Handbook on Neonatal ICU

This book is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of disorders in the neonatal intensive care unit (ICU).

Divided into 33 chapters, the text begins with discussion on neonatal resuscitation, fluid and electrolyte management, and parenteral and enteral nutrition.

The following sections cover the management of numerous different disorders that may be encountered in neonates in the ICU. Separate chapters are dedicated to invasive and noninvasive ventilation.

Each chapter is enhanced with tables, flowcharts and illustrations, as well as a summary of the key points of the topic, and self-assessment questions to assist learning.

Key points

Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of neonatal ICU patients

Covers many different disorders, resuscitation and ventilation

Highly illustrated with tables, flowcharts and diagrams

Includes self-assessment questions to further enhance learning

 Table of contents:

1. Neonatal Resuscitation ....................................................................................... 1 Koshy Marucoickal George, Nirupama Laroia

 2. Fluid and Electrolyte Management.........................................................................13

Jogender Kumar, Venkataseshan Sundaram

3. Disorders of Glucose, Calcium, and Magnesium........................................................26

Shiv Sajan Saini, Jogender Kumar

4. Parenteral Nutrition ..........................................................................................39

Anumodan Gupta, Sachin Kumar Dubey, Umesh Vaidya

 5. Enteral Nutrition in Preterm Neonate......................................................................46

Pankaj Garg, Ajoy Kumar Garg

6. Respiratory Distress Syndrome.............................................................................54

Amrit Jeevan, Nandkishor S Kabra

7. Meconium Aspiration Syndrome, Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension, and Air Leak .............62

 B Vishnu Bhat, B Adhisivam, Nishad Plakkal

8. Invasive Ventilation in Neonates ...........................................................................73

 Arti Maria, Tapas Bandyopadhyay

9. Noninvasive Ventilation in Neonates ......................................................................82

Abdul Razak, Karthik Nagesh N

10. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia...............................................................................91

Supreet Khurana, Praveen Kumar

11. Apnea of Prematurity....................................................................................... 100

Swarna Rekha Bhat

12. Approach to Suspected Congenital Heart Disease..................................................... 106

Ranjan Kumar Pejaver, Maneesha PH, Susanta Kumar Badatya

13. Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants............................................................ 116

Naveen Parkash Gupta, Sonalika Mehta

14. Neonatal Shock ............................................................................................. 124

 Ashish Jain, Brajesh Jha

15. Necrotizing Enterocolitis................................................................................... 135

Anup Thakur

16. Neonatal Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia ........................................................... 142

Sanjiv B Amin xxiv Handbook on Neonatal ICU

 17. Neonatal Cholestasis....................................................................................... 148

Nishant Wadhwa, Jaswinder Kaur

 18. Bleeding Neonate........................................................................................... 155

Ashish Mehta

19. Anemia in Neonate ......................................................................................... 161

Raktima Chakrabarti, Sanjay Wazir

 20. Polycythemia in Neonates................................................................................. 167

Raktima Chakrabarti, Sanjay Wazir

21. Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy....................................................................... 172

Sindhu Sivanandan, M Jeeva Sankar

 22. Neonatal Seizure............................................................................................ 180

Vivek Choudhury, Susanta Kumar Badatya

 23. Intracranial Hemorrhage and Intraventricular Hemorrhage.......................................... 186

Geeta Gathwala

 24. Neonatal Acute Kidney Injury ............................................................................. 194

Kanav Anand, Deblina Dasgupta

 25. Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gas...................................................................... 201

 Pradeep Kumar Sharma

26. Retinopathy of Prematurity................................................................................ 206

Harish Nayak, Kavitha Rao, Arvind Shenoi

 27. Neonatal Sepsis............................................................................................. 214

Anita Singh

28. Care of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants ............................................................ 226

Kumari Gunjan

29. Transport of the Sick Neonate ............................................................................ 236

Anurag Fursule

30. Pain Management in Neonate ............................................................................ 242

Arun Soni, Ajoy Kumar Garg, Aakriti Soni

31. Discharge Planning......................................................................................... 249

Arpita Gupta, Harish Chellani

 32. Developmentally Supportive Care ....................................................................... 252

Naveen Jain

33. Follow-up Care for High-risk Infants..................................................................... 256

Suman Rao PN, Shridevi S Bisanalli

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