rAFTER BIRTH | 564 | ||
| THE DAILY EXAMINATION SCREEN | 570 | ||
| THE NEONATAL AND INFANT\rPHYSICAL EXAMINATION (NIPE) | 574 | ||
| SUMMARY | 580 | ||
| REFERENCES | 580 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 581 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 581 | ||
| Chapter 30. Infant feeding | 583 | ||
| THE BREAST AND BREASTMILK | 584 | ||
| MANAGEMENT OF BREASTFEEDING | 589 | ||
| FEEDING THE BABY: CHOOSING\rBREAST - OR FORMULA MILK | 606 | ||
| FEEDING WITH FORMULA MILK | 607 | ||
| THE BABY FRIENDLY HOSPITAL\rINITIATIVE | 609 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 610 | ||
| REFERENCES | 611 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 615 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES AND CONTACT DETAILS | 616 | ||
| Chapter\r31. The healthy low birth weight baby | 617 | ||
| CLASSIFICATION OF BABIES BY\rGESTATION AND WEIGHT | 617 | ||
| SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL\rAGE (SGA) | 618 | ||
| THE PRE-TERM BABY | 621 | ||
| CARE OF THE HEALTHY LBW BABY | 622 | ||
| OPTIMIZING THE CARE\rENVIRONMENT FOR THE\rHEALTHY LBW BABY | 625 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 626 | ||
| REFERENCES | 627 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 628 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 628 | ||
| Chapter\r32. Trauma during birth, haemorrhages and convulsions | 629 | ||
| TRAUMA DURING BIRTH | 629 | ||
| HAEMORRHAGES | 633 | ||
| CONVULSIONS | 639 | ||
| SUPPORT OF PARENTS | 641 | ||
| REFERENCES | 641 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 643 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 643 | ||
| Chapter\r33. Congenital malformations | 645 | ||
| COMMUNICATING THE NEWS | 646 | ||
| PALLIATIVE CARE | 646 | ||
| DEFINITION AND CAUSES | 647 | ||
| CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES | 649 | ||
| GASTROINTESTINAL\rMALFORMATIONS | 650 | ||
| MALFORMATIONS RELATING\rTO RESPIRATION | 654 | ||
| CONGENITAL CARDIAC DEFECTS | 656 | ||
| CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM\rMALFORMATIONS | 659 | ||
| MUSCULOSKELETAL DEFORMITIES | 660 | ||
| ABNORMALITIES OF THE SKIN | 662 | ||
| GENITOURINARY SYSTEM | 663 | ||
| DISORDERS OF SEX\rDEVELOPMENT (DSD) | 664 | ||
| TERATOGENIC CAUSES | 665 | ||
| SUPPORT FOR THE MIDWIFE | 665 | ||
| REFERENCES | 665 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 666 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 666 | ||
| Chapter\r34. Significant problems in the newborn baby | 667 | ||
| INITIAL EXAMINATION AND\rRECOGNITION OF PROBLEMS | 668 | ||
| RECOGNITION OF PROBLEMS AT THE\rTIME OF RESUSCITATION TO\rINCLUDE NEONATAL\rENCEPHALOPATHY | 672 | ||
| INFECTION IN THE NEWBORN | 674 | ||
| RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS | 678 | ||
| CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (CHD) | 680 | ||
| JAUNDICE | 680 | ||
| HAEMATOLOGICAL PROBLEMS | 687 | ||
| METABOLIC PROBLEMS | 688 | ||
| ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES IN\rTHE NEWBORN | 690 | ||
| INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM IN\rTHE NEWBORN | 691 | ||
| ENDOCRINE PROBLEMS | 693 | ||
| EFFECTS ON THE NEWBORN OF\rMATERNAL DRUG ABUSE/USE\rDURING PREGNANCY | 694 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 696 | ||
| REFERENCES | 696 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 700 | ||
| USEFUL WEBSITES | 700 | ||
| Glossary of terms and acronyms | 701 | ||
| Index | 709 |