Dr. Richard Polin’s 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 today’s practitioners, helping you handle difficult practice issues and provide optimal, evidence-based care to every patient.

1 Introduction and Historical Aspects

2 Physiologic Principles

3 Control of Ventilation

4 Ethical Issues in Assisted Ventilation of the Neonate

5 Evidence-Based Respiratory Care

6 Quality and Safety in Respiratory Care

7 Medical and Legal Aspects of Respiratory Care

8 Physical Examination

9 Imaging: Radiography, Lung Ultrasound, and Other Imaging Modalities

10 Blood Gases: Technical Aspects and Interpretation

11 Non-invasive Monitoring of Gas Exchange

12 Pulmonary Function and Graphics

13 Airway Evaluation: Bronchoscopy, Laryngoscopy, and Tracheal Aspirates

14 Cardiovascular Assessment

15 Overview of Assisted Ventilation

16 Oxygen Therapy

17 Non-invasive Respiratory Support

18 Basic Modes of Synchronized Ventilation

19 Principles of Lung-Protective Ventilation

20 Tidal Volume-Targeted Ventilation

21 Special Techniques of Respiratory Support

22 High-Frequency Ventilation

23 Mechanical Ventilation: Disease-Specific Strategies

24 Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation

25 Description of Available Devices

26 Delivery Room Stabilization, and Respiratory Support

27 Respiratory Care of the Newborn

28 Nursing Care

29 Nutritional Support

30 Complications of Respiratory Support

31 Pharmacologic Therapies I: Surfactant Therapy

32 Pharmacologic Therapies II: Inhaled Nitric Oxide

33 Pharmacologic Therapies III: Cardiovascular Therapy and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn

34 Pharmacologic Therapies IV: Other Medications

35 Management of the Infant with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

36 Medical and Surgical Interventions for Respiratory Distress and Airway Management

37 Intraoperative Management of the Neonate

38 Neonatal Respiratory Care in Resource-Limited Countries

39 Transport of the Ventilated Infant

40 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

41 Discharge and Transition to Home Care

42 Neurologic Effects of Respiratory Support

43 Pulmonary and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Following Ventilation