58 Normal and Abnormal Brain Development Pierre Gressens and Petra S. Hüppi Mechanisms of Brain Development Normal development of the human central nervous system (CNS) encompasses several steps, including neuroectoderm…
102 The Skin of the Neonate Steven B. Hoath and Vivek Narendran The critical interface between body and environment is amply demonstrated by the phenotype of newborn skin. The initial…
59 White Matter Damage and Encephalopathy of Prematurity Petra S. Hüppi and Pierre Gressens Brain injury in the premature infant is composed of multiple lesions, principally described as germinal matrix…
33 Role of Positive Pressure Ventilation in Neonatal Resuscitation Louise Owen, Peter Davis, Arjan B. Te Pas and Colin J. Morley Newborn babies who do not spontaneously breathe at birth…
11 Genetic Aspects of Perinatal Disease and Prenatal Diagnosis Komal Bajaj and Susan J. Gross Genetics is a fundamental part of every aspect of medicine. Constantly expanding knowledge of the…
96 Disorders of Calcium, Phosphorus, and Magnesium Metabolism in the Neonate Steven A. Abrams and Dov Tiosano Approximately 98% of the calcium, 80% of the phosphorus, and 65% of the…
88 Hematologic and Oncologic Problems in the Fetus and Neonate Yaser Diab and Lori Luchtman-Jones Hematopoietic Development Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells Blood cells arise from the differentiating embryonic mesoderm. Human…
73 Assisted Ventilation and Its Complications Steven M. Donn and Sunil K. Sinha Mechanical ventilation has been utilized to treat neonatal respiratory failure for nearly a half century. The earliest…
61 Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Floris Groenendaal and Linda S. de Vries Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) following severe perinatal asphyxia (also described in the literature as perinatal hypoxia-ischemia or asphyxia neonatorum) has an…
99 Inborn Errors of Metabolism Arthur B. Zinn This chapter is a guide for the practicing physician in recognizing and caring for the neonate who might have an inherited metabolic…
