Neonatology is intended to be a practical bedside reference – not
a comprehensive textbook – for problems likely to be encountered
in the Newborn Nursery or Newborn Intensive Care Unit by residents,
neonatal nurse practitioners, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellows,
family physicians, pediatricians, and neonatologists. In addition
to covering neonatal conditions, supportive care of the newborn,
and neonatal procedures, sections on maternal conditions that have
implications for the newborn, as well as a section on the differential
diagnosis of presenting signs in the newborn are included. Material
is presented in outline format as bullets with short statements. Information
is provided under headings that are common to all the topics
in that section to facilitate navigating among the information presented
under each topic. For example, information in the sections on
conditions is presented under the headings History & Physical, Tests,
Differential Diagnosis, Management, Specific Therapy, Follow-Up, and
Complications and Prognosis, while that in procedures is presented
under the headings Indications, Contraindications, Special Considerations,
and Complications.
