Bookeditor, Tricia Lacy Gomella ; associate editors, M. Douglas Cunningham, Fabien G. Eyal ; consulting editor, Deborah J. Tuttle.
Summary: This 7th edition provides practical and easily accessible information on the basic and advanced management of the neonate in a logical outline approach. All neonatal procedures, disorders, and pharmacology are covered, highlighting essential information. Features: provides quick answers to both common and rare clinical issues; the popular "On-Call Problems" section details more than 30 of the most common and critical clinical conditions faced in the NICU; comprehensive pharmacology section includes indications and use, actions, means of delivery, dosages, possible adverse effects for over 150 drugs.
Contents:
Fetal assessment
Obstetric anesthesia and the neonate
Resuscitation of the newborn
Infant transport
Gestational age and birthweight classification
Newborn physical examination
Temperature regulation
Respiratory management
Fluid and electrolytes
Nutritional management
Imaging studies
Management of the extremely low birthweight infant during the first week of life
Management of the late preterm infant
Pain in the neonate
Newborn screening
Studies for neurologic evaluation
Blood component therapy
Extracorporeal life support in the neonate
Follow-up of high-risk infants
Complemenatary and alternative medical therapies in neonatology
Neonatal bioethics
Apnea
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia/chronic lung disease
Calcium disorders (hypocalcemia, hypercalcemia)
Chlamydial infection
Coagulation disorders
Common multiple congenital anomaly syndromes
Congenital heart disease
Cytomegalovirus
Disorders of sex development
Enteroviruses and parechoviruses
Eye disorders of the newborn
Gonorrhea
Hepatitis
Herpes simplex viruses
Human immunodeficiency virus
Hydrocephalus and ventriculomegaly
Hyperbilirubinemia, direct (conjugated hyperbilirubinemia)
Hyperbilirubinemia, indirect (unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)
Inborn errors of metabolism with acute neonatal onset
Infant of a diabetic mother
Infant of substance-abusing mother
Intracranial hemorrhage
Intrauterine growth restriction (small for gastational age)
Lyme disease
Magnesium disorders (hypomagnesemia, hypermagnesemia)
Meconium aspiration
Meninigitis
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections
Multiple gestation
Myasthenia gravis (transient neonatal)
Necrotizing enterocolitis
Neural tube defects
Orthopedic and musculoskeletal problems
Osteopenia of prematurity. Parvovirus B19 infection
Patent ductus arteriosus
Perinatal asphyxia
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
Pertussis
Polycythemia and hyperviscosity
Renal failure, acute (acute kidney injury)
Respiratory distress syndrome
Respiratory syncytial virus
Retinopathy of prematurity
Rh incompatibility
Rubella
Seizures
Sepsis
Spontaneous intestinal perforation
Surgical diseases of the newborn: abdominal masses
Surgical diseases of the newborn: abdominal wall defects
Surgical diseases of the newborn: alimentary tract obstruction
Surgical diseases of the newborn: diseases of the airway, tracheobronchial tree, and lungs
Surgical diseases of the newborn: retroperitoneal tumors
Surgical diseases of the newborn: urologic disorders
Syphilis
Thrombocytopenia and platelet dysfunction
Thyroid disorders
TORCH infections
Toxoplasmosis
Transient tachypnea of the newborn
Tuberculosis
Ureaplasma infection
Urinary tract infection
Varicella-Zoster infections
Medications used in the neonatal intensive care unit
Effects of drugs and substances on lactation and infants
Appendices: Appendix A: Abbreviations used in neonatology
Appendix B: Apgar scoring
Appendix C: Blood pressure determinations
Appendix D: Chartwork
Appendix E: Immunization tables
Appendix F: Isolation guidelines
Appendix G: Temperature conversion table
Appendix H: Weight conversion table.