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List of contributors | p. xii |
Foreword (1) | p. xiii |
Foreword (2) | p. xv |
Preface | p. xvii |
Acknowledgments | p. xix |
Organization of neonatal transport | |
History and challenges of neonatal emergency transport services (NETS) | p. 1 |
Interdisciplinary approach for neonatal emergencies | p. 5 |
Neonatal emergency call: what the neonatology team would like to know from obstetricians and midwives | p. 9 |
Coordinating health care providers after a neonatal emergency call | p. 11 |
What the neonatologist would like to find in the delivery room | p. 13 |
What the neonatologist does not want to find in the delivery room | p. 15 |
Definitions and abbreviations in neonatology, pediatric cardiology, neonatal emergency transport service (NETS), and obstetrics | p. 16 |
References (Section 1) | p. 24 |
Basics in cardiopulmonary resuscitation of newborn infants | |
Basic equipment setup for initial neonatal care and resuscitation | p. 25 |
Drugs for neonatal emergencies | p. 41 |
Postnatal cardiopulmonary adaptation | p. 63 |
ABC techniques and procedures | |
Suctioning | p. 67 |
Stimulation, oxygen supplementation, bag-and-mask ventilation (M-PPV), pharyngeal/bi-nasal CPAP, and pharyngeal positive pressure ventilation | p. 71 |
Endotracheal intubation and gastric tube placement | p. 82 |
Laryngeal mask airway (LMA) | p. 96 |
Chest compressions | p. 101 |
Peripheral venous access | p. 105 |
Umbilical vein/artery catheterization (UVC, UAC) | p. 107 |
Central venous access (internal jugular vein) | p. 112 |
Intraosseous access | p. 117 |
Cord clamping | p. 121 |
Management of high-risk infants in the delivery room | p. 124 |
Monitoring in the delivery room and during neonatal transport | p. 131 |
Hygiene in the delivery room and during neonatal transport (infection control) | p. 133 |
When to call a pediatrician to the delivery room | p. 134 |
Checklist for the postnatal treatment of newborn infants | p. 136 |
Assigning individual duties in the delivery room | p. 140 |
Clinical assessment of the newborn infant | p. 142 |
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation of newborn infants at birth | p. 150 |
Volume therapy and sodium bicarbonate supplementation in preterm and term newborn infants | p. 173 |
Absolute and relative indications for neonatal transport and NICU admission | p. 179 |
Communication with mother and father | p. 181 |
Coordinating neonatal transport and patient sign-out to the NICU team | p. 182 |
Documentation and feedback after neonatal emergency transport | p. 183 |
Ethics in neonatal intensive care | p. 184 |
Perinatal images of preterm and term infants | p. 191 |
Mechanical ventilation of the neonate | p. 193 |
Questions for review (basics) | p. 210 |
References (Section 2) | p. 212 |
Classic and rare scenarios in the neonatal period | |
Management of healthy, term newborn infants (vaginal delivery, cesarean section, vacuum extraction, forceps delivery) | p. 221 |
Management of preterm and moderately depressed term newborn infants with a birth weight ≥ 1500g | p. 227 |
Management of very preterm newborn infants (VLBW, ELBW) | p. 231 |
Twin-twin (feto-fetal) transfusion syndrome | p. 240 |
An apparently trivial call from the term baby nursery | p. 243 |
Out of hospital birth | p. 249 |
Hypoglycemia | p. 260 |
Meconium aspiration | p. 269 |
Chorioamnionitis and early-onset sepsis in the newborn infant | p. 280 |
Perinatal hemorrhage | p. 304 |
Perinatal hypoxia-ischemia | p. 310 |
Cerebral seizures | p. 317 |
Infants born to mothers on psychoactive substances | p. 322 |
Prenatal and postnatal arrhythmias | p. 325 |
Critical congenital cardiovascular defects | p. 340 |
Patent ductus arteriosus of the preterm infant | p. 380 |
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) | p. 392 |
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia | p. 404 |
Pneumothorax | p. 410 |
Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung (CAM, CCAM) | p. 417 |
Chylothorax | p. 419 |
Hemolytic disease of the newborn | p. 423 |
Hydrops fetalis | p. 427 |
Choanal atresia | p. 432 |
Esophageal atresia | p. 434 |
Gastrointestinal obstruction | p. 437 |
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) | p. 447 |
Omphalocele and gastroschisis | p. 450 |
Neural tube defects | p. 455 |
Cleft palate | p. 460 |
Birth trauma: brachial plexus palsy, facial nerve palsy, clavicular fracture, skull fracture, intracranial and subperiosteal hemorrhage (cephalohematoma) | p. 464 |
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) | p. 468 |
Questions for review | p. 472 |
References (Section 3) | p. 477 |
Transport | |
Transport of preterm and term infants | p. 493 |
Acute antenatal transfer | p. 504 |
Questions for review | p. 506 |
References (Section 4) | p. 507 |
Appendix | |
Training NICU nurses and paramedics in the neonatal emergency transport service (NETS) | p. 509 |
Training delivery room staff in the resuscitation of newborn infants | p. 511 |
Web links: societies, hospitals, guidelines and learning programs | p. 513 |
Growth charts | p. 515 |
Bilirubin diagrams and transfusion exchange limits | p. 516 |
Aortic blood pressure during the first 12h of life in infants with birth weight 610-4220g | p. 517 |
Laboratory: normal values | p. 518 |
Unit conversions | p. 525 |
References (Section 5) | p. 526 |
Index | p. 527 |
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