"Take a Deep Breath" is a comprehensive, accessible, and indispensible guide for parents, caregivers, teachers, pediatricians, and other healthcare providers on the subject of children's breathing issues. The book provides a thorough review of breathing issues, differentiating the normal and abnormal for all ages, and at all levels of breathing passages. "Take a Deep Breath" explains all of the puzzling and oftentimes distressing breathing patterns our children have throughout development.
From the uppermost part of the breathing apparatus, the nose, to the lowermost part, the lungs, this book explains which problems are truly worrisome, and which are actually normal stages in a child's growth. "Take a Deep Breath" will enable the reader to do just that, take a deep breath, and get a better, clearer understanding about what's going on when your children breathe in and out. While pediatricians and other healthcare providers have expertise in all aspects of childhood illness, this book sheds new light on the latest research in pediatric breathing issues, sleep issues, and airway safety. Consisting of age-based sections, with location-based and problem-based chapters for each age group, each chapter also provides a 'to-do' list, offering successful preventions and treatments that can easily be done at home.
About 80 to 90% of children, at one time or another, have breathing problems. "Take a Deep Breath" will be a welcome, indispensible tool in all households with children. Day care providers, grandparents, babysitters and nannies, and parents' clubs will all benefit from this book immensely.
It is the first and only book focusing on the comprehensive issues of breathing in children; it is also written in a manner accessible to both non-medical and medical people alike
It is written by Dr Nina Shapiro, Director of Pediatric Ear, Nose and Throat at the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA. An internationally-recognized specialist, she has treated tens of thousands of children with breathing disorders, along the spectrum of mild to life-threatening. She is a graduate of Harvard Medical School, where she also completed her training in Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery. She completed a combined fellowship in pediatric ear, nose, and throat at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London, and the Children's Hospital of San Diego. She has appeared on numerous media venues as a commentator for pediatric breathing problems including television, radio, print, and the internet. She has been featured on the hit CBS Show "The Doctors", Discovery Health Channel "Medical Diary", and Extra TV "LifeChangers". She has published over 60 peer-reviewed medical articles, and is the editor of the upcoming text "Handbook of Pediatric Otolaryngology"
In support of publication of the book, Dr Shapiro is determinably available to promote the sales of "Take a Deep Breath". As a veteran of many forms of media, in addition to being highly mediagenic, Dr Shapiro will be able to endorse this book in all forms of media. Her strong and lasting affiliations with all of the top medical societies in her field will also be powerful venues for book promotion. The Matttel Children's Hospital at UCLA has an expert team of media relations professionals, who would be able to market this book through the UCLA media outreach programs
Newborn to 3 Months:Nose-Breathing a Must;Throaty Gurgles: The Low-Down on Laryngomalacia;Feeding Issues Related to Breathing: Back to Sleep and Beyond: SIDS Prevention;Wheezing in a Newborn;Respiratory Infections in Newborns;Clear the Air for Your Newborn;;
3-12 Months:Stuffy Nose: What's Up There?;More Throaty Noises;What is Stridor?;Feeding Issues for Healthy Breathing;Active vs. Sleeping Breathing;Respiratory Infections in Babies: Croup and Crud;Nebulizers: What's in Them?;;
12-36 Months:Stuffy Nose/Runny Nose/Sinusitis from Friends and Foes;Snoring: What's That Noise? What is Sleep Apnea?;Choking Hazards: What is Safe to Eat;Hoarseness in Toddlers;Wheezing: Is it Asthma Yet?;Respiratory Illness in Toddlers: Welcome to Playgroup!;;
3-5 years:Stuffy Runny Nose: Preschool is Here;Snoring: Getting Louder;More on Sleep Apnea;Choking Hazards: Risks for Preschoolers;Hoarseness in School;Managing Asthma for School;Respiratory Illnesses from School;;
5-12 Years:Stuffy Nose/Runny Nose: When are They Allergies?;Snoring still Louder, with More Sleep Apnea;Hoarseness in Older Children;Asthma in Elementary School Years;Respiratory Illness: When are They too Sick to Go to School?;;
13-18 Years:Stuffy Nose/Sinusitis: New Causes / New Treatments;Snoring: New Issues;Sleep Apnea: New Concerns;Hoarseness: New Reasons;Wheezing: New Responsibilities;Respiratory Illnesses in Teenagers: New Friends, New Infections;;
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xv
Section 1 Newborn to Three Months 1
Chapter 1 Nose-Breathing a Must! 3
Chapter 2 Throaty Gurgles: The Low-Down on the Lazy Voice Box 13
Chapter 3 Newborn Breathing Issues Related to Feeding 23
Chapter 4 Back to Sleep and Beyond: SIDS Prevention 31
Chapter 5 Wheezing: Can a Newborn Have Asthma? 39
Chapter 6 Respiratory Infections in Newborns 47
Chapter 7 Clear the Air for Your Newborn 57
Section 2 Three Months to One Year 65
Chapter 8 Stuffy Nose in Babies: What's Up There? 67
Chapter 9 Throaty Noises and Stridor 77
Chapter 10 Feeding Issues for Healthy Breathing 85
Chapter 11 Sleepy Breathing in the First Year 99
Chapter 12 Respiratory Illnesses in Babies: Croup and Crud 109
Chapter 13 Nebulizers: What's in Them? 121
Chapter 14 Clear the Air for the First Year 129
Section 3 One to Five Years 137
Chapter 15 Stuffy Nose/Runny Nose/Sinusitis - From Friends and Foes 139
Chapter 16 Snoring: What's That Noise? 153
Chapter 17 Choking Hazards: What is Safe to Eat? 163
Chapter 18 Hoarseness in Toddlers and Preschoolers: Shhhhh! 171
Chapter 19 Wheezing and Coughing: When is it Asthma? 179
Chapter 20 Respiratory Illnesses in Toddlers and Preschoolers: Yuck! 189
Chapter 21 Clear the Air for Your Child 199
Appendix 207
Glossary 209
Vaccine Recommendations 227
CPR for Infants and Children 231
Index 235
Having a child with Asthma, I knew I wanted to jump on this book to review. Watching him go through the difficulty time of trying to catch your breath and you can't, is nearly unbearable on a mom who wants nothing more than to give him a good set of lungs. Hearing him say, help me, mom is sometimes more than I can take. But, with the help of inhalers it's controllable. Sometimes. Sometimes it's still hard. So, when I saw Dr. Shapiro's book, I thought yay!!
Sitting down and opening this book, I had it finished in one day. I read each page with awe and a better understanding of what children go through, and what, as a parent, I can do to help ease the issues. Through detailed discussions in the book, Dr. Shapiro shows parents who have children affected with breathing issues, and those who don't, what to look for, how to work through it, and the steps to help keep it under control.
I highly recommend this for every parent out there. No matter whether you have an infant or a teen with breathing issues, this is highly informative and easy to understand. I definitely give this book a 5 Book rating and will keep this on my shelf for further use. Well done, Ms. Shapiro, and THANK YOU for helping this mom understand!!!
This review originated on Reviews By Molly blog in part with a blog tour.
Overview
"Take a Deep Breath" is a comprehensive, accessible, and indispensible guide for parents, caregivers, teachers, pediatricians, and other healthcare providers on the subject of children's breathing issues. The book provides a thorough review of breathing issues, differentiating the normal and abnormal for all ages, and at all levels of breathing passages. "Take a Deep Breath" explains all of the puzzling and oftentimes distressing breathing patterns our children have throughout development.
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