**Meet the editor**

R. Mauricio Barría, MSc, DrPH, is a Principal Investigator and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at Universidad Austral de Chile. He is currently Director of the Nursing Institute and Director of the Evidence-Based Health Office at the university. He was trained as an epidemiologist and received his MSc in Clinical Epidemiology from Universidad de la Frontera in Temuco, Chile,

and his DrPH from Universidad de Chile in Santiago, Chile. His research interests lie in the areas of Maternal-Child Health, Neonatal Care and Environmental Health. He is skilled in epidemiological studies designs with special interest in cohort studies and clinical trials.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Critical Issues in Neonatal Care 1**

Chapter 2 **Neonatal Care in the First Hour of Life 9**

Chapter 3 **Hemodynamic Monitoring in Neonates 27** Petja Fister and Štefan Grosek

**Section 2 Selected Topics on Neonatal Infections 83**

Chapter 4 **Respiratory Care of the Neonate 45** Štefan Grosek and Petja Fister

Chapter 5 **Neonatal Hypoglycemia 63**

Macedo de Lima

Chapter 6 **Neonatal Meningitis 85** Selim Öncel

Chapter 7 **Neonatal Osteomyelitis 97**

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Petročnik

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Essential Issues in Neonatal Care 3**

Teja Škodič Zakšek, Anita Jug Došler, Ana Polona Mivšek and Petra

Adauto Dutra Moraes Barbosa, Israel Figueiredo Júnior and Gláucia

Lidia Decembrino, Nunzia Decembrino and Mauro Stronati
