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Echocardiography for the Neonatologist, 1st Edition

Authors :
Jonathan Skinner & Dale Alverson & Susan M Hunter
Date of Publication: 04/2000
This book provides a highly practical atlas on the use of echocardiography by the neonatologist in the management of the neonate. Whilst recognising the limitations of the non-specialist in echocardiography, the lavish use of illustrations and practi ...view more
This book provides a highly practical atlas on the use of echocardiography by the neonatologist in the management of the neonate. Whilst recognising the limitations of the non-specialist in echocardiography, the lavish use of illustrations and practical advice will provide an excellent companion to those being trained in and applying this technique in the special care baby unit.
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This book provides a highly practical atlas on the use of echocardiography by the neonatologist in the management of the neonate. Whilst recognising the limitations of the non-specialist in echocardiography, the lavish use of illustrations and practical advice will provide an excellent companion to those being trained in and applying this technique in the special care baby unit.

Key Features
  • Demonstrates how echocardiography can be used in the intensive care situation using clinical examples
  • Superb illustrations with full explanatory text and practical advice
  • Congenital heart defects, the commonest serious congenital defect seen in the neonatal unit, can be difficult to distinguish clinically from pulmonary abnormalities; echocardiography allows the differential diagnosis to be made

  • Author Information
    Edited by Jonathan Skinner, MBChB, DCH, MRCP(UK), FRCPCH, MD, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; Dale Alverson, MD, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM and Susan M Hunter, BA Hons, PGDips Social Policy, Social Work. CQSW, Former Senior Lecturer, Honorary Fellow in Social Work, Department of Social Work, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK