Lalitha Krishnan

Foreword
Preface
Abbreviations

General

Definitions

1. Basic Care of Normal Neonates
2. Breastfeeding
3. Thermoregulation
4. Planning a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
5. Nursery Protocols
6. Control of Infection in the Nursery
7. Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy
8. Chartwork in the Nursery
9. Minimal Handling
10. Monitoring and Interpretation of Blood Gases
11. Assisted Ventilation
12. Neonatal Transport
13. Imaging in Neonatalogy
14. Communication in Neonatology
15. Computers in Perinatology

Procedures

1. Procedures
2. Using Incubators and Radiant Warmers
3. Abdominal Paracentesis
4. Arterial Blood Sampling
5. Baby Bath
6. Bladder Aspiration
7. Bladder Catheterisation
8. Capillary Blood Sampling
9. Drainage of Pneumothorax
10. Endotracheal Intubation
11. Exchange Transfusion
12. Feeding Babies
13. Insertion of Gastric Tube
14. Intramuscular Injection
15. Intraosseous Infusion
16. Lumbar Puncture
17. Measurement of Blood Pressure
18. Monitoring Temperature
19. Oxygen Therapy
20. Pericardiocentesis
21. Peritoneal Dialysis
22. Resuscitation at Birth
23. Total Parenteral Nutrition
24. Transillumination
25. Umbilical Vessel Catheterisation
26. Venous Blood Sampling

Problems

1. Ambiguous Genitalia
2. Apnea and Bradycardia
3. Birth Injury
4. Blood in Stool
5. Conjugated (Direct) Hyperbilirubinemia
6. Cyanosis
7. Gastric Return or Vomiting
8. Hyperglycemia
9. Hyperkalemia
10. Hypoglycemia
11. Hyponatremia
12. Hypotension and Shock
13. Nil Stools for 48 Hours
14. Nil Urine for 24 Hours
15. Outpatient Problems
16. Poor Perfusion
17. Respiratory Distress
18. Seizures
19. Unconjugated (Indirect) Hyperbilirubinemia

Diseases

1. Common Surgical Problems
2. Hyaline Membrane Disease
3. Inborn Errors of Metabolism
4. Infant of a Diabetic Mother
5. Multiple Gestation
6. Necrotising Enterocolitis
7. Perinatal Asphyxia
8. Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of Newborn
9. Retinopathy of Prematurity
10. Septicemia Neonatorum
11. Small-for-Gestational Age

Drugs

Neonatal Medications
Maternal Drug Intake and Breastfeeding
Acetazolamide
Acyclovir
Adenosine
Amikacin
Amphotericin B
Ampicillin
Atropine
Aztreonam
Calcium
Cardioversion
Carnitine
Cefotaxime
Ceftazidime
Ceftriaxone
Cholestyramine
Cisapride
Cloxacillin
Dexamethasone
Diazepam
Digoxin
Dobutamine
Dopamine
Epinephrine
Fentanyl
Fluconazole
Furosemide
Gentamicin
Glucagon
Heparin
Hyaluronidase
Hydrocortisone
Indomethacin
Insulin
Levothyroxine Sodium
Lorazepam
Magnesium Sulphate
Metronidazole
Midazolam
Morphine
Naloxone
Neostigmine
Nitroprusside
Nystatin
Octreotide
Pancuronium
Penicillin
Phenobarbitone
Phenytoin
Potassium Chloride
Propranolol
Pyridoxine
Prostaglandin E1
Ranitidine
Sodium Bicarbonate
Sodium Polystyrene Sulphonate
Spironolactone
Surfactant
Theophylline
Vaccines and Sera
Vancomycin
Vitamin E
Vitamin K1
Zidovudine

Appendix
Charts
Notes
Index