Workbook in Practical Neonatology

The latest edition of this well-known work is completely revised to incorporate advances in neonatal care, including hypotension, mechanical ventilation, and early discharge. It presents an interactive approach to neonatal evaluation and management of the most common problems in infants. Each chapter features case histories that require you to make diagnostic decisions and that help you understand how scientific concepts apply to each clinical problem.
Key Features

* Provides a case-based structure to allow you to see diagnosis and treatment in a clinical context.
* Includes copious review questions and answers so you can test your knowledge.
* Gives diagnostic and treatment information regarding problems that you are most likely to see in practice.

New to this Edition

* Includes new chapters on hypotension, early discharge, mechanical ventilation, and more.
* Covers select topics in even greater detail than before.

Table of Contents

1 - Principles of Neonatal Resuscitation, Tina A. Leone and Neil N. Finer
2 - Fluid and Electrolyte Management in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit, John M. Lorenz, MD
3 - Disorders of Calcium, Phosphorus, and Magnesium in the Newborn Period, Frank R. Greer, M.D
4 - Glucose Metabolism in the Newborn Infant, Rebecca A. Simmons, MD
5 - Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia, M. Jeffrey Maisels, MB, BCh
6 - Parenteral Nutrition, Gilberto R. Pereira, MD
7 - Enteral Nutrition in the High-Risk Neonate, Brenda B. Poindexter, MD, MS
8 - Anemia in the Newborn Infant, Robin Ohls, MD
9 - Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Colin Morley MA, MD, DCH, FRCP, FRCPCH, FRACP
10 - Principles of Mechanical Ventilation, Steven M. Donn, MD
11 - Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Jeffrey Gerdes, MD
12 - Breathing Disorders, Robert Darnall
13 – Neonatal Sepsis, William E. Benitz, MD
14 - Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Nick Evans, DM, MRCPCH
15 - Hypotension in the Newborn Infant, Martin Kluckow, FRACP, PhD
16 - The Recognition and Management of Congenital Heart Disease in the Neonate, Gil Wernovsky, MD and S. David Rubenstein, MD
17 - Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn, William A. Engle, MD
18 - William A. Engle, M.D. Renal Failure in the Newborn Infant, Sharon P. Andreoli, MD
19 - Neonatal Seizures, Mark S. Scher
20 – Intraventricular Hemorrhage, Jeffrey M. Perlman, MB
21 - Birth Defects and Genetic Disorders, David D. Weaver, MS, MD
22 - Surgical Emergencies in the Newborn, Robert A. Cowles, MD and Steven Stylianos, MD
23 - Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Ricardo A. Caicedo, Michael D. Weiss and Josef Neu
24 - Early Discharge of the Premature Infant, Eric C. Eichenwald, MD