Description
Book SynopsisGain a solid understanding of neonatal and pediatric diseases as you explore real-world patient experiences with this unique resource. In every chapter, unfolding case studies with full-colour illustrations and photographs enhance your critical-thinking skills, making it easy to connect theory with practice.
Table of Contents
- 1. Making Sense of Caring for Kids: A Different Approach to Respiratory Care
- I. Fetal Development and Transition to Extrauterine Life
- 2. Fetal Cardiopulmonary Development
- 3. Resuscitation of the Newborn During Transition to Extrauterine Life
- II. Perinatal Lung Diseases and Complication
- 4. Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- 5. Apnea of Prematurity and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
- 6. Diseases of Full-term infants
- III. Common Neonatal Complications
- 7. Pulmonary Complications
- 8. Multi-system Complications
- IV. Congenital Anomalies
- 9. Abdominal Defects
- 10. Airway abnormalities
- 11. Acyanotic Heart Defects
- 12. Cyanotic Heart Defects
- V. Pediatric Diseases with Respiratory Implications
- 13. Asthma
- 14. Cystic Fibrosis
- 15. Pediatric Pulmonary Diseases
- 16. Pediatric Infectious Airway Diseases
- 17. Neuromuscular Disorders
- 18. Pediatric Accidents with Pulmonary Involvement
- 19. Pediatric Neurologic Accidents
- VI. Ethics and Pediatric Palliative Care
- 20. Ethics in Perinatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care
- 21. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
- Glossary
- Index
