Current Advances in Neonatal Care, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America

In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Bonita Stanton, Drs. Beena Sood and Dara Brodsky have assembled expert authors to bring current information to pediatricians on the topic of Current Advances in Neonatal Care. The focus of the issue spans the full continuum of care, including articles on prenatal care, care in the delivery room, nursery, and post-discharge. Articles are specifically devoted to the following topics: Prenatal Genetic Testing Options; Current Intrauterine Surgery Options; Recent Changes in Neonatal Resuscitation (include LMA); Current Recommendations of Sepsis Evaluation in the Newborn; Hypoglycemia in the Newborn; Maternal Thyroid Disease and Impact on Newborn; Current Approach to Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome; The Current State of State Newborn Screening; Late Preterm Infant: Known risks and monitoring recommendations; Intrauterine Growth Restriction: Postnatal Monitoring and Outcomes; Hearing Risks in Preterm Infants:  Who is at risk and how to monitor?; Management Options for Hemangiomas in the Neonate; GERD in the Newborn:  Who needs to be treated and what approach is beneficial?; Outpatient Management of NICU Graduate; and Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Premature Infants. Readers will come away with the most current information they need to improve patient outcomes with evidentiary support. Author Info By Beena Sood, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI and Dara Brodsky, MD, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neonatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Table of Contents:

Prenatal Genetic Testing Options

Current Intrauterine Surgery Options

Recent Changes in Neonatal Resuscitation (include LMA)

Current Recommendations of Sepsis Evaluation in the Newborn

Hypoglycemia in the Newborn

Maternal Thyroid Disease and Impact on Newborn

Current Approach to Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

The Current State of State Newborn Screening

Late Preterm Infant: Known risks and monitoring recommendations

Intrauterine Growth Restriction: Postnatal Monitoring and Outcomes

Hearing Risks in Preterm Infants: Who is at risk and how to monitor?

Management Options for Hemangiomas in the Neonate

GERD in the Newborn: Who needs to be treated and what approach is beneficial?

Outpatient Management of NICU Graduate

Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Premature Infants