Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Evidence-based practice. Evidence-based clinical practice decisions / Anita Glucken, Ellen Tappero, Gerald B. Merenstein -- Support of the neonate. Prenatal environment: effect on neonatal outcome / Mary Lepley, Radhika Ghatge Gogoi. Perinatal transport / Gary Pettett, Eugenia K. Pallotto, Gerald B. Merenstein. Delivery room care / Susan Niermeyer, Susan B. Clarke. Initial nursery care / Sandra L. Gardner, Janis L. Johnson. Heat balance / W. Woods Blake, Judith A. Murray. Physiologic monitoring / Wanda Todd Bradshaw, Barbara S. Turner, John R. Pierce. Diagnostic imaging in the neonate / John D. Strain, Juley C. Jenkins. Pharmacology in neonatal care / C. Michael Cotten, Barbara S. Turner, Mary Miller-Bell. Drug withdrawal in the neonate / Susan M. Weiner, Loretta P. Finnegan. Acid-base homeostasis and oxygenation / William H. Parry, Jan Zimmer. Pain and pain relief / Sandra L. Gardner, Mary I. Enzman Hagedorn, Lorraine A. Dickey. The neonate and the environment: impact on development / Sandra L. Gardner, Edward Goldson -- Metabolic and nutritional care of the neonatal. Fluid and electrolyte management / Brady A. Kerr, Alisa L. Starbuck, Steven M. Block. Glucose homeostasis / Jane E. McGowan, Webra Price-Douglas, William W. Hay, Jr. Enteral nutrition / Marianne S. Anderson [and others] Total parenteral nutrition / Howard W. Kilbride, Mary Kay Leick-Rude, Nancy H. Allen. Skin and skin care / Carolyn Houska-Lund, David J. Durand. Breast feeding the neonate with special needs / Sandra L. Gardner, B.J. Snell, Ruth A. Lawrence -- Infection and hematologic diseases of the neonate. Newborn hematology / Marilyn Manco-Johnson, Donna J. Rodden, Shannon M. Collins. Jaundice / C. Gilbert Frank, Patrician Hiniker Frank. Infection in the neonate / Mohan Venkatesh [and others] -- Common systemic diseases of the neonate. Respiratory diseases / Mary I. Enzman Hagedorn [and others] Cardiovascular diseases and surgical interventions / Stefanie E. Knight, Reginald L. Washington. Neonate nephrology / Rita D. Swinford [and others] Neurologic disorders / Patti L. Paige, Paul C. Moe. Genetic disorders, malformations, and inborn errors of metabolism / Anne L. Matthews, Nathaniel H. Robin. Neonatal surgery / J. Brent Roaten, Denis D. Bensard, Frances N. Price -- Psychosocial aspects of neonatal care. Families in crisis: theoretical and practical considerations / Roberta Siegel, Sandra L. Gardner, Gerald B. Merenstein. Grief and perinatal loss / Sandra L. Gardner, Peggy Hauser, Gerald B. Merenstein. Follow-up of the neonatal intensive care unit infant / Marilee C. Allen, Pamela A. Donohue, Margaret J. Porter. Ethics, values, and palliative care in neonatal intensive care / Julie Swaney, Nancy English, Brian S. Carter.

Focuses on the collaborative nature of neonatal intensive care and examines evidence-based clinical decision-making to demonstrate every aspect of the intensive care of the neonate, with a strong emphasis on clinical practice. Key neonatal topics are covered, and pathophysiology is examined using a systems approach.