94 Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis Michael Caplan Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a common and devastating gastrointestinal emergency that primarily afflicts premature infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) worldwide. Despite…
69 Role of Imaging in Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of High-Risk Neonates Susan R. Hintz Neonatologists, neurologists, and other providers who care for high-risk, very premature infants in the neonatal intensive care…
63 Hypotonia and Neuromuscular Disease in the Neonate Nancy Bass, Timothy E. Lotze and Geoffrey Miller Clinicians who care for newborns are often required to consider the possibility that a…
79 Cardiac Embryology Michiko Watanabe and Jamie Wikenheiser The care of children with heart disease has increasingly become a neonatal specialty. Fetal diagnosis of congenital heart defects (CHDs) is now…
68 Early Childhood Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of High-Risk Neonates Deanne E. Wilson-Costello and Allison H. Payne Advances in obstetric and neonatal care have been responsible for the improved survival of high-risk…
32 Overview and Initial Management of Delivery Room Resuscitation Jay P. Goldsmith The transition from fetus to neonate represents a series of rapid and dramatic physiologic changes during which the…
80 Pulmonary Vascular Development Robin H. Steinhorn Normal development of pulmonary vascular structure and function through prenatal and early postnatal life prepares the lung to perform its basic physiologic function…
26 Chorioamnionitis Richard Polin and Tara M. Randis Definitions and Epidemiology Chorioamnionitis (or intra-amniotic infection) is a major cause of fetal, neonatal, and maternal morbidity and mortality.10,44,49,57,59,69 There are strong…
85 Cardiovascular Problems of the Neonate Manish Bansal and Christopher S. Snyder Cardiac Malposition and Abnormalities of Abdominal Situs Bodily Arrangement and Situs The development of morphologically right-sided structures on…
18 Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Arun Jeyabalan Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy consist of a broad spectrum of medical complications including gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia, and pregestational hypertension. The incidence is…
