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Record Nr.

UNISA996212361303316

Titolo

The newborn lung [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Eduardo Bancalari ; consulting editor, Richard A. Polin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Saunders/Elsevier, c2008

ISBN

1-4377-1086-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xix, 487 p. : ill

Collana

Neonatology questions and controversies series

Altri autori (Persone)

BancalariEduardo

PolinRichard A <1945-> (Richard Alan)

Disciplina

618.92/2

Soggetti

Pediatric respiratory diseases

Newborn infants - Diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Molecular basis for normal and abnormal lung development / Martin Post, Martin Rutter -- Hereditary disorders of alveolar homeostasis in the newborn / Jeffrey Whitsett, Timothy Weaver -- Growth and development of the lung circulation mechanisms and clinical implications / Steve Abman, Christopher Baker, Vivek Balasubramania -- Surfactant : the basis for clinical treatment strategies / Alan Jobe -- Susceptibility of the immature lung to oxidative and mechanical injury / Jaques Belik -- Inflammation/infection : effects on the fetal/newborn lung / Alan Jobe, Suhas Kallapur, Timothy J.M. Moss -- Lung fluid balance during development and in neonatal lung disease / Richard Bland, David P. Carlton, Lucky Jain -- Role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of acute and chronic neonatal lung disease / Christian Speer -- The pathogenesis epidemiology and prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia / Ilene Sosenko, Eduardo Bancalari -- What is the evidence for drug therapy in the prevention and management of BPD / Henry Halliday, Conner O'Neill --

Definitions and predictors of bronchopulmonary dysplasia / Michele Walsh -- New developments in the pathogenesis and management of neonatal pulmonary hypertension / Judy Aschner, Candice Fike -- Impact of perinatal lung injury in later life / Lex W. Doyle, Peter J. Anderson -- The oxygen versus room air controversy for neonatal resuscitation / Peter Fowlie, Hannah Shore -- Optimal levels of



oxygenation in preterm infants: impact on short and long-term outcomes / Win Tin, Samir Gupta -- Non invasive respiratory support : an alternative to mechanical ventilation in preterm infants / Peter Davis, Colin Morley -- High frequency ventilation in neonatal respiratory failure / Waldemar Carlo, Ulrich Thome -- New modalities of mechanical ventilation in the newborn / Eduardo Bancalari, Nelson Claure -- Role of pulmonary function testing in the management of neonates on mechanical ventilation / Tilo Gerhardt, Nelson Claure -- Neonatal respiratory control and apnea of prematurity / Richard J. Martin, Oded Mesner, Juliann M. Di Fiore -- Strategies for prevention of apneic episodes in preterm infants : are respiratory stimulants worth the risk? / Barbara Schmidt, Dirk Bassler.