Dr. Richard Polin’s Neonatology Questions and Controversies series highlights the most challenging aspects of neonatal care, 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.
Table of Contents:SECTION A. DEVELOPMENTAL CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
- 1.Principles of Developmental Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology
- 2. Vascular Regulation of Blood Flow to Organs in the Preterm and Term Neonate
- 3. Definition of Normal Blood Pressure Range: the Elusive Target
SECTION B. HEMODYNAMIC PRINCIPLES OF POSTNATAL TRANSITION
- 4. Cardiorespiratory Effects of Delayed Cord Clamping
- 5. Hemodynamic Significance and Clinical Relevance of Delayed Cord Clamping and Cord Milking
- 6. Transitional Hemodynamics and Pathophysiology of P/Ivh
- 7. The Immature Autonomic Nervous System, Hemodynamic Regulation, and Brain Injury in The Preterm Neonate
- 8. Pathophysiology of Pphn: Cellular Basis and Animal Studies
- 9. Pathophysiology-Based Treatment Of Pphn -
SECTION C. DIAGNOSIS OF NEONATAL CARDIOVASCULAR COMPROMISE: METHODS AND THEIR CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
Sub-Section C1 Assessment of Systemic Blood Flow and Cardiac Function: Ultrasound
- 10. Point of Care Ultrasound in the Assessment of The Neonatal Cardiovascular System
- 11. Assessment of Systemic Blood Flow and Myocardial Function in the Neonatal Period Using Ultrasound
- 12. Tissue Doppler Imaging
- 13. Speckle Doppler Tracking
- Sub-Section C2 Assessment of Systemic Blood Flow and Cardiac Function: Other Methods
- 14. Assessment of Cardiac Output in Neonates: Techniques Using the Fick Principle, Indicator Dilution Technology, Doppler Ultrasound, Thoracic Electrical Impedance and Arterial Pulse Contour Analysis
- 15. Cardiac MRI in the Assessment of Systemic and Organ Blood Flow and the Function of the Developing Heart
- 16. Methods to Assess Systemic and Organ Blood Flow in the Neonate: Principles
Sub-Section C3 Assessment of Organ and Peripheral Blood Flow
- 17. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
- 18. Clinical Applications of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Neonates
- 19. Assessment of the Microcirculation in the Neonate
Sub-Section C4 Comprehensive And Predictive Monitoring
- 20 Heart Rate and Cardiorespiratory Analysis for Sepsis and Nec Prediction
- 21. Comprehensive, Real-Time Hemodynamic Monitoring and Data Acquisition: an Essential Component of the Development Of Individualized Neonatal Intensive Care
SECTION D. CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS AND TREATMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR COMPROMISE IN THE NEONATE
Sub-Section D1 Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- 22. Diagnosis, Evaluation And Monitoring of Pda in The Very Preterm Infant
- 23. Pharmacologic Management of Pda in The Very Preterm Neonate
- 24. Surgical Management of Pda in the very Preterm Infant and Post Ligation Cardiac Compromise
- 25. Pathophysiology Based Management of the Hemodynamically Significant Ductus Arteriosus in the Very Preterm Neonate
- 26. Cardiovascular Compromise in the Preterm Infant During the First Postnatal Day
Sub-Section D2 Pathophysiology And Treatment Of Neonatal Shock
27. Assessment and Management of Septic Shock & Hypovolaemia28. Hemodynamics in the Asphyxiated Neonate and Effects of Therapeutic Hypothermia29. Pathopysiologically Based Management of Circulatory Compromise30. The Neonate with Relative Adrenal Insufficiency and Vasopressor ResistanceSECTION E. CARDIOLOGY- 31. Neonates with Complex Congenital Heart Disease: Delivery Room Management and Stabilization Before Transfer to the Cardiac Icu
- 32. Catheter-Based Therapy in the Neonate with Congenital Heart Disease
