Neonatology : management, procedures, on-call problems, diseases, and drugs

Gomella, Tricia Lacy, (editor.). Cunningham, M. Douglas, (editor.). Eyal, Fabien G. (Fabien Gabriel), (editor.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780071768016
ISBN: 0071768017
Physical Description: print
xxii, 1113 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: 7th ed.
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Education Medical, ©2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.