ACoRN : acute care of at-risk newborns : a resource and learning tool for health care professionals /
edited by Jill E. Boulton, Kevin Coughlin, Debra O'Flaherty, and Alfonso Solimano.
- Second edition.
- 1 online resource (472 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
- Oxford medicine online .
- Oxford medicine online. .
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Acute Care of at-Risk Newborns (ACoRN) program trains health care providers to stabilise that most challenging and enigmatic of medical patients: the unwell newborn. The ACoRNS pneumonic defines stabilisation steps and chapter structure: Alerting Signs, Core Steps, Organisation of Care, Response, Next Steps, and Specific Diagnosis and Management. Each chapter in this book includes educational objectives, key concepts, learning points, and at least one case scenario with questions and answers to reinforce content and learnings.