Concise and easy to read, this popular manual has provided a practical approach to the diagnosis and medical management
of problems in the newborn through seven outstanding editions. The Eighth Edition of Cloherty and Stark’s Manual of
Neonatal Care maintains that tradition of excellence, offering NICU physicians, neonatal-perinatal fellows, residents,
and neonatal nurse practitioners quick access to key clinical information, fully updated to reflect recent advances in
the field. Written in an easy-access outline format, this extensively revised edition covers current, practical
approaches to the evaluation and management of routine and complex conditions encountered in the fetus and the newborn.
Key Features:
New Key Points in each chapter provide additional guidance.
New coverage and chapters on non-immune hydrops fetalis and vascular anomalies.
A new section on endocrinology streamlines content for easier reference.
Extensive family support content includes chapters on breastfeeding, developmental care, bereavement, and decision
making and ethical dilemmas.
Popular appendices include common NICU medication guidelines and the effects of maternal drugs on the fetus.
Intubation/sedation guidelines and a guide to neonatal resuscitation on the inside covers for fast reference.
Written by expert authors from major neonatology programs across the U.S.
Now with the print edition, enjoy the bundled interactive eBook edition, which can be downloaded to your tablet and
smartphone or accessed online and includes features like:
Complete content with enhanced navigation Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that pull results from
content in the book, your notes, and even the web Cross-linked pages, references, and more for easy navigation
Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text Ability to take and share notes with friends
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SECTION I: Prenatal Assessment and Conditions
Chapter 1: Fetal Assessment and Prenatal Diagnosis
Chapter 2: Maternal Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 3: Preeclampsia and Related Conditions
SECTION II: Assessment and Treatment in the Immediate Postnatal Period
Chapter 4: Resuscitation in the Delivery Room
Chapter 5: Non-Immune Hydrops Fetalis
Chapter 6: Birth Trauma
Chapter 7: Identifying the High-Risk Newborn and Evaluating Gestational Age, Prematurity, Postmaturity, Large-for-
Gestational Age, and Small-for-Gestational Age Infants
Chapter 8: Assessment of the Newborn History and Physical Examination of the Newborn
Chapter 9: Nursery Care of the Well Newborn
SECTION III: General Newborn Condition
Chapter 10: Genetic Issues Presenting in the Nursery
Chapter 11: Multiple Births
Chapter 12: Maternal Drug Use, Infant Exposure and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Chapter 13: Care of the Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infant
Chapter 14: Developmentally Supportive Care
Chapter 15: Temperature Control
Chapter 16: Follow-up Care of Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants
Chapter 17: Neonatal Transport
Chapter 18: NICU Discharge Planning
Chapter 19: Decision-Making and Ethical Dilemmas
Chapter 20: Management of Neonatal Death and Bereavement Follow-Up
SECTION IV: Fluid Electrolytes Nutrition, Gastrointestinal and Renal Issues
Chapter 21: Nutrition
Chapter 22: Breastfeeding and Maternal Medications
Chapter 23: Fluid and Electrolyte Management
Chapter 24: Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia
Chapter 25: Abnormalities of Serum Calcium
Chapter 26: Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
Chapter 27: Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Chapter 28: Neonatal Kidney Conditions
SECTION V: Respiratory Disorders
Chapter 29: Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 30: Blood Gas and Pulmonary Function Monitoring
Chapter 31: Apnea
Chapter 32: Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn
Chapter 33: Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Chapter 34: Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia/Chronic Lung Disease
Chapter 35: Meconium Aspiration
Chapter 36: Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn
Chapter 37: Pulmonary Hemorrhage
Chapter 38: Pulmonary Air Leak
Chapter 39: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
SECTION VI: Cardiovascular Disorders
Chapter 40: Shock
Chapter 41: Cardiac Disorders
SECTION VII: Hematologic Disorders
Chapter 42: Blood Products Used in Newborns
Chapter 43: Bleeding
Chapter 44: Neonatal Thrombosis
Chapter 45: Anemia
Chapter 46: Polycythemia
Chapter 47: Thrombocytopenia
SECTION VIII: Infectious Diseases
Chapter 48: Viral Infections
Chapter 49: Bacterial and Fungal Infections
Chapter 50: Congenital Toxoplasmosis
Chapter 51: Syphilis
Chapter 52: Tuberculosis
Chapter 53: Lyme Disease
SECTION IX: Neurologic Disorders
Chapter 54: Intracranial Hemorrhage/PVL
Chapter 55: Perinatal Asphyxia
Chapter 56: Neonatal Seizures
Chapter 57: Neural Tube Defects
SECTION X: Bone Conditions
Chapter 58: Orthopaedic Problems
Chapter 59: Osteopenia (Metabolic Bone Disease) of Prematurity
SECTION XI: Metabolism
Chapter 60: Inborn Errors of Metabolism
SECTION XII: Endocrinology
Chapter 61: Thyroid Disorders
Chapter 62: Neonatal Effects of Maternal Diabetes
Chapter 63: Disorders of Sex Development
SECTION XIII: Surgery
Chapter 64: Surgical Emergencies in the Newborn
SECTION XIV: Dermatology
Chapter 65: Skin Care
SECTION XV: Vascular Anomolies
Chapter 66: Vascular Anomalies
SECTION XVI: Auditory and Ophthalmologic Disorders
Chapter 67: Retinopathy of Prematurity
Chapter 68: Hearing Loss in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Graduates
SECTION XVII: Common Neonatal Procedures
Chapter 69: Common Neonatal Procedures and premedication
SECTION XVIII: Pain and Stress Control
Chapter 70: Preventing and Treating Pain and Stress Among Infants in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit
Back Matter
Appendix A: Common NICU Medication Guidelines
Appendix B: Effects of Maternal Drugs on the Fetus
IBC_Drug Dosing Guide
IFC_Intubation Sedation Guidelines