The Protocols in Neonatology is a practical book for newborn healthcare providers-pediatricians, fellows, nurses and postgraduates involved in day-to-day care of well and sick newborns. With each protocol the book provides contents meant to standardize care of newborns. Key Features: Up-to-date, concise, precise, India-specific contents. Covers over 70 neonatal conditions. Contributions by more than 50 experts. Divided into seven sections-Clinical approach to sick newborn, Care of well newborn, Care of preterm/low birth weight/high risk newborn, Neonatal dilemmas, Specific therapies, Interpreting tests and Miscellaneous topics. An essential bedside aid for clinical care.  

Contents: I. Clinical Approach to Sick Newborn: 1. Rajiv Sharan Identitification of "At Risk" Newborn and admission to SCNU/NICU/Rajiv Sharan. 2. Hypothermia/Leslie Lewis. 3. Respiratory distress/Rhishikesh Thakre. 4. Neonatal shock/Vinay Mishra, Preetha Joshi and Vinay Joshi. 5. Suspected Infection/Anuradha Bansal and Deepak Chawla. 6. Neonatal seizures/Ashish Jain. 7. Jaundice/Srinivas Murki. 8. Suspected congenital heart defect/Monica Kaushal. 9. Fluid and Electrolyte therapy/Sandeep Kadam. 10. Hypoglycemia/Vinay Kumar Rai and Sanjay Wazir. 12. Polycythemia/Raktima Chakrabarti. 13. Feed Intolerance : Gastric residues/Rohit Arora. 14. Bleeding newborn/Rajesh Kumar. 15. Thrombocytopenia/Binu Ninan. 16. Anemia/Sanjay Aher. 17. Neonatal encephalopathy/Naveen Jain. 18. Floppy infant/Preetha Joshi and Tanushri Mukherjee. 19. Suspected Inborn errors of metabolism/Naveen Bajaj. 20. Disorder of sex development/Tejopratap Oleti. 21. Neonatal transport/Sachin Shah and Amita Kaul.....