Bookedited by Robin K. Ohls, Akhil Maheshwari, Robert D. Christensen ; consulting editor, Richard A. Polin.
Summary: Dr. Richard Polin's Neonatology Questions and Controversies series highlights the toughest challenges facing physicians and care providers in clinical practice, offering trustworthy guidance on up-to-date diagnostic and treatment options in the field. In each volume, renowned experts address the clinical problems of greatest concern to today's practitioners, helping you handle difficult practice issues and provide optimal, evidence-based care to every patient.
Contents:
Stem cell therapy in neonates-the time has (almost) come
Genome and Exome Sequencing: Can it impact clinical care in the NICU
Transfusion thresholds in the NICU-what have recent RCTs taught us
Donor milk compard with mother's own milk
Will standardized approaches to nutrition decrease NEC
What is the value of identifying genetic causes of congenital hemolytic jaundice
Using the New CBC Parameters in NICU Practice
How near are we to using darbepoetin or erythropoietin as neuroprotective agents for perinatal hypoxic/ischemic encephalopathy
Of what value to neonates is measuring end tidal carbon monoxide concentration
How do we adopt anemia-preventing strategies in our delivery rooms
Thrombocytopenia in Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Genetic Risk Factors for Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Genetic basis of PDA
Genetic basis of bronchpulmonary dysplasia
Prenatal genetic testing
Early diagnosis of severe combined immunodeficiency
Newborn Screening.