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The Newborn Baby Check

In: Primary Health Care

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  • Harishan Tharmarajah

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The newborn baby check is often the first encounter a General Practitioner (GP) has with an infant and their family. It is an excellent opportunity to review the journey the family has taken antenatally, at the time of delivery and the weeks that have followed. It is also a time to detect and identify conditions that can be managed in their early stages. If untreated, some conditions can result in major morbidity. In this chapter we will look at what makes up a newborn baby check and important considerations to think about when undertaking this assessment. The examination is also performed in a systematic way to maximise the chance of detecting any abnormalities.

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  • Harishan Tharmarajah, 2022. "The Newborn Baby Check," Chapters, in: Ayse Emel Onal (ed.), Primary Health Care, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:243723
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.99524
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    Keywords

    newborn baby check; physical examination; screening; developmental hip dysplasia; cradle cap;
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    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets

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