[Medical emergencies during the first month of life]. / Urgences médicales du premier mois de vie.

The first weeks of life are a period of great immaturity and vulnerability. While pathologies and their semiology are very specific in this period, doctors must quickly identify therapeutic emergencies but also reassure parents when symptoms are physiological for age. Jaundice, baby crying, fever or breastfeeding constitute various medical challenges for the primary care physician, especially after birth; in an area of early back home.