Neonatal Intensive Care Handbook

The Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Careis the essential resource for health care professionals involved in the intensive care of neonates. Diagnostic guidelines, recommended tests, therapeutics, and dosage schedules are presented in a readily accessible, pocket-sized format. The new edition includes new chapters prenatal diagnosis and newborn screening for genetic and metabolic disorders, fully updated drug information, and a clearer and easier-to-use two-color presentation. Presents diagnostic guidelines, recommended tests, therapeutics, and drug dosage schedules. Text is carefully structured in outline format and accompanied by clear tables and line illustrations. Written by experienced teachers and providers of neonatal intensive care. New page design and layout with second colour. Provides full neonatal drug dosage information in one easy-to-access pocket-sized resource. Three new chapters cover prenatal screening, tests for genetic and metabolic disorders, and the use of exogenous surfactant in respiratory distress syndrome. Complete update of existing chapters. Fully revised, comprehensive neonatal drug formulary. New two-color page design for clearer, more modern presentation.