Main description:

The first neonatal handbook to focus on clinical protocols and best management practices
Clinical Care Paths in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine provides a compilation of the most current and authoritative clinical care recommendations for fast, effective care of neonatal patients. Spanning all major areas of neonatal care, the book bypasses wordy discussion in favor of concise bulleted points and ready-to-apply evidence-based management guidelines. Each chapter follows a uniform presentation that includes bulleted key features and management guideline summaries. One of the goals of Clinical Care Paths in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine is to reduce practice variation and enable providers to deliver the best value for the healthcare dollars being spent.
*Chapters focus on clinical management practices and evidence-based supporting data rather than lengthy descriptions of disease and practice*References are limited to "top ten" articles and resources

Contents:

I. Antenatal and Perinatal Management

1. Gestational Disorders

2. Maternal Conditions

3. Fetal assessment

4. Prenatal diagnosis

5. Perinatal infections

6. Limits of viability

II. Neonatal transition

7. Newborn assessment at birth

8. Resuscitation

9. Well newborn

10. Newborn screening

11. Hypoglycemia

12. Temperature management

13. Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and hypothermia

14. Birth injuries

15. Anomalous infant

16. Neonatal sepsis

17. Infant of drug dependent mother

18. Neonatal transport

19. SGA/LGA infants

20. Multiple gestations

III. Nutrition, Fluids and Electrolytes

21. Breast feeding

22. Formula feeding

23. Parenteral nutrition

24. Hyperkalemia and hypokalemia

25. Hypernatremia and hyponatremia

26. Acidosis and alkalosis

IV. Respiratory Distress

27. Respiratory distress syndrome and surfactant use

28. CPAP and oxygen delivery

29. Mechanical ventilation

30. Apnea of prematurity

31. Pneumothorax

32. Pulmonary hypertension

33. ECMO

34. Chronic lung disease

V. Heart and Circulation

35. Hypotension

36. Approach to the cyanotic infant

37. Approach to infant with pulmonary circulation

38. Shock

39. Ductus dependent lesions

40. Patent ductus arteriosus

41. Tetrology of Fallot

42. Arrhythmias

VI. Blood Disorders

43. Anemia and transfusions

44. Thrombocytopenia

45. Polycythemia

VII. Gut Disorders

46. NEC

47. Intestinal perforation

48. Intestinal obstruction

49. Short gut syndrome

50. Abdominal wall defects

VIII. Infections

51. Sepsis

52. Candida infections

53. TORCH infections

54. HIV and sexually transmitted diseases

IX. Jaundice and Liver Disorders

55. Neonatal jaundice

56. Direct hyperbilirubinemia

57. Neonatal hepatitis

X. Endocrine and metabolic disorders

58. Hypothyroidism

59. Hypocalcemia

60. Hyperammonemia

61. Ambiguous genetilia

62. Approach to inherited metabolic disorders

XI. Neurological issues

63. Neonatal seizures

64. Intraventricular hemorrhage

XII. Renal issues

65. Acute renal failure

66. Chronic renal failure

67. Obstructive uropathy

XIII. Miscellaneous

68. Retinopathy of prematurity