Trusted by neonatologists for more than 40 years, Klaus and Fanaroff's Care of the High-Risk Neonate provides unique, authoritative coverage of technological and medical advances in this challenging field, and includes personal and practical editorial comments that are the hallmark of this renowned text. The 7th Edition helps you take advantage of recent advances in the NICU that have improved patient care, outcomes, and quality of life, with new coverage of genetics and imaging, new cases and commentary throughout, new contributors, and much more.
Table of Contents:
1
Evidence-based Medicine and the Role of Networks in Generating Evidence
2
Antenatal and Intrapartum Care of the High-Risk Neonate
3
Resuscitation at Birth
4
Recognition, Stabilization, and Transport of the High-Risk Newborn
5
Size and Physical Examination of the Newborn Infant
6
The Physical Environment
7
Nutrition and Selected Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract
8
Care of the Parents
9
Nursing Practice in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
10
Respiratory Problems
11
Assisted Ventilation
12
Glucose, Calcium, and Magnesium
13
Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
14
Infections in the Neonate
15
The Heart
16
The Kidney
17
Hematologic Problems
18
Brain Disorders of the Fetus and Neonate
19
The Outcome of Neonatal Intensive Care
20
Ethical Issues in the Perinatal Period
APPENDICES
A-1
Drugs Used for Emergency and Cardiac Indications in Newborns
A-2
Drug Dosing Table
B
Drug Compatibility
C
Normal Values
D
Umbilical Vessel Catheterization
E
Conversion Charts
