What to Do When Your Baby Is Premature: A Parent's Handbook for Coping with High-Risk Pregnancy and Caring for the Preterm Infant
Parent's Handbook For Cop
$31.33
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2000
Summary
Written with impeccable medical authority and compassion, and filled with the real-life experiences of parents who have experienced every aspect of prematurity, this guide helps parents recognize whether they‘re at risk, intervene to help avoid premature labor, cope with unavoidable premature birth, and survive the experience in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) and beyond. Subjects include: — What causes premature labor and delivery? — Recognizing and managing premature labor — What to do if you’re at risk for premature labor and what happens if you go into labor unexpectedly — Labor and delivery for preemies — The NICU and Step-Down Unit — How to manage and treat preemies at three stages of prematurity, from 28 weeks to 32 to 36 weeks — What to expect at home, including setting up a home nursery
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812931099 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812931092 |
| Author: | Sharon G. Hornfischer, Joseph A. Garcia-Prats |
| Publisher: | Three Rivers Press (CA) |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2000 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 155mm x 234mm |
Critics Review
“A superb book that should be required reading for parents with prematurely born infants.” – Ralph D. Feigin, M.D., President and CEO, Baylor College of Medicine, Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children’s Hospital “An invaluable tool for families who find themselves coping with the myriad medical, emotional, financial, and mind-numbing decisions that follow a premature birth. Finally someone has written a comprehensive and very personal guide that answers all the tough questions these traumatized parents don’t even know how to ask… . This is the book I’ve been waiting for.” – Candace Hurley, Executive Director/Founder, Sidelines National Support Network
“This book is a wonderful resource for parents experiencing a high-risk pregnancy or parents of a premature infant. Readers will realize that they are not alone–that others have gone through similar experiences and have similar feelings. As a neonatologist and a parent of a premature infant, I found this book to be very informative and engaging and recommend it highly for physicians, nurses, and other professionals caring for premature infants.” – Thomas N. Hansen, M.D., CEO, Children’s Hospital, Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University
Sharon G. Hornfischer
JOSEPH A. GARCIA-PRATS, M.D., has been a practicing neonatologist at Baylor College of Medicine for more than twenty-five years and is medical director of the neonatal intensive care unit at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston. He is the father of ten sons. SHARON SIMMONS HORNFISCHER, R.N., B.S.N., a pediatric and emergency room nurse for more than twelve years, is the mother of three children, including a boy born eight weeks prematurely
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