Main description:

Containing the valuable insights of a highly regarded primary care physician, this textbook is suitable for nurses, medical students, doctors, and healthcare administrators that manage medical facilities in Africa. In this edition, management issues are addressed and tailored to those who work in units with restricted funds and a limited number of personnel. Valuable for its focus on less common and rare disorders, this guide contains updated information on recent gene discoveries such as birth asphyxia and subsequent hypoxic brain damage, and also covers jaundice, allergies, congenital abnormalities, and blood disorders.

Contents:

Perinatal Terminology; Intrauterine Growth and Gestational Age; The Physical Examination; Nursery Care; Breast-feeding; Artificial Feeding; Disorders of Maturation, Growth and Development; Infection; Jaundice; Congenital Abnormalities; Neurological Disorders; Special Sense Organ Disorders; Respiratory Disorders; Cardiovascular Disorders; Gastrointestinal Disorders; Blood Disorders; Urogenital Disorders; Skin and Tissue Disorders; Metabolic and Endocrine System Disorders; Musculoskeletal Disorders; Miscellaneous Problems; Drugs and Dosages.