Klaus and Fanaroff's Care of the High-Risk Neonate

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