Acute Respiratory Disorders
Acute Respiratory Disorders Jeffrey A. Whitsett Ward R. Rice Barbara B. Warner Susan E. Wert Gloria S. Pryhuber Successful adaptation to air breathing at the time of birth is the…
Control of Breathing: Development, Apnea of Prematurity, Apparent Life-Threatening Events, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Control of Breathing: Development, Apnea of Prematurity, Apparent Life-Threatening Events, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Mark W. Thompson Carl E. Hunt The fetus makes breathing movements in utero and these movements…
Intrauterine Growth Restriction and the Small-For-Gestational-Age Infant
Intrauterine Growth Restriction and the Small-For-Gestational-Age Infant Marianne S. Anderson William W. Hay INTRODUCTION Much of the interest in infants who are small for gestational age (SGA) at birth, and…
Multiple Gestations
Multiple Gestations Mary E. Revenis Lauren A. Johnson-Robbins The incidence of twins, triplets, and higher-order multiple gestations now accounts for approximately 3% of all pregnancies in the United States. The…
The Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infant
The Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infant Apostolos Papageorgiou Ermelinda Pelausa Lajos Kovacs Tremendous progress in the survival of newborn infants has resulted in the need for population descriptors other than “premature” or…
Thermal Regulation
Thermal Regulation Michael Friedman Stephen Baumgart A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Tarnier was an obstetrician in Paris who first applied modern concepts of incubation to human infants starting around 1830 (1,2). Tarnier’s…
Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Kathleen A. Marinelli Kathy Hamelin OVERVIEW Over the past two decades, as advances in technology have markedly…
Fluid and Electrolyte Management
Fluid and Electrolyte Management Edward F. Bell William Oh Infants who are born prematurely or who are critically ill cannot regulate their own intake of fluids and nutrients. Moreover, enteral…
General Care
General Care Ian Laing This chapter describes the general care of the well infant and discusses how a pediatrician may meet the needs of the majority of families whose infants…
