Neonatal Ventilation Made Easy

This ready to consult volume explains respiratory distress and/or failure that requires urgent ventilatory support. Discusses about the two forms of ventilation practiced in NICU i.e. controlled and volume controlled types of ventilation. This book is a sure companion and aid in emergent hours to save patients. Covers all the practical aspects of neonatal ventilation and addresses issues encountered in daily practice. 1. Newborn Life Support, 2. Formulas Commonly Used in NICU, 3. Acid-Base Balance, 4. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), 5. Positive Pressure VentilationIntroduction and Terminologies, 6. Different Modes of Positive Pressure Ventilation, 7. Ventilatory Adjustments According to Blood Gas Changes, 8. Volume Controlled Ventilation, 9. High Frequency Ventilation, 10. Nitric Oxide, 11. Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation , 12. Respiratory Distress Syndrome, 13. Chronic Lung Disease, 14. Meconium Aspiration Syndrome, 15. Transient Tachypnoea of Newborn, 16. Collapse of a Baby on Ventilator , 17. Necrotising Enterocolitis, 18. Jaundice, 19. Neonatal FeedingDifficulties, 20. Neonatal VomitingCommon Causes, 21. Anaemia in Neonates, 22. Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE), 23. Intraventricular Haemorrhage and Periventricular Leucomalacia, 24. Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (Persistent Foetal Circulation), 25. Sepsis in Neonates, 26. Tit-Bits, 27. Neonatal Formulary (Commonly used Medications).