MKC Nair – författare

The major highlight of this book is the attempt to review the relationship of risk factors, the brain damage caused, and neuro-developmental outcome and link the same to NICU management principles. This book focuses on the follow-up in the first two years of post-natal period. Details of specific neurodevelopment disabilities, available elsewhere, have been rightly omitted. This book attempts to organize currently available knowledge on risk factors affecting neurodevelopment, best practices in modifying these risks and explains simple neuro-developmental assessment techniques. It also discusses, in detail the early stimulation program that can be initiated in the neonatal period and management of developmental delay in the first two years, with the ultimate objective of minimizing child hood disability. The emphasis in this book has been in organizing current evidence into simple protocols that can be practiced at all levels of care.

In view of the plethora of new developments occurring in theadvanced world it is imperative that an updated reference on the techniques ofmeasurement of growth and developments of children is provided to assessthe growth. This book has been developed under the aegis of institute of growthand development. The study of growth is of paramount importance in pediatrics.Growth is a measurable index of health and a child is whether growingadequately or not needs to be taken care of. It is important that appropriatescientifically sound and statistically relevant methods are applied. Growth isinfluenced by genetic factors as well s nutrition, social, economic, psychologicalenvironment and illness. It necessitates studying all aspects influencing growthof a child so as to detect deficiencies or disorders appropriately. This bookbridges the gap between what is taught and what is practiced. It provides awholesome, practicable scientific approach to this subject. Covers the study ofdevelopmental syndromes, biological and environmental risks for developmentand growth. Covers the new statistical procedures, consensus on growth norms,childhood obesity tall stature, problems of puberty, and psychological concernsof adolescence various behavioral problems, early stimulation program, autism,language delay etc. This book provides a new approach to the subject of growthand development of children and as far as possible fulfills the lacunae of theprevious edition. A useful volume for students in pediatrics, researchers in thefield of human growth and development