Dr. Richard Polins Neonatology Questions and Controversies series highlights the toughest challenges facing physicians and care providers in clinical practice, offering trustworthy guidance on up-to-date diagnostic and treatment options in the field. In each volume, renowned experts address the clinical problems of greatest concern to todays practitioners, helping you handle difficult practice issues and provide optimal, evidence-based care to every patient.
SECTION 1 Infectious Disease 1 Management of the AsymptomaticNewborn at Risk for Sepsis 2 Empiric Therapy for Neonatal Sepsis 3 When and How to Treat NeonatalCMV Infection 4 Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection 5 Antibiotic Stewardship 6 Neonatal Fungal Infections 7 When to Perform Lumbar Puncture in Infants at Risk for Meningitis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 8 Perinatal and Neonatal Considerations in COVID-19 9 Congenital Syphilis 10 Gonococcal Eye Prophylaxis-Are Mandates Still Justified? 11 Organ Dysfunction in Sepsis and Necrotizing Enterocolitis SECTION 2 Pharmacology 12 Antibiotic Considerations for Necrotizing Enterocolitis 13 Antiseizure Medications and Treatments in Neonates 14 Neuroprotective Therapies in Newborns 15 Pharmacological Therapy of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome 16 Vasodilator Drugs for Pulmonary Hypertension in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia 17 Drug-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Neonates SECTION 3 Immunology 18 Recent Advances and Controversies in Inborn Errors of Immunity Presenting in the Newborn Period 19 Clinical and Molecular Markers to Assist Decision-Making in Neonatal Sepsis Index