The revised and updated second edition covers practical approaches to caring for healthy and high-risk infants. Available for purchase at https://www.aap.org/neonatalogy-for-primary-care-2nd-edition-paperback/
Chapter 6: Medicolegal Considerations in the Care of Newborns
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Published:January 2020
Jonathan M. Fanaroff, MD, JD, FAAP, Robert Turbow, MD, JD, FAAP, 2020. "Medicolegal Considerations in the Care of Newborns", Neonatology for Primary Care, Deborah E. Campbell, MD, FAAP
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About 4 million neonates are born every year in the United States.1 Pediatricians, general physicians, and nurse practitioners provide most of the care to these newborns. Throughout this chapter, these clinicians will be collectively referred to as primary care physicians (PCPs); however, the information presented here is intended for all physicians and other medical professionals who care for neonates. Although most of these newborns will be healthy, the PCP will need to manage a variety of common but potentially harmful conditions, such as hyperbilirubinemia, hypoglycemia, and previously unrecognized congenital heart disease. Delays in the initiation of resuscitation and inadequate...
