This text covers all aspects of the basic science and management of neonatal pulmonary care, including complications, nutrition, outcomes, and parent education. Ventilatory management case studies, accompanied by b&w medical images, allow readers to test their abilities. This fourth edition contains new chapters on control of ventilation, exogenous surfactant therapy, and nitric oxide. Goldsmith is clinical professor of pediatrics at Tulane University. Karotkin teaches pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Goldsmith, Jay P., MD (Tulane Univ); Karotkin, Edward H., MD (Eastern Virginia Medical School)The contributors represent the specialties of pediatrics, nenoatology, surgery, and physiology. Most are from hospitals and academic medical centers in the U.S. Institutions prominently represented include Eastern Virginia Medical School, Jefferson Medical Coll, Tulane, and Univ of Chicago.

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