Neonatology Questions and Controversies: Infectious Disease, Immunology, and Pharmacology,
Edition 2Editors: Edited by William Benitz, MD, James L. Wynn, MD, P. Brian Smith and Richard A. Polin, MD
Publication Date:
31 Oct 2023
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Description
Dr. Richard Polin’s Neonatology Questions and Controversies series highlights the toughest challenges facing physicians and care providers in clinical practice, offering trustworthy guidance on up-to-date diagnostic and treatment options in the field. In each volume, renowned experts address the clinical problems of greatest concern to today’s practitioners, helping you handle difficult practice issues and provide optimal, evidence-based care to every patient.Key Features
The thoroughly updated, full-color, 2nd Edition of Infectious Disease, Immunology, and Pharmacology:
- Provides a clear management strategy for common and rare neonatal infectious diseases, offering guidance based on the most up-to-date understanding of underlying pathophysiology
- Places emphasis on controversial areas that can entail different approaches
- Features the most current clinical information throughout, including a new immunology section that covers inborn errors of immunity presenting in the newborn period and clinical and molecular markers for diagnosis of neonatal sepsis
- Includes new chapters on COVID-19; congenital syphilis; gonococcal eye prophylaxis; organ dysfunction in sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis; and drug-associated acute kidney injury
- Utilizes a consistent chapter organization to help you find information quickly and easily, and contains numerous charts, graphs, radiographic images, and photographs throughout
- Offers the most authoritative advice available from world-class neonatologists who share their knowledge of new trends and developments in neonatal care
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
- Gastroenterology and Nutrition
- Hematology and Transfusion Medicine
- Neonatal Hemodynamics
- Infectious Disease, Immunology, and Pharmacology
- Renal, Fluid, and Electrolyte Disorders
- Neurology
- The Newborn Lung
About the author
Edited by William Benitz, MD, University - Emeritus faculty, Department: Pediatrics - Neonatology, Position: Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line, Division of Neonatal Medicine, USA; James L. Wynn, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology, Immunology, and Experimental Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA; P. Brian Smith, Samuel L. Katz Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA and Richard A. Polin, MD, Director, Division of Neonatology and Perinatology, Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical College, USA
SECTION 1 Infectious Disease
1. Management of the AsymptomaticNewborn at Risk for Sepsis
2. Empiric Therapy for Neonatal Sepsis
3. When and How to Treat NeonatalCMV Infection
4. Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
5. Antibiotic Stewardship
6. Neonatal Fungal Infections
7. When to Perform Lumbar Puncture in Infants at Risk for Meningitis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
8. Perinatal and Neonatal Considerations in COVID-19
9. Congenital Syphilis
10. Gonococcal Eye Prophylaxis—Are Mandates Still Justified?
11. Organ Dysfunction in Sepsis and Necrotizing Enterocolitis
SECTION 2 Pharmacology
12. Antibiotic Considerations for Necrotizing Enterocolitis
13. Antiseizure Medications and Treatments in Neonates
14. Neuroprotective Therapies in Newborns
15. Pharmacological Therapy of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
16. Vasodilator Drugs for Pulmonary Hypertension in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
17. Drug-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Neonates
SECTION 3 Immunology
18. Recent Advances and Controversies in Inborn Errors of Immunity Presenting in the Newborn Period
19. Clinical and Molecular Markers to Assist Decision-Making in Neonatal Sepsis
1. Management of the AsymptomaticNewborn at Risk for Sepsis
2. Empiric Therapy for Neonatal Sepsis
3. When and How to Treat NeonatalCMV Infection
4. Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
5. Antibiotic Stewardship
6. Neonatal Fungal Infections
7. When to Perform Lumbar Puncture in Infants at Risk for Meningitis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
8. Perinatal and Neonatal Considerations in COVID-19
9. Congenital Syphilis
10. Gonococcal Eye Prophylaxis—Are Mandates Still Justified?
11. Organ Dysfunction in Sepsis and Necrotizing Enterocolitis
SECTION 2 Pharmacology
12. Antibiotic Considerations for Necrotizing Enterocolitis
13. Antiseizure Medications and Treatments in Neonates
14. Neuroprotective Therapies in Newborns
15. Pharmacological Therapy of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
16. Vasodilator Drugs for Pulmonary Hypertension in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
17. Drug-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Neonates
SECTION 3 Immunology
18. Recent Advances and Controversies in Inborn Errors of Immunity Presenting in the Newborn Period
19. Clinical and Molecular Markers to Assist Decision-Making in Neonatal Sepsis
Book Reviews
"This book is one of a seven-volume series and covers a selection of topics in neonatal infectious disease, immunology, and pharmacology aimed toward supporting the clinical care of neonates. The text includes flow charts and decision trees to aid in medical decision-making. The ebook is available in addition to the print version. The previous edition was published in 2018." -©Doody’s Review Service, 2024, Maradith L Skalak, MD (Tulane University School of Medicine) Doody’s Score: 98 - 5 Stars!
ISBN:
9780323879064
Page Count:
308
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Neonatologists, neonatal nurse practitioners, pediatricians
