| Description |
1 online resource (703 p.) |
| Series |
Neonatology: Questions and Controversies Series |
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Neonatology questions and controversies.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Title page -- Table of Contents -- Other Volumes in the Neonatology Questions and Controversies Series -- Copyright -- Contributors -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- SECTION 1. Infectious Disease -- 1. Management of the asymptomatic newborn at risk for sepsis -- Introduction -- Approaches to EOS risk assessment among well-appearing term infants -- Areas of controversy -- References -- 2. Empiric therapy for neonatal sepsis -- Early-onset sepsis -- Late-onset sepsis -- Low-resource settings -- Conclusion -- References |
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3. When and how to treat neonatal CMV infection -- Clinical significance -- Treatment of congenital CMV -- Treatment of postnatal CMV infection -- References -- 4. Neonatal herpes simplex virus infection -- Introduction -- Timing of infection -- Risk factors for neonatal infection -- Clinical manifestations of neonatal infection and disease -- Diagnosis of neonatal HSV disease -- Treatment of neonatal HSV disease -- Outcomes of neonatal HSV with treatment -- Approach to neonates exposed to active HSV lesions at delivery -- Prevention of neonatal HSV disease -- Conclusion -- References |
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5. Antibiotic stewardship -- Antibiotic stewardship programs: We were warned -- Early days: Reporting emergent resistance and antibiotic practice and outcome variation in NICUs -- Emergence of multicenter reports on antimicrobial practice variations -- Large-scale stewardship in the NICU -- NICUs join the antibiotic stewardship wave -- Ongoing challenges -- Actionable items -- References -- 6. Neonatal fungal infections -- How are invasive Candida infections defined? -- How does Candida cause invasive infections? -- What are predisposing factors for ICIs in the neonatal intensive care unit? |
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What factors contribute to the virulence of Candida? -- Which organisms cause ICIs in the NICU? -- What is the incidence of ICIs in the NICU? -- What is the neurodevelopmental impairment impact and survival among infants who develop ICIs and what factors can improve these outcomes? -- What is the most common skin finding with CCC and how is it diagnosed and managed? -- How long are blood cultures positive with candidemia? -- What screening is needed to diagnose end-organ dissemination for each site of ICI? -- What are risk factors for renal candidiasis? |
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Can meningitis and central nervous system involvement occur without candidemia? -- Is it more common for Candida peritonitis to occur with focal bowel perforation or nec? -- Is preemptive treatment indicated if Candida is isolated from an endotracheal culture? -- Endophthalmitis and retinopathy of prematurity -- Who are high-risk infants for whom antifungal prophylaxis could be considered? -- What is the average time required to identify Candida from culture? -- How good are the newer laboratory diagnostic adjunctive tests? -- Are cases of mold infections on the rise? -- References |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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7. When to perform lumbar puncture in infants at risk for meningitis in the neonatal intensive care unit |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wynn, James L
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Smith, P. Brian
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Polin, Richard A
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| ISBN |
9780323879378 |
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0323879373 |
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