Advances in Respiratory Care of the Newborn, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology (Volume 39-3) (The Clinics: Internal Medicine, Volume 39-3)

Book info: Advances in Respiratory Care of the Newborn, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology (Volume 39-3) (The Clinics: Internal Medicine, Volume 39-3) (Hardcover, 240 pages) – Saunders, 2012. Language: English.

Top authors were selected to write clinical review articles devoted to Advances in Respiratory Care of the Newborn. Articles are devoted to: Effects of chorioamnionitis on lung function and growth; Delivery room respiratory management of the term and preterm infant; CPAP or INSURE for initial respiratory support; Which CPAP is best?; Non-invasive respiratory support; Volume limited and volume targeted ventilation; Weaning from mechanical ventilation; Predictors of bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Brain Injury in Chronically Ventilated Preterm Neonates: Collateral Damage Related to Ventilation Strategy; The Pulmonary Circulation in Respiratory Failure; Novel methods for assessment of right heart structure and function in pulmonary hypertension; Control of oxygenation; Non-invasive monitoring by photoplethysmography; Cell-based strategies to reconstitute lung function in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Permissive Hypercapnea; Prevention of BPD with Nitric Oxide; and Aero-digestive pulmonary disorders in the neonate. Editorial Reviews About the Author Richard Polin is William T. Speck Professor and Vice-Chair of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York-Presbyterian, New York.