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 detailed references within each chapter.

New in the second edition:

8 new chapters added including:

• Prenatal Diagnosis


• Fetal Interventions


• Optimizing Nutrition for the Preterm, Very Low-Birth-Weight Infant After Discharge From Neonatal Intensive Care


• Newborn Immunizations and Immune Prophylaxis


• Balancing Safe Sleep and Other Recommendations for Newborns


• Vascular Anomalies


• Endocrine Disorders Presenting in the Newborn Period


• Shared Decision Making Around Home Technologies