Product Description
- The book has been extensively revised and updated to incorporate recent advances in the art and understanding of perinatal disorders.
- All the chapters have been reorganized, revised and rewritten to incorporate additional evidence-based information to make it an up-to-date and comprehensive textbook of neonatology.
- The book presents an harmonious blend of latest physiological basis of neonatal disorders and the current stateof- the-art information pertaining to their management through a simplified algorithmic approach.
- Neonatology provides the greatest scope for health preventive and promotive strategies which have been covered in depth.
- A number of new photographs, images, flow diagrams and tables have been included to make it more readerfriendly and comprehensive.
- The initiatives taken by Government of India for improving newborn care in the community have been discussed in detail.
- The distinctive feature and hallmark of the book is its brevity, clarity and problem-oriented approach.
- The book is likely to serve as a useful practical manual to the pediatric and obstetric resident staff and consultants working in the medical colleges, corporate hospitals and private maternity nursing homes.
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This is the first textbook of neonatology from the Indian subcontinent which has served as the most trusted resource to the undergraduate and postgraduate medical students in pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology for over four decades.
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| Publisher | CBS Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd |
|---|---|
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Size | 8.5”×11” |
| Year | 2023 |
| Edition | 9th Edition (1st reprint) |
| Pages | 668 |
| Author | Meharban Singh |
| Subject | Pediatric |
| About the Author | Meharban Singh is former Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He has been working in the field of perinatal medicine for the last 50 years after receiving specialized training in neonatology at Hammersmith Hospital, London, during 1970–71. He established the first WHO Collaborating Center for Training and Research in Newborn Care in South-East Asia region. He has authored 15 books on various aspects of pediatrics and neonatology which are characterized by clarity of expression, thoroughness of contents and ease of readability. He has served as a WHO consultant and MCH Advisor to several developing countries and Director, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Kabul, Afghanistan, during 1979–83. He was invited by the American Academy of Pediatrics as an International Visiting Professor for a lecture tour of USA and Canada. He has been conferred the fellowships of a large number of academic bodies and has been honored by the ‘Life Time Achievement Awards’ by several academic institutions. He has served as the former Secretary-General and President of National Neonatology Forum of India and President of Indian Academy of Pediatrics. |