GOLDSMITH's Assisted Ventilation of the Neonate. An Evidence-Based Approach to Newborn Respiratory Care

Section I History, Pulmonary Physiology and General Considerations

1 Introduction and Historical Aspects

2 Physiologic Principles

3 Control of Ventilation

4 Ethical Issues in Assisted Ventilation

5 Evidence-Based Respiratory Care

6 Quality and Safety in Respiratory Care

7 Medical-legal aspects of respiratory care

Section II Patient Evaluation and Monitoring

8 Physical examination

9 Imaging: Radiography, lung ultrasound, and other imaging modalities

10 Blood Gases and Acid-base Balance: Technical Aspects and Interpretation

11 Non-invasive monitoring of gas exchange

12 Pulmonary Function and Graphics

13 Airway evaluation: Bronchoscopy, laryngoscopy, tracheal aspirates

Section III Delivery room stabilization, oxygen therapy and respiratory support

14 Delivery room stabilization and respiratory support

15 Surfactant replacement therapy

16 Oxygen therapy

17 Respiratory gas conditioning

18 Non-invasive respiratory support

19 Overview of assisted ventilation

20 Modes of Synchronized Ventilation

21 Principles of lung-protective ventilation

22 Tidal Volume-targeted Ventilation

23 Special ventilation techniques

24 High-Frequency Ventilation

25 Mechanical Ventilation: Disease-specific strategies

26 Weaning and Extubation from Mechanical Ventilation

27 Description of available devices

28 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Section IV Bedside care, Nutritional and Pharmacologic Support

29 Respiratory Care of the Newborn

30 Nursing Care

31 Nutritional Support

32 Pharmacologic Therapies

33 Cardiovascular Assessment and Management

Section V Treatment of Specific Conditions, Surgical Interventions and Other Considerations

34 Diagnosis and Management of PPHN

35 Care of the infant with CDH

36 Management of the infant with BPD

37 Medical and surgical interventions for respiratory distress and airway management

38 Intraoperative Management of the Neonate

Section VI Complications of Respiratory Support, Special Considerations and Outcomes

39 Complications of respiratory support

40 Neonatal respiratory care in Resource-Limited Countries

41 Transport of the Ventilated Infant

42 Transition to Home Care and Home Ventilation

43 Neurologic Effects of Respiratory Support and Neurodevelopmental Outcome

44 Long-term Pulmonary Outcomes of Respiratory Support

A must-have reference for the entire NICU, Goldsmith’s Assisted Ventilation of the Neonate, 7th Edition, is the only fully comprehensive, evidence-based guide to all aspects of this fast-changing field. Easy to use and multidisciplinary in scope, this trusted reference provides authoritative guidance on contemporary management of neonatal respiratory diseases, with an emphasis on evidence-based pharmacologic and technologic advances that improve outcomes and quality of life in newborns. It’s an outstanding resource for neonatologists and NICU professionals to acquire new knowledge and techniques in this critical area of neonatal care. 

• Covers all aspects of both basic and advanced respiratory management of neonates: general principles and concepts; assessment, diagnosis and monitoring methods; therapeutic respiratory interventions; adjunctive interventions; and special situations and outcomes. 

• Provides updated content on rapidly changing technology and guidelines for assisted ventilation, with up-to-date descriptions of bedside methodologies and the rationale for providing all types of ventilator care in infants. 

• Contains new chapters on respiratory gas conditioning, diagnosis and management of PPHN, care of the infant with CDH, gaps in knowledge, and future directions. 

• Includes significant updates on cardiovascular assessment and management, as well as complications of respiratory support. 

• Provides extensive, full-color visual support with photographs, drawings, charts and diagrams, and radiographic images throughout. 

• Features more than 30 appendices that help you quickly find normal values, assessment charts, ICU flow charts, procedure steps and other useful, printable forms. 

• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices. 

Edited by Martin Keszler, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Associate Director of NICU and Director of Respiratory Services at Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. ; Gautham Suresh, MD, Section Head and Service Chief of Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas and Jay P. Goldsmith, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Tulane University, Metairie.