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CHAPTER 9: BASIC SYSTEMATIC EXAMINATION OF A NEWBORN AT PERIPHERAL
CENTERS……………………………………………………………………………………………. . 109
Preparing for the Examination.................................................................................................109
Carrying out the Exam ............................................................................................................110
CHAPTER 10: POSTNATAL CARE OF THE NEWBORN, AT THE FACILITY AND DURING
POSTNATAL VISITS ……………………………………………………………………………….. 116
Timing of Most Neonatal Deaths .............................................................................................116
Components of Postnatal Care ...............................................................................................116
CHAPTER 11: DIAGNOSING AND TREATING BREASTFEEDING PROBLEMS................ 126
Common problems..................................................................................................................126
Prevention and Treatment.......................................................................................................126
Expressing and Feeding Breast Milk .......................................................................................132
CHAPTER 12: CARE OF THE LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABY, INCLUDING KANGAROO
MOTHER CARE ...............................................................................................................…..137
Factors Associated with Low Birth Weight...............................................................................137
Preventing Low Birth Weight...................................................................................................137
Care of Low Birth Weight Babies ............................................................................................141
Discharge of the Low Birth Weight Baby .................................................................................147
CHAPTER 13: TREATMENT OF INFECTIONS IN THE NEWBORN .................................... 149
The Timing of Infections..........................................................................................................149
Types of Neonatal Infection.....................................................................................................150
Identifying and Treating Major Infections.................................................................................151
Identifying and Treating Minor Infections.................................................................................154
APPENDIX A: Selection and Storage of Uterotonic Drugs.................................................158
APPENDIX B: Alternative Assessment/Physical Examination of the Newborn at More
Established Peripheral Centers ...........................................................................................163
APPENDIX C: Glossary.........................................................................................................168
REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................171
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