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Neonatology

A Practical Approach to Neonatal Diseases

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  • © 2012

Overview

  • This volume offers both a clear overview and a practical approach to neonatal diseases

  • It will represent an up-to-date educational resource

  • It will provide the most reliable references from trustworthy authors and centers where the reader can find the latest information on these difficult subjects

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Table of contents (148 chapters)

  1. Epidemiology and Fetal Neonatal Medicine

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About this book

This new textbook wants to offer to neonatologists and pediatricians a modern and complete view of the various problems and aspects of neonatology, currently one of the most complex and advanced fields of pediatrics.

The first chapters will be dedicated to the epidemiology of neonatal mortality and morbidity and to the conditions responsible for neonatal risk. A section will be devoted to organizational problems of hospitals and home services for efficient modern neonatal and infant care.

Particular attention will be paid to neonatal care, medico-legal questions, examination of newborns and current availability of laboratory facilities and instrumentation for identification of perinatal abnormalities. Neonatal nutritional problems will also be examined, outlining current knowledge of the needs of sick and healthy babies. Conditions jeopardizing fetal health such as diabetes, maternal drug abuse and smoking will be discussed. New advances in neonatal pharmacology will be extensively examined.

Various diseases of the neonate involving lungs, heart, gastrointestinal tract, blood, immune system, endocrine system and kidneys will be also  expounded in special chapters. Fetal and neonatal infections will be extensively discussed. Fetal and neonatal neurological abnormalities will be discussed by highly specialized authors. There will be chapters on neonatal ophthalmology, dermatology and orthopedics.

Each chapter has beeb written by  a well recognized international expert in his or her field. As the opinion leader in their field, the Author is responsible for giving the most up-to-date information in terms of what is known, what is still being researched, and what has become evidence based medicine. Underlying causes and mechanisms of neonatal diseases will be presented in an immediate form. The use of summaries, tables, and accurately selected guidelines or recommendations that will accompany the text will supply quick references and instant solutions to the concerned neonatologists during their daily practice.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Division of Neonatology, University of Siena General Hospital S. Maria alle Scotte Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy

    Giuseppe Buonocore

  • University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Rodolfo Bracci

  • University of Liverpool, UK

    Michael Weindling

  • Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, Liverpool, UK

    Michael Weindling

  • Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK

    Michael Weindling

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