ISBN-13: 9781846191480 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 272 str.
Assists all professionals involved in the provision of neonatal care in understanding the genetic, physiological, and biochemical mechanisms which have either led to or are associated with the clinical conditions affecting their patients. As well as pediatricians, key roles are now played by senior nurses, clinical nurse specialists, pharmacists, advanced neonatal nurse practitioners, nurse consultants, midwives, dieticians, physiotherapists, and speech therapists. With comprehensive chapters on fetal medicine, genetics, inherited biochemical disorders, fundamental physiological concepts, the cardiovascular, renal and respiratory systems, bacterial and transplacental infections, pharmacokinetics, nutrition, and an overview of hemostasis.