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Preface

look after high-risk newborns must include.

Neonatal care includes a wide range of aspects that are necessary to provide the support that assures the best outcome in the care of premature and sick newborn. The technoscientif‐ ic advances in this area have led to an increase in these babies' survival, who are sometimes in need of sophisticated care. However, there are essential levels of care that all centers that

During neonatal care, the health team faces a variety of crucial problems in the evolution of neonates. This book includes important topics related to neonatal care grouped into four sections. In 14 chapters that address relevant issues about neonatal care, the book seeks to

The first section of this book focuses on the critical issues in neonatal care presented in the first hours of life. Chapter 1 introduces global and fundamental aspects of neonatal care. Chapter 2 refers to different procedures, scopes and possibilities in the very first hour of life, "the golden hour," both short and long term, and analyzes psychological and physiological aspects during this period. Chapter 3 develops important elements regarding the assessment of the hemody‐ namic stability of neonates and analyzes different measurement methods and their benefits and limitations. Chapter 4 assesses the relevant actions of respiratory care, analyzing the tran‐ sition from fetal to neonatal breathing and respiratory support in the delivery room to noninvasive and invasive respiratory support methods. Chapter 5 closes this section by showing the state of the art of the pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapy of neonatal hypoglycemia

with emphasis on the pathogenesis of congenital hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia.

and candida infection, as well as other neonatal fungal infections, is also discussed.

Section II groups three selected topics on neonatal infection. Chapter 6 includes epidemio‐ logical, diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic aspects of neonatal meningitis. Chapter 7 de‐ velops neonatal osteomyelitis, a problem that, although infrequent, can cause serious complications; it discusses the clinical presentation, general approach, diagnosis and thera‐ peutic management. This section is completed with Chapter 8 on fungal infections in the neonatal intensive care unit, in which the epidemiology of this type of infection is described,

Section III includes selected topics on surgical problems. This section includes Chapter 9 that develops important aspects of neonatal care related to anesthesia. This topic includes general principles, elements of anesthetic preparation and intraoperative management of anesthesia. Chapter 10 describes the most frequent surgical problems, and Chapter 11 updates the topic of neonatal male circumcision in the context of Thailand from a public health perspective.

Finally, section IV includes different miscellaneous topics in the field of neonatal health. Chapter 12 focuses on neonatal gene therapy for inherited disorders and explains through

contribute to the clinical work of the health teams of neonatal units.

