Moderate Preterm, Late Preterm, and Early Term Births, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

Moderate Preterm, Late Preterm, and Early Term Births, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology
Author: Lucky Jain
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2013-12-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323261213

This issue is expected to be in high demand, being extremely valuable to both neonatologists and maternal-fetal medicine physicians. The Guest Editors have put together a very comprehensive issue that looks at the premature infant. Topics include: Moderate Preterm. Late Preterm and Early Term Births: Epidemiology and Trends; Stillbirth Reduction Efforts and Impact on Early Births; Management of Indicated Early Term and Late Preterm Births; Physiological Underpinnings for Clinical Problems in Moderately Preterm, Late Preterm;Brain Maturation in the Second of Half of Pregnancy; Respiratory Disorders in Moderately Preterm, Late Preterm and Early Term Infants; Metabolic and Neurologic Issues in Moderately Preterm, Late Preterm and Early Term Infants; and Quality Initiatives Related to Moderately Preterm, Late Preterm and Early Term Births.

Preterm Birth

Preterm Birth
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 791
Release: 2007-05-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 030910159X

The increasing prevalence of preterm birth in the United States is a complex public health problem that requires multifaceted solutions. Preterm birth is a cluster of problems with a set of overlapping factors of influence. Its causes may include individual-level behavioral and psychosocial factors, sociodemographic and neighborhood characteristics, environmental exposure, medical conditions, infertility treatments, and biological factors. Many of these factors co-occur, particularly in those who are socioeconomically disadvantaged or who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups. While advances in perinatal and neonatal care have improved survival for preterm infants, those infants who do survive have a greater risk than infants born at term for developmental disabilities, health problems, and poor growth. The birth of a preterm infant can also bring considerable emotional and economic costs to families and have implications for public-sector services, such as health insurance, educational, and other social support systems. Preterm Birth assesses the problem with respect to both its causes and outcomes. This book addresses the need for research involving clinical, basic, behavioral, and social science disciplines. By defining and addressing the health and economic consequences of premature birth, this book will be of particular interest to health care professionals, public health officials, policy makers, professional associations and clinical, basic, behavioral, and social science researchers.

Renal and Urologic Issues, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

Renal and Urologic Issues, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology
Author: Michelle Rheault
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2014-09-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323323383

Kidney anomalies are the most frequent abnormality detected on prenatal ultrasound. Some are inconsequential and others are life-threatening. All must be addressed by neonatologists. This edition of Pediatric Clinics of Perinatology covers these anomalies. In addition, it addresses a variety of other nephrology and urology issues that neonatologists confront. Some are rare and the chapter may then serve as an important resource. Others are common, and thus will provide updated information on diagnosis and management.

Advances in Neonatal Neurology, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

Advances in Neonatal Neurology, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology
Author: Praveen Ballabh
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2014-03-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323296211

The 16 articles in this issue draw on the expertise of internationally recognized experts who have collectively provided cross-cutting reviews with a broad perspective on the current state of the field. The authors have provided succinct, up-to-date clinical perspectives and highlight current controversies and future challenges. As a result, this issue is a cutting-edge compendium of this complex and fast-moving field. Throughout the issue, the reader is encouraged to acquire a more comprehensive perspective by drawing connections between earlier and later articles that are thematically grouped around issues dealing with pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapy. This issue underscores the vital importance of continued support to encourage and nurture collaboration among clinicians and scientists.

Advances in Maternal Fetal Medicine, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology, E-Book

Advances in Maternal Fetal Medicine, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology, E-Book
Author: Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2020-11-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323764827

Together with Consulting Editor Dr. William Rayburn, Guest Editors Dr. Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman and Dr. Russel Miller have curated a state-of-the-art monograph devoted to Advances in Maternal Fetal Medicine. They have secured expert authors to submit clinical reviews for perinatologists. Specific articles are devoted to the following topics: Advances in delivery management for the preterm fetus (magnesium sulfate, late-preterm antenatal corticosteroids); Approaches to stillbirth prevention; Current preterm birth prevention strategies; Neurological outcomes after fetal therapy for complicated monochorionic twins; Innovations in fetal myelomeningocele (fMMC) repair; An update on biologic agents in pregnancy; Telemedicine in obstetrics; The impact of racial and socioeconomic disparities on obstetrical outcomes; Opioids use and misuse in pregnancy; Advances in statewide and national obstetrical QI collaborations; Optimizing term delivery timing and mode of delivery; Preeclampsia; E-Z infections can be quite challenging: Contemporary understanding of Ebola and Zika virus in pregnancy; and Next-generation genetic testing in obstetrics. Readers will come away with the evidence-based recommendations they need to improve patient outcomes.maternal fetal medicine; fetus; pregnancy;

Concepts in Neonatal Nutrition, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

Concepts in Neonatal Nutrition, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology
Author: Brenda Poindexter
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2014-06-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323299474

Over the past several decades, advances in neonatal nutrition have focused on the provision of early parenteral nutrition and the development of formulas and supplements that most closely approximate maternal breast milk. The overall outcomes for infants, including premature infants, have greatly benefited from these advances, but there are still many nutritional unknowns that impact the lives of neonates. This is an exciting time in neonatal nutrition as the focus has shifted from survival and growth, which are still important goals, to effects of each micro/macronutrient on development, prevention of disease states such as ROP, the effects of neonatal nutrition on future health as an adult, and opportunities to improve long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes by optimal early nutrition. This issue focuses on aspects of enteral and parenteral nutrition that are at the forefront of neonatal care: assessing growth, parenteral nutrition components (including alternate lipid formulations), optimal storage and use of human milk (including donor milk), post-discharge nutrition, and the effects of various micro/macronutrients on long-term developmental outcomes. It is anticipated that the study and implementation of many of these novel concepts into the care of neonates, many of whom are severely premature, will be of value to practitioners, researchers, and, most of all, patients.

Preterm Birth, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology, E-Book

Preterm Birth, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology, E-Book
Author: David K. Stevenson
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2024-05-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0443130825

In this issue of Clinics in Perinatology, guest editors Drs. David K. Stevenson and Gary M. Shaw, along with research scientist Ron J. Wong, bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Preterm Birth. Preterm birth is the leading cause of death among children, with one million children dying due to preterm birth before the age of five years. This issue is a key resource for perinatologists who seek to predict and improve outcomes for preterm births, providing actionable clinical information in hopes of reaching the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal to end all preventable deaths of newborns and children aged under five years by 2030. - Contains 15 practice-oriented topics including genomics of preterm birth; predicting preterm birth using proteomics; predicting preterm birth using the microbiome; predicting preterm birth using the immunome; a new taxonomy of preterm birth; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews of preterm birth, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Quality Improvement, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

Quality Improvement, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology
Author: Munish Gupta
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-08-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323545653

The Guest Editors have collaborated on a state-of-the-art presentation of current clinical reviews on Quality in Neonatal Care. Top experts have prepared articles in the following areas: Standardizing Practices: How and why to standardize, using checklists, measuring variation; Health Informatics and Patient Safety; Using Statistical Process Control to Drive Improvement in Neonatal Care; Improving Value in Neonatal Intensive Care; Culture and Context in Quality of Care: Improving Teamwork and Resilience; Has Quality Improvement Improved Neonatal Outcomes; National Quality Measures in Perinatal Care; Perinatal and Obstetric Quality Initiatives; Family Involvement in Quality Improvement; Perinatal Quality Improvement: A Global Perspective; Delivery Room Care / Golden Hour; Respiratory Care and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Reducing Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis; Alarm Safety and Alarm Fatigue; and Patient Safety: Reducing Unplanned Extubations. Readers will come away with the clinical information they need improve quality in the NICU.

Pain Management in the Postpartum Period, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

Pain Management in the Postpartum Period, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology
Author: Randall P. Flick
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2013-09-25
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323188664

This issue of Clinics in Perinatology will carry the reader through the perinatal period and examine pain management throughout that continuum. Beginning with the genetics of obstetrical pain and opioid use in pregnancy, the discussion moves to the provision of anesthesia to the mother and fetus during fetal surgery - an area of intense concern and interest in many centers. There is an extensive discussion of both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management of pain during delivery. A discussion of regional anesthetic techniques is increasingly relevant in light of increasing evidence of adverse neurodevelopmental consequences of fetal exposure to general anesthetics and sedatives. Pain, its implications and management, are extensively covered including discussions of how to assess neonatal pain and how best to provide sedation and non-pharmacologic pain management, systemic pharmacologic, or regional techniques. Of particular interest are the reviews of the potential neurodevelopmental impact of both the treatment and the failure to adequately treat pain in the newborn. This topic is receiving an enormous amount of attention from all those who care for children as well as government and the media.

Retinopathy of Prematurity, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

Retinopathy of Prematurity, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology
Author: Graham Quinn
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2013-06-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1455772186

The Guest Editors have invited top experts in their fields to write current state-of-the-art clinical reviews on retinopathy of prematurity. Articles are devoted to incidence, the biology of ROP, How Knowledge of the Pathogenesis Continues to Guide Treatment, The Challenge of Screening Using Tele-Ophthalmology, Algorithms for Detection of ROP Based on Weight Gain, Current and Future Treatment of ROP, Setting Up an ROP Program - Interaction of Neonatology, Nursing and Ophthalmology, ROP and the Oxygen Conundrum: Lessons from Recent Randomized Trials, OCT in ROP—Looking Beyond the Vessels, Outcome of ROP. A special article is devoted to outcomes from the 3rd World ROP Congress (Oct 14-16, 2012).