Clinical Guidelines in Neonatology

Description

The first neonatal handbook to focus on clinical protocols and best management practices

Clinical Guidelines in Neonatology provides a compilation of the most current and authoritative clinical care recommendations for the neonatal patient. The goals of this innovative text are to help deliver effective, evidence-based neonatal care; foster consensus in practice; and to enable clinicians to deliver the best value for every healthcare dollar spent. Readers will find it to be a comprehensive source of clinical recommendations, care paths, and guidelines to help them manage the most commonly encountered neonatal conditions.

Spanning all major areas of neonatal care, Clinical Guidelines in Neonatology bypasses dense explanations in favor of high yield text and ready-to-apply evidence-based management guidelines. Chapters follow a uniform presentation of neonatal conditions that include the scope, major recommendations, implementation of guidelines into practice, summary, and bibliographic sources.

Key Features

• Chapters focus on clinical management practices and evidence-based supporting data rather than lengthy  descriptions of disease and practice
• Covers all major areas of neonatal and perinatal medicine, including antenatal and perinatal management; neonatal  transition; nutrition, fluids, and electrolytes; respiratory distress; cardiovascular disorders; blood disorders;  infections; endocrine and metabolic disorders; and neurological issues
• Text is supplemented by evidence-based diagnostic and treatment algorithms, detailed illustrations, and clinical  images

Table of Contents

1. Antenatal and Perinatal Management
   1. Gestational Disorders
   2. Maternal Conditions
   3. Fetal assessment
   4. Prenatal diagnosis
   5. Perinatal infections
   6. Limits of viability
2. Neonatal transition
   1. Newborn assessment at birth
   2. Resuscitation
   3. Well newborn
   4. Newborn screening
   5. Hypoglycemia
   6. Temperature management
   7. Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and hypothermia
   8. Birth injuries
   9. Anomalous infant
   10. Neonatal sepsis
   11. Infant of drug dependent mother
   12. Neonatal transport
   13. SGA/LGA infants
   14. Multiple gestations
3. Nutrition, Fluids and Electrolytes
   1. Breast feeding
   2. Formula feeding
   3. Parenteral nutrition
   4. Hyperkalemia and hypokalemia
   5. Hypernatremia and hyponatremia
   6. Acidosis and alkalosis
4. Respiratory Distress
   1. Respiratory distress syndrome and surfactant use
   2. CPAP and oxygen delivery
   3. Mechanical ventilation
   4. Apnea of prematurity
   5. Pneumothorax
   6. Pulmonary hypertension
   7. ECMO
   8. Chronic lung disease
5. Heart and Circulation
   1. Hypotension
   2. Approach to the cyanotic infant
   3. Approach to infant with pulmonary circulation
   4. Shock
   5. Ductus dependent lesions
   6. Patent ductus arteriosus
   7. Tetrology of Fallot
   8. Arrhythmias
6. Blood Disorders
   1. Anemia and transfusions
   2. Thrombocytopenia
   3. Polycythemia
7. Gut Disorders
   1. NEC
   2. Intestinal perforation
   3. Intestinal obstruction
   4. Short gut syndrome
   5. Abdominal wall defects
8. Infections
   1. Sepsis
   2. Candida infections
   3. TORCH infections
   4. HIV and sexually transmitted diseases
9. Jaundice and Liver Disorders
   1. Neonatal jaundice
   2. Direct hyperbilirubinemia
   3. Neonatal hepatitis
10. Endocrine and metabolic disorders
    1. Hypothyroidism
    2. Hypocalcemia
    3. Hyperammonemia
    4. Ambiguous genetilia
    5. Approach to inherited metabolic disorders
    6. Neurological issues
    7. Neonatal seizures
    8. Intraventricular hemorrhage
11. Renal issues
    1. Acute renal failure
    2. Chronic renal failure
    3. Obstructive uropathy
12. Miscellaneous
    1. Retinopathy of prematurity

Author Biography

Lucky Jain, MD, MBA is Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine; Chief Academic Officer of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta; and Executive Director of Emory + Children’s Pediatric Institute.

Gautham K. Suresh, MD is Section Head and Service Chief, Department of Neonatology, Texas Children’s Hospital.