Effective care of the newborn infant

Author(s)

• Sinclair, John C.
• Bracken, Michael B.
• Silverman, William A.

Bibliographic Information

Effective care of the newborn infant

edited by John C. Sinclair and Michael B. Bracken ; foreword by William A. Silverman

（Oxford medical publications）

Oxford University Press, 1992

Uniform Title

Effective care in pregnancy and childbirth

Note

Companion vol. to: Effective care in pregnancy and childbirth / edited by Iain Chalmers, Murray Enkin, Marc J.N.C. Keirse, 1989

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book is a companion volume to "Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth" (edited by Iain Chalmers et al, OUP), and evaluates the care of newborn infants. Medical research has produced an explosion of new knowledge concerning the causes, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention of diseases of the newborn infant. As the pace of therapeutic innovation quickens, there is an increasing need for efficient access to information concerning the probable effects of therapy. It is the goal of this book to meet the urgent demand for a systematic summary of the best available evidence concerning the expected outcomes of therapeutic decisions in neonatology. Like "Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth", the book consists fundamentally of quantitative reviews of randomized trials of alternative courses of action. It contains some 2000 new analyses of data from the clincial trials literature, representing the vast majority of randomized trials in neonatology. The result is the first systematic review of evidence from randomized clinical trials in this field and an explicit dissection of the research data supporting, or in some cases not supporting, clinical management of the newborn. This book should interest paediatricians, especially neonatologists; obstetricians, especially maternal-foetal medicine specialists; family practitioners; and epidemiologists.

Table of Contents

• PART I: METHODS: Assessing evidence concerning treatment and prevention of diseases of the newborn
• Statistical methods for analysis of effects of treatment in overviews of randomized trials
• PART II: INTERVENTIONS: Immediate care of the newborn infant
• Management of the thermal environment
• Fluid therapy
• Feeding the normal term infant: human milk and formula
• Feeding the low birthweight infant
• Parenteral feeding
• Vitamin and mineral supplementation
• Oxygen administration
• Mechanical ventilation
• Supporting parents and promoting attachment
• Birth asphyxia in the term infant
• Patent ductus arteriosus
• Respiratory distress syndrome
• Other acute lung disorders
• Recurrent apnea
• Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Neonatal blood disorders
• Neonatal infections Part 1: Infection related to nursery care practices
• Neonatal infections Part 2: Specific infectious diseases and therapies
• Neonatal jaundice
• Prevention of periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage
• Abnormal glucose homeostasis
• Necrotizing enterocolitis
• Retinopathy of prematurity.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA22731874
• ISBN:
  • 0192617370
• LCCN: 91039726
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 650 p.
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RJ253
  • NLM : WS 113 E27
  • DC20 : 618.92/01
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Infants (Newborn) -- Diseases -- Treatment
  • LCSH : Clinical trials
  • MESH : Infant Care
  • MESH : Infant, Newborn
  • MESH : Infant, Newborn, Diseases
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00293015