Publisher's Synopsis
Authoritative experts cover all aspects the basic science and management of neonatal pulmonary care including complications, nutrition, transport, outcomes, follow-up, and parental education. This state-of-the-art 4th Edition presents chapters on control of ventilation, specialized ventilator techniques and modalities, exogenous surfactant therapy, and includes new chapters on ventilatory strategies, nitric oxide, and the ethical considerations of assisted ventilation. Ventilatory management case studies test diagnostic and clinical abilities with problems drawn from actual clinical files.