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Infectious Disease and Pharmacology
Neonatology Questions and Controversies

Today’s most advanced, authoritative information in neonatology

William Benitz (Author)

9780323543910, Elsevier Health Sciences

Hardback, published 4 September 2018

308 pages, 60 illustrations (55 in full color)
26 x 18.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.84 kg

"practitioners will find this concise but comprehensive book useful for easy reference"

Dr. Richard Polin’s Neonatology Questions and Controversies series highlights the most challenging aspects of neonatal care, offering trustworthy guidance on up-to-date diagnostic and treatment options in the field. In each volume, renowned experts address the clinical problems of greatest concern to today’s practitioners, helping you handle difficult practice issues and provide optimal, evidence-based care to every patient.

  • Stay fully up to date in this fast-changing field with Infectious Disease and Pharmacology, an all-new volume in the series.
  • Thorough, up-to-date content on the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, treatment, and outcomes for neonatal-perinatal infections, including necrotizing enterocolitis, neonatal HSV, and congenital Zika virus infection.
  • The latest information on dosing of antibiotics, antivirals, and antifungals.
  • Current coverage of therapies for neonatal gastroesophageal reflux, seizures, neuroprotection, and neonatal abstinence syndrome, as well as pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenetic considerations in neonatal care.
  • Consistent chapter organization to help you find information quickly and easily.
  • The most authoritative advice available from world-class neonatologists who share their knowledge of new trends and developments in neonatal care.
  • Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
  • Purchase each volume individually, or get the entire 7-volume set, which includes online access that allows you to search across all titles!

Gastroenterology and NutritionHematology, Immunology and GeneticsHemodynamics and CardiologyInfectious Disease and Pharmacology New Volume!Nephrology and Fluid/Electrolyte PhysiologyNeurologyThe Newborn Lung

Part 1- Infectious Disease

1. Management of the Asymptomatic Newborn at Risk for Sepsis

2. Empirical Therapy for Neonatal Sepsis

3. When and How to Treat Neonatal CMV infections

4. Neonatal Herpes simplex Virus Infection

5. Antibiotic Stewardship

6. Candida Prophylaxis

7. Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Outcomes, and Evaluation of Invasive Candida Infections

8. When to Perform Lumbar Puncture in Infants at Risk for Meningitis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

9. Biomarkers in Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis

10. Congenital Zika Syndrome

Part 2- Pharmacology

11. Pharmacokinetic Considerations in Neonates

12. Neonatal Pharmacogenetics

13. Antibiotic Considerations for Necrotizing Enterocolitis

14. Antibiotic Dosing Considerations for Term and Preterm Infants

15. Antifungal Dosing Considerations for Term and Preterm Infants

16. Antiviral Dosing Considerations for Term and Preterm Infants

17. Antiepileptic Drug Therapy in Neonates

18. Neuroprotective Therapies in Neonates

19. Pharmacologic Therapy for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

20. Therapies for Gastroesophageal Reflux in Neonates

Subject Areas: Paediatric medicine [MJW]
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