An Atlas of Neonatology ML Kulkarni
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1An Atlas of NEONATOLOGY
2An Atlas of NEONATOLOGY
ML Kulkarni MD (Ped), FIAP, FAMS, FIMSA, FRCPCH (UK), FCPCC (LON), FICP (USA), PhD (Gen. Anthr.), MNAS (NY) Professor and Head Department of Pediatrics JJM Medical College Devangere, Karnataka Editorial Assistants KS Keshavamurthy P Rajappan Pillai Preethi M Kulkarni
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An Atlas of Neonatology
© 2005, ML Kulkarni
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First Edition: 2005
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5Preface
The value of a picture cannot be underestimated. The popular sayings like ‘a picture is worth thousand words’ and ‘seeing is believing’ are the testimony for it. Unlike in textual material, the pictures in an atlas hardly need updating. Older the picture, more value it has like an old wine and an old friendship. Further, very old pictures may even attain antique values and deserve to be only preserved and protected.
At one end, a collection of only pictures makes an ‘attractive album’. Whereas, at the other extreme, a long text results in ‘monotonous monogram’. In an atlas, a blend of ‘believing beauty of a picture’ and authentic account of the text’ give it a unique place in educational tools. It is the general tendency of an average student to skip ‘reading of pictures and tables’, when reading a textbook not realizing their importance. In an atlas, the very name invites or may even compel the student to read the picture. This we feel is a special advantage of possessing and reading an atlas, especially in a subject like neonatology, where few atlases are available.
Neonatology is a speciality with a large visual content in it. Some topics like congenital malformation, dysmorphic syndromes, birth injuries, normal variants in newborn, physical characters of preterm and small for date babies are largely visual. Whereas, topics like neonatal sepsis, congenital heart diseases etc have less visual content. To overcome this problem we have incorporated few line diagrams, flow charts and tables to emphasize the content. More than one photograph of the same condition (of course from different patients) is given in chapters on congenital malformations and genetic syndromes to help the reader to develop better mental picture.
ML Kulkarni
6Acknowledgements
Several postgraduates who have intellectually-interacted with me over the last 29 years need special acknowledgement. Shri JP Vij, Chairman and Managing Director of Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi who mooted the idea of producing the Atlas of Neonatology and his team for the excellent work. I also thank the following postgraduate students who helped in the preparation of this book.
(Drs) Sarfraz Navaz, Anuj Sehegal, Prem Alva, Abdul Manaf, AS Savadi, Chidanada, Apporva, Mayi Gowda, Ram Gopal Shastri, Shankar, Zaheerudin Mohamed, Anant Gupta, Thippeswamy, Nagendra, Naveen, Jaggannath, Girish Hadli, Anoop Damodar, Vani, Praveen Prabhu and Sredhar.