Assisted Ventilation of the Neonate

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.

The fourth edition presents new chapters on:

Control of ventilation

Specialised ventilator techniques and modalities

Exogenous surfactant therapy

Ventilatory strategies

Nitric oxide

The ethical considerations of assisted ventilation