Neonatal care : a compendium of AAP clinical practice guidelines and policies

This new compendium gives you a single place to look for the most recent recommendations on quality care of pregnant women and their newborn infants. This manual contains American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statements, clinical and technical reports and an AAP clinical practice guideline related to neonatal care. Within this compendium, you will find the collected results of the AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn's efforts for the past several years. A wide range of perinatal topics, from antenatal counseling for periviable gestations, to hospital discharge of the high-risk infant, to post-discharge follow-up of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, is captured in these pages. More than 40 different topics, organized into 9 sections for easy reference, are included. Each statement or report contains an abstract overview, a concise presentation and critique of the available data, and a summary of the findings and/or recommendations, along with a current and comprehensive bibliography. Section topics include Delivery/Discharge Newborn Screening High risk Newborn/Prematurity Respiratory Support Infections/Vaccinations Complications/Issues Safe sleep Sudden Infant Death Syndrome/Infant death TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6 Foreword......Page 8 Section 1: Delivery/Discharge......Page 10 Hospital Discharge of the High-Risk Neonate......Page 12 Hospital Stay for Healthy Term Newborn Infants......Page 20 Immersion in Water During Labor and Delivery......Page 26 Planned Home Birth......Page 30 Safe Transportation of Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants at Hospital Discharge......Page 36 Umbilical Cord Care in the Newborn Infant......Page 42 Section 2: Newborn Screening......Page 48 Newborn Screening Expands: Recommendations for Pediatricians and Medical Homes—Implications for the System......Page 50 Newborn Screening for Biliary Atresia......Page 76 Section 3: High-Risk Newborn/Prematurity......Page 84 Antenatal Counseling Regarding Resuscitation and Intensive Care Before 25 Weeks of Gestation......Page 86 Apnea of Prematurity......Page 94 Diagnosis and Management of Gastroesophageal Refluxin Preterm Infants......Page 102 Donor Human Milk for the High-Risk Infant: Preparation, Safety, and Usage Options in the United States......Page 112 “Late-Preterm” Infants: A Population at Risk......Page 118 Noninitiation or Withdrawal of Intensive Care for High-Risk Newborns......Page 130 Section 4: Respiratory Support......Page 134 The Apgar Score......Page 136 Noninvasive Respiratory Support......Page 140 Oxygen Targeting in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants......Page 152 Postnatal Corticosteroids to Prevent or Treat Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia......Page 162 Respiratory Support in Preterm Infants at Birth......Page 172 Surfactant Replacement Therapy for Preterm and Term Neonates With Respiratory Distress......Page 176 Use of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Preterm Infants......Page 184 Section 5: Infections/Vaccinations......Page 192 Elimination of Perinatal Hepatitis B: Providing the First Vaccine Dose Within 24 Hours of Birth......Page 194 Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Health Care–Associated Infections in the NICU......Page 200 Guidance on Management of Asymptomatic Neonates Born to Women With Active Genital Herpes Lesions......Page 206 Management of Neonates Born at ≥35 0/7 Weeks’ Gestation With Suspected or Proven Early-Onset Bacterial Sepsis......Page 218 Management of Neonates Born at ≤34 6/7 Weeks’ Gestation With Suspected or Proven Early-Onset Bacterial Sepsis......Page 228 Strategies for Prevention of Health Care–Associated Infections in the NICU......Page 238 Section 6: Complications/Issues......Page 248 Assessment and Management of Inguinal Hernia in Infants......Page 250 Hypothermia and Neonatal Encephalopathy......Page 256 Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation......Page 262 Neonatal Drug Withdrawal......Page 284 Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants......Page 306 Phototherapy to Prevent Severe Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation......Page 312 Postdischarge Follow-up of Infants With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia......Page 320 Postnatal Glucose Homeostasis in Late-Preterm and Term Infants......Page 326 Premedication for Nonemergency Endotracheal Intubation in the Neonate......Page 332 Prevention and Management of Procedural Pain in the Neonate: An Update......Page 340 Section 7: Safe Sleep......Page 354 Safe Sleep and Skin-to-Skin Care in the Neonatal Period for Healthy Term Newborns......Page 356 Skin-to-Skin Care for Term and Preterm Infants in the Neonatal ICU......Page 366 Section 8: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome/Infant Death......Page 370 SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2016 Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment......Page 372 SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Evidence Base for 2016 Updated Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment......Page 384 Standard Terminology for Fetal, Infant, and Perinatal Deaths......Page 418 Section 9: Other Related Policies......Page 424 Advanced Practice in Neonatal Nursing......Page 426 Age Terminology During the Perinatal Period......Page 428 Controversies Concerning Vitamin K and the Newborn......Page 432 Disaster Preparedness in Neonatal Intensive Care Units......Page 434 Levels of Neonatal Care......Page 446 Index......Page 458 This new compendium from the AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn gives you a single place to look for the most recent recommendations on quality care of pregnant women and their newborn infants. This guide features more than 40 policy statements and clinical practice guidelines covering the full spectrum of care from delivery to discharge. This new compendium gives you a single place to look for the most recent and trustworthy recommendations on quality care of pregnant women and their newborn infants. https://shop.aap.org/neonatal-care-a-compendium-of-aap-clinical-practice-guidelines-and-policies-paperback/