Neonatology : management, procedures, on-call problems, diseases and drugs
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Neonatology : management, procedures, on-call problems, diseases and drugs
（A Lange clinical manual）
Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, c2004
5th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a practical and easily-accessible manual on the basic and advanced management of the neonate. It covers procedures, disorders, and neonatal pharmacology in a logical outline approach that highlights the essentials of each procedure. The popular On Call Problems section presents over 25 common and serious patient problems. This new Fifth Edition has been extensively revised and updated with new strategies for management of specific newborn respiratory diseases, updated information on the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases, and updated drug information
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Basic management: prenatal testing
- delivery room management
- assessment of gestational age
- newborn physical examination
- temperature regulation
- respiratory manageme
- fluids and electrolytes
- nutritional management
- neonatal radiology
- management of the extremely low birth weight infant during the first week of life
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- infant transport
- follow-up of high-risk infant
- studies for neurologic evaluation
- neonatal bioethics. Part 2 Procedures: arterial access
- bladder aspiration (suprapubic urine collection)
- bladder catheterization
- chest tube placement
- endotracheal intubation
- exchange transfusion
- gastric intubation
- heelstick (capillary blood sampling)
- lumbar puncture (spinal tap)
- paracentesis (abdominal)
- pericardiocentesis
- venous access. Part 3 On-call problems: abnormal blood gas
- apnea and bradycardia ("A's and B's")
- arrhythmia
- bloody stool
- counseling parents before high-risk delivery
- cyanosis
- death of an infant
- eye discharge
- gastric aspirate (residuals)
- gastrointestinal bleeding from the upper tract
- hyperbilirubinemia, direct (conjugated hyperbilirubinemia)
- hyperbilirubinemia, indirect (unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
- hyperglycemia
- hyperkalemia
- hypertension
- hypoglycemia
- hypokalemia
- hyponatremia
- hypotension and shock
- is the baby ready for discharge?
- no stool in 48 hours
- no urine output in 48 hours
- pneumoperitoneum
- pneumothorax
- polycythemia
- poor perfusion
- postdelivery antibiotics
- pulmonary hemorrhage
- rash
- sedation and analgesia in a neonate
- seizure activity
- traumatic delivery
- vasospasms. Part 4 Diseases and disorders: ambiguous genitalia
- blood abnormalities
- cardiac abnormalities
- common multiple congenital anomaly syndromes
- hyperiblirubinemia
- inborn errors of metabolism with acute neonatal onset
- infant of a dibetic mother
- infant of a drug-abusing mother
- infectious diseass
- intrauterine growth retardataion (small for gestational age infant)
- multiple gestation
- necrotizing entercolitis
- neurologic diseases
- perinatal asphyxia
- pulmonary diseases
- renal diseases
- retinopathy of prematurity
- rickets and disorders of calcium and magnesium metabolism
- surgical diseases of the newborn
- thyroid disorders. Part 5 Neonatal pharmacology: commonly used medications
- effects of drugs and substances on lactation and breast-feeding
- effects of drugs and substances taken during pregnancy.
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