Neonatology at a Glance.

Intro -- Title page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- How to use this textbook -- About the companion website -- 1 Milestones in neonatology -- Thermal regulation -- Nutrition -- Rhesus hemolytic disease -- Antibiotics -- Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) -- Development of neonatal intensive care -- Challenges for the future -- 2 Epidemiology -- Births -- Maternal mortality -- Perinatal mortality -- Neonatal mortality -- Epidemiologic data collection -- Infant mortality -- 3 Perinatal medicine -- Neonatal involvement in perinatal care -- Neonatal Networks -- 4 Prepregnancy care, prenatal screening and fetal medicine -- Fetal medicine -- 5 Maternal medical conditions -- Diabetes mellitus -- Type 2 and gestational diabetes -- Maternal red blood cell alloimmunization -- Perinatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia -- 6 Intrauterine growth restriction -- Definition -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Management -- 7 Multiple births -- Pregnancy complications -- Neonatal complications -- 8 Preterm delivery -- Causes -- Epidemiological risk factors -- Prevention -- Management -- Delivery -- 9 Birth defects and genetic disorders -- Chromosomal disorders -- 10 Maternal drugs affecting the fetus and newborn infant -- Neonatal withdrawal (abstinence) syndrome -- Medicines -- 11 Congenital infection -- Clinical features -- Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection -- Congenital toxoplasmosis -- Rubella -- Congenital syphilis -- Varicella: chickenpox, varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection -- Parvovirus B19 -- 12 Adaptation to extrauterine life -- Physiologic changes in fetal-neonatal transition -- Abnormal transition from fetal to extrauterine life -- The Apgar score -- Asphyxia -- 13 Neonatal resuscitation and post-resuscitation care -- Preparation -- Cord clamping -- Temperature control -- Initial assessment at birth -- A - Airway.

B - Breathing -- Endotracheal intubation (see Chapter 74) -- C - Circulation -- Drugs (Table 13.1) -- Withholding and discontinuing resuscitation -- Post-resuscitation care in the delivery room -- 14 Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy -- Pathogenic mechanisms -- Compensatory mechanisms -- Primary and delayed injury -- Clinical manifestations -- Clinical staging of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy -- Outcome -- 15 Birth injuries -- Common or important birth injuries -- 16 Routine care of the newborn infant -- Screening -- Health promotion -- Discharge -- 17 Routine examination of the newborn infant -- Preparation -- The infant -- Routine examination of newborn infants -- 18 Neurologic examination -- States of alertness -- Visual fixing and following -- Hearing -- Consolability -- Head circumference -- Face (cranial nerves) -- Posture and spontaneous motor activity -- 19 Care and support for parents -- Communicating with parents -- 20 Feeding -- Nutritional characteristics of human milk compared with unmodified cow's milk -- Formula -- 21 Minor abnormalities in the first few days -- 22 Common problems of term infants -- Anticipation -- Overview of common medical problems -- 23 Admission to the neonatal unit -- Welcoming parents and families -- Open access -- Explanation and facilitating communication -- Assisting attachment -- Providing a family-friendly environment -- 24 Developmental care -- Observing newborn behavior -- The nursery environment -- Adapting care -- 25 Stabilizing the sick newborn infant -- Heart rate -- Circulation -- 26 Respiratory support -- Forms of respiratory support -- Supplemental oxygen therapy -- Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) -- Positive-pressure ventilation (PPV) -- High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) -- Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) -- Respiratory failure -- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

27 Preterm infants and their complications -- Morbidity -- Mortality -- 28 Lung development and surfactant -- Structural development -- Surfactant -- Clinical implications of surfactant deficiency -- Surfactant therapy -- 29 Respiratory distress syndrome -- Risk factors -- Pathology -- Pathogenesis -- Clinical features -- Management -- Complications -- 30 Temperature control -- Hypothermia -- Evaporative heat loss in preterm infants -- Keeping neonates warm -- 31 Growth and nutrition -- Growth -- Nutrition -- 32 Intraventricular hemorrhage and periventricular leukomalacia -- Diagnosis -- Clinical features -- Laboratory findings -- Management -- Prognosis -- Prevention -- 33 Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) -- Ductal closure -- Risk factors -- Clinical features -- Investigations -- Management -- 34 Infection, jaundice, anemia, osteopenia of prematurity -- Infection -- Jaundice -- Anemia -- Osteopenia of prematurity -- 35 Apnea, bradycardia and desaturations, retinopathy of prematurity -- Apnea, bradycardia and desaturations -- Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) -- 36 Necrotizing enterocolitis -- Risk factors -- Clinical features -- Laboratory findings -- Radiologic abnormalities -- Management (Table 36.2) -- Sequelae -- Prevention -- 37 Bronchopulmonary dysplasia -- Definition -- Predisposing factors -- Clinical features -- Investigations -- Management -- Long-term consequences of severe BPD -- Strategies for prevention -- 38 Outcome of preterm infants -- Growth -- Medical complications -- Disability and impairment -- Cognitive impairment -- Behavioral outcomes -- School performance -- 39 Respiratory distress in term infants -- Common causes -- Less common causes -- Rare causes -- 40 Upper airway disorders -- Cleft lip and palate -- Choanal atresia -- Pierre Robin sequence -- 41 Jaundice -- Significance of severe hyperbilrubinemia.

Causes of early-onset jaundice (&lt -- 24 hours) (Table 41.1) -- Causes of jaundice 24 hours to 2 weeks -- Clinical examination and assessment -- Investigations -- Management -- Prolonged jaundice (&gt -- 14 days) -- 42 Neonatal infection -- Bacterial sepsis -- Risk factors -- Clinical presentation -- Investigations -- Interpretation of laboratory investigations -- 43 Specific bacterial infections -- Group B streptococcal (GBS) infection -- Listeria monocytogenes -- Gram-negative infection -- Conjunctivitis -- Skin -- 44 Viral infections -- Herpes simplex virus (HSV) -- Hepatitis B (HBV) -- Hepatitis C -- HIV -- 45 Hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia -- Hypoglycemia -- Hyperglycemia -- 46 Inborn errors of metabolism -- Age of presentation -- When to suspect an inborn error of metabolism -- Management -- 47 Gastrointestinal disorders -- Vomiting -- Gastroesophageal reflux -- Esophageal atresia -- Abdominal masses -- Abdominal wall defects -- Imperforate anus -- 48 Gastrointestinal obstruction -- Causes - see Fig. 48.1 -- Diagnostic clues -- Clinical presentation -- Diagnosis -- Management -- Some specific conditions -- 49 Cardiac disorders -- Risk factors -- Presentation -- Antenatal diagnosis -- Heart Murmur -- Heart failure -- Cyanosis -- Selected causes of cyanotic congenital heart disease (Table 49.1) -- Oxygen saturation screening for critical congenital heart disease -- Investigations -- Management of congenital heart disease -- 50 Renal and urinary tract anomalies diagnosed prenatally -- Embryology -- Structural abnormalities of the kidneys -- 51 Renal and urinary tract disorders -- Electrolyte problems -- Urinary tract infection (UTI) -- Acute kidney injury, AKI (acute renal failure) -- 52 Genital disorders -- Inguinal hernia -- Hydrocele -- Undescended testis -- Torsion of the testis -- Hypospadias -- Circumcision.

53 Disorders of sex development -- Sex development -- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia -- 54 Anemia and polycythemia -- Anemia -- Polycythemia -- 55 Neutrophil and thrombotic disorders -- Thrombotic disorders (thrombophilia) -- 56 Coagulation disorders -- Thrombocytopenia -- Abnormal coagulation -- 57 Dermatological disorders -- Goals of neonatal skin care -- Diaper (nappy) dermatitis -- Infection -- Vascular skin lesions -- 58 Seizures and perinatal strokes -- 59 Neural tube defects and hydrocephalus -- Neural tube defects -- Anencephaly -- Encephalocele -- Spina bifida -- Hydrocephalus -- 60 The hypotonic infant -- Clues from the history -- Causes and clinical features (Table 60.1) -- Investigations -- Some specific conditions -- 61 Bone and joint disorders -- Congenital abnormalities of the hip and feet -- Infection -- Skeletal dysplasias -- 62 Hearing and vision -- Hearing -- Vision -- 63 Pain -- Development of pain pathways in the fetus and preterm infant -- Factors that modify pain responses -- Assessment of pain -- Pain assessment scales -- Minimizing pain -- 64 Pharmacology -- Drug prescription and administration -- Drug monitoring -- Drugs in breast milk -- Drug licensing and neonatalogy -- 65 Quality improvement -- Quality assurance -- Clinical audit -- Simulation -- Critical incident reporting (Table 65.2) -- 66 Critical incidents -- Extravasation of intravenous infusions (Figs 66.2 and 66.3) -- Excessive fluid volume infused -- Giving wrong breast milk to wrong patient -- Complications of umbilical arterial catheters (UAC) -- Blood loss from arterial catheters -- Ischemic damage from peripheral artery catheters -- Portal vein thrombosis from umbilical venous catheters -- Extravasation of parenteral nutrition (PN) from central venous lines -- Burns and scalds -- Scarring of skin -- Nasal damage from tracheal tube.

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