Chapter 70 The Growth-Restricted Infant Christiana R. Farkouh, MD, MPH Medical Knowledge and Patient Care Background and Definition Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) represents a deviation and reduction in the expected…
Chapter 68 Delivery Room Management of the Newborn Infant Jane S. Lee, MD, MPH Medical Knowledge and Patient Care Over 4 million infants are born each year in the United…
Chapter 22 The 18- and 24-Month Well Child Visits Mario Cruz, MD Speaking Intelligently The 18-month-old has relatively well-developed gross motor skills and is actively developing fine motor skills with…
Chapter 44 Difficulty Breathing (Case 14) Rachel Wohlberg Friedberg, MD , Suzanne Swanson Mendez, MD Case A 26-month-old presents with respiratory distress, tachypnea, and hypoxia. Differential Diagnosis Speaking Intelligently The…
Chapter 67 Neonatal Hypoglycemia (Case 30) Jennifer R. Miller, MD Case A full-term infant born 90 minutes ago has a blood glucose level of 38 mg/dL. The mother is a 33-year-old…
Chapter 39 Weight Gain (Case 10) Sandra Gibson Hassink, MD, FAAP Case A 9-year-old has gained 20 pounds in the past year, with a body mass index (BMI) greater than…
Chapter 63 Delayed Meconium Passage (Case 26) Jody Ross, MD Case A full-term infant at 36 hours of age who has not yet passed meconium develops difficulty feeding and abdominal…
Chapter 61 Feeding Difficulty in the Newborn (Case 24) Edelveis R.M. Clapp, DO Case A 7-day-old term infant has lost 9% of her birth weight. She is breastfeeding every 3…
Chapter 59 The Late-Preterm Infant Marilee C. Allen, MD Speaking Intelligently When caring for a late-preterm infant, I realize that although these newborns may look and seem identical to term…
Chapter 58 Newborn Hearing Screen (Case 22) Judith A. Turow, MD Medical Knowledge and Patient Care Background Before the implementation of formal screening programs, congenital hearing impairment was historically difficult…
