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ACoRN: Acute Care of at-Risk Newborns: A Resource and Learning Tool for Health Care Professionals

Publication Year:
2021
Edition:
2nd
Author:
Boulton, Jill E.; Coughlin, Kevin; O'Flaherty, Debra; and Solimano, Alfonso
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN:
978-0-19-752522-7
Doody's Star Rating®:
Score:
95
Doody Core Title Score:
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The Acute Care of at-Risk Newborns (ACoRN) program trains health care providers to stabilize that most challenging and enigmatic of medical patients: the unwell newborn.

Early assessment, intervention, and management of at-risk or unstable infants can be critical for their survival and long-term health. Clinical care standards and educational programs to address these requirements are needed. ­The ACoRN program provides a unique, prioritized, and systematic approach to newborn stabilization for health care professionals with any degree of experience. ACoRN-trained providers learn to gather information, prioritize, intervene appropriately, and deliver high-quality care to at-risk and unwell newborns in any setting.

Because research and practice have advanced dramatically in recent years, the need for a new ACoRN text, the program's centrepiece, became essential. Hence the development of this new edition, which reflects current guidelines and evidence-based best practices.

ACoRN teaches the concepts and skills required to stabilize unwell newborns through system-based algorithms ('Sequences'), each with its own chapter:
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Platform:
OvidSP
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Product Type:
Book
Author:
Boulton, Jill E.; Coughlin, Kevin; O'Flaherty, Debra; and Solimano, Alfonso
ISBN:
978-0-19-752522-7
Specialty:
  • Pediatrics
  • Emergency Medicine & Trauma
Language:
English
Edition:
2nd
Pages:
472
Publication Year:
2021
Doody's Star Rating®:
Score:
95
Doody Core Title Score:
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