There is nothing more critical than caring for neonatal or pediatric patients during times of medical distress. Every second can be the difference between life and death. Oakes' Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Care is THE bedside critical care guide respiratory professionals should never be without it. This reference is essential for not only the student in school, and the practitioner in the pediatric hospital, but especially for the practitioner in the outlying hospital having to care for a baby until a transport team arrives. Key content includes prenatal and postnatal assessment, neonatal transport, assessment and monitoring (respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological), critical care procedures, O2/aerosol/humidity therapies, chest PT, CPAP, mechanical ventilation, pharmacology, 47 diseases/disorders, and more. This completely revised 5th edition includes updated pharmacology, and the 2005 AHA CPR guidelines with ACLS Algorithms.

This cornerstone neonatal handbook uniquely provides practical collaborative care of the critically ill neonate. Using a multidisciplinary team approach to care, it presents a combination of physiology and pathophysiology, application of these principles in clinical practice, and psychosocial aspects of care. This edition features new chapters on pain and pain relief, and skin and skin care of the neonate.* Emphasizes clinically applicable content to help busy practitioners quickly find the information they need. * Covers all aspects of caring for critically ill neonates, metabolic and nutritional care of the neonate, and the disorders most commonly encountered in the ICU. * Offers a consistent format within each chapter Physiology, Clinical Assessment, Etiology and Prevention, Data Collection and Parent Teaching, Pathophysiology, Etiology, Prevention, Data Collection, Treatment, and Complications to allow the reader to readily locate the information they need. * Presents drug dosages and side effects in easy-to-read tables. * Includes parent teaching sections to prepare the professional to educate parents about their child's care. * Emphasizes important psychosocial aspects of caring for critically ill neonates with supporting clinical care. * Includes a chapter on drug withdrawal in the neonate to equip the practitioner to care for the neonate exposed in utero to legal or illegal drugs and/or alcohol.

Product Description: The HANDBOOK OF NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE is the essential resource for health care professionals involved in the intensive care of neonates. Diagnostic guidelines, recommended tests, therapeutics, and dosage schedules are presented in a readily accessible, pocket-sized format...read more

Product Description: What began as a modest in-house manual for residents at one of the busiest children's hospitals in the world, evolved into one of the most popular handbooks for residents and trainees ever published. Based on actual clinical practice, this text covers the range of neonatology from the delivery room through discharge...read more

The second edition of the practical approach to neonatal intensive care that covers the major issues in neonatology. Additions include a Table of Drugs and new chapters on major vessel thrombosis, cardiac arrhythmias, central venous catheters, neonatal neoplasms and feto-maternal hemorrhage.