Manual of Neonatal Care provides a practical approach to the diagnosis and medical management of newborns.

Chapters cover maternal, fetal, and neonatal problems and common neonatal procedures. An outline format provides quick access to a large amount of information, and the outline headings are standardized in this edition. The updated coverage includes new information on fetal assessment, survival of premature infants, and perinatal asphyxia and new guidelines on neonatal jaundice.

The appendices include effects of maternal drugs on the fetus, maternal medications during lactation, and NICU medication guidelines. A neonatal dosing chart and intubation/sedation guidelines appear on the inside covers.

Contents

1. Fetal Assessment and Prenatal Diagnosis
2. Diabetes Mellitus / Thyroid Disorders / Preeclampsia and Related Conditions
3. Assessment of the Newborn: History and Physical Examination of the Newborn / Identifying the High-Risk Newborn and Evaluating Gestational Age, Prematurity, Postmaturity, Large-for-Gestational-Age, and Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants
4. Resuscitation in the Delivery Room
5. Nursery Care of the Well Newborn
6. Care of the Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infant
7. Multiple Births
8. Genetic Issues Presenting in the Nursery
9. Fluid and Electrolyte Management
10. Nutrition
11. Breastfeeding
12. Temperature Control
13. Neonatal Transport
14. Developmentally Supportive Care
15. Follow-up of Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants
16. Discharge Planning
17. Shock
18. Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
19. Drug Abuse and Withdrawal
20. Birth Trauma
21. Decision-Making and Ethical Dilemmas
22. Management of Neonatal Death and Bereavement Follow-up
23. Infections: Viral Infections / Bacterial and Fungal Infections / Tuberculosis / Syphilis / Lyme Disease / Toxoplasmosis
24. Respiratory Disorders: Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Mechanical Ventilation / Blood Gas and Pulmonary Graphic Monitoring / ECMO / Pulmonary Air Leak / Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn / Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn / Pulmonary Hemorrhage / Apnea / Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia/Chronic Lung Disease / Meconium Aspiration
25. Cardiac Disorders
26. Hematologic Problems: Anemia / Bleeding / Polycythemia / Thrombocytopenia / Blood Products Used in the Newborn / Neonatal Thrombosis
27. Neurology: Neonatal Seizures / Intracranial Hemorrhage / Perinatal Asphyxia / Neural Tube Defects
28. Orthopedic Problems
29. Metabolic Problems: Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia / Abnormalities of Serum Calcium and Magnesium / Osteopenia (Metabolic Bone Disease) of Prematurity / Inborn Errors of Metabolism
30. Disorders of Sex Development (DSD)
31. Renal Conditions
32. Necrotizing Enterocolitis
33. Surgical Emergencies in the Newborn
34. Skin Care
35. Auditory and Ophthalmologic Problems: Retinopathy of Prematurity / Hearing Loss in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Graduates
36. Common Neonatal Procedures
37. Management of Pain and Stress in the NICU

Appendices

• Common NICU Medication Guidelines
• Effects of Maternal Drugs on the Fetus
• Maternal Medications and Breastfeeding
• Selected Chemistry Normal Values

Index

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