Contributors
Preface
Preface to the First Edition
Pt. 1 General Considerations
1 Neonatology: Perspective at the End of the Twentieth Century 3
2 Futility Considerations in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 9
3 Neonatology in the United States: Scope and Organization 15
4 Neonatal Transport 35
5 Newborn Intensive Care Unit Design: Scientific and Practical
Considerations 49
6 Neonatal Nursing: The Organization of Care and Quality
Assurance in the NICU 61
7 Law, Risk Management, and the Practice of Neonatology 73
8 The Vulnerable Neonate and the Neonatal Intensive Care
Environment 91
Pt. 2 The Fetal Patient
9 Prenatal Diagnosis in the Molecular Age 111
10 Feto-Maternal Interactions: Placental Physiology and Its Role
as a Go-Between 125
11 Fetal Ultrasonography 143
12 Prenatal Diagnosis: Procedures and Trends 161
13 Fetal Therapy 173
14 The Impact of Maternal Illness on the Neonate 187
15 The Effects of Maternal Drugs on the Developing Fetus 209
16 Obstetric Analgesia and Anesthesia 237
Pt. 3 Transition and Stabilization
17 The Onset of Respiration 257
18 Delivery Room Management 279
19 Physical Assessment and Classification 301
20 Behavioral Competence 321
21 General Care 333
22 Fluid and Electrolyte Management 345
23 Nutrition 363
24 Thermal Regulation 395
Pt. 4 The Low-Birth-Weight Infant
25 Intrauterine Growth Restriction and the Small-for-Gestational-
Age Infant 411
26 The Extremely-Low-Birth-Weight Infant 445
27 Multiple Gestations 473
Pt. 5 The Newborn Infant
28 Acute Respiratory Disorders 485
29 Chronic Lung Disease 509
30 Principles of Management of Respiratory Problems 533
31 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation 557
32 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 569
33 Cardiac Disease 577
34 Preoperative and Postoperative Care of the Infant with
Critical Congenital Heart Disease 647
35 Carbohydrate Homeostasis 699
36 Calcium and Magnesium Homeostasis 715
37 Gastrointestinal Disease 739
38 Jaundice 765
39 Inherited Metabolic Disorders 821
40 Congenital Anomalies 839
41 Endocrine Disorders of the Newborn 859
42 Renal Disease 887
43 Structural Abnormalities of the Genitourinary System 975
44 General Surgery 1005
45 Hematology 1045
46 Immunology of the Fetus and Newborn 1093
47 Chronic Infections 1123
48 Acute Infections 1189
49 Neurological and Neuromuscular Disorders 1231
50 Neurosurgery of the Newborn 1253
51 Orthopedics 1269
52 Eye Disorders 1285
53 Neoplasia 1301
54 Dermatologic Conditions 1323
Pt. 6 Pharmacology
55 Drug Therapy in the Newborn 1363
56 The Infant of the Drug-Dependent Mother 1407
57 Anesthesia and Analgesia 1447
Pt. 7 Beyond the Nursery
58 Medical Care after Discharge 1463
59 Developmental Outcome 1479
A Selected Laboratory Values 1501
B Hematologic Values 1509
C Physiologic Values 1517
D Growth Parameters 1527
E Nutritional Values 1535
F Technical Procedures 1543
G Developmental Screening 1547
H Drugs 1549
I Renal Anomalies 1565
Subject Index 1577