Parental Mental Health Issues
47 Parental Mental Health Issues Susan Hatters Friedman Anxiety can become a significant issue during any high-risk pregnancy, because the mother may have worries about the baby’s health, delivery, and…
Attachment Challenges with Premature or Sick Infants
46 Attachment Challenges with Premature or Sick Infants A. Rebecca Ballard Premature or Sick Infants Given the importance of the close contact and interaction described in establishing parent-child relationships under…
Design Considerations of the Intensive Care Nursery
38 Design Considerations of the Intensive Care Nursery Robert D. White and Michele C. Walsh When the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is appreciated as a place where crucial brain…
The Sensory Environment of the Intensive Care Nursery
37 The Sensory Environment of the Intensive Care Nursery Robert D. White Sensory development begins early in fetal life in an environment that is quite different from that of the…
Fetal Effects of Autoimmune Disease
21 Fetal Effects of Autoimmune Disease Isaac Blickstein and Smadar Friedman Placental Transfer: General Remarks The maternal-fetal interface is quite efficient in its selective exclusion of substances during the transport…
The Organization of Perinatal Services
3 The Organization of Perinatal Services Michele C. Walsh and Avroy A. Fanaroff Historical Perspective Before 1940, perinatal care services were delivered in the United States, Canada, and Europe without…
Coding and Reimbursement: Principles and Practices
8 Coding and Reimbursement Principles and Practices Gilbert I. Martin, Richard Molteni and Stephen A. Pearlman Neonatology as a relatively new specialty of pediatric care has developed its own national…
Legal Issues in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
5 Legal Issues in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Jonathan M. Fanaroff and Robert Turbow Clinicians, especially clinicians working in the intensive care unit environment, are accustomed to a modicum of predictability. Treatment…
Medical Ethics in Neonatal Care
4 Medical Ethics in Neonatal Care Jonathan M. Fanaroff This chapter explores the complexity of moral problem solving in neonatal medicine. First, principles of medical ethics and key terms and…
Simulation in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
7 Simulation in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Louis P. Halamek Simulation may be defined broadly as any exercise that allows an individual to experience a situation that, although not real, nevertheless generates…
