Iowa Neonatology Handbook

Expanded Table of Contents

Edward F. Bell, MD and Jeffrey L. Segar, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed

General

• Blood Pressure in the Newborn
• Indications for Hearing Screening of Neonates
• High Risk Infant Follow-up Program
• Immunization of the Infant in the Hospital
• Intrauterine Growth Retarded (IUGR) Infants
• New Ballard Score for Gestational Age Assessment
• Newborn Metabolic Screen
• Neonatal Transport to University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
• Transfer of Infant to Referring Hospital from University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (back-transport)
• Nonviable Infant Admission Protocol
• Guidelines for Pediatric Attendance in the Delivery Room
• Comments on Oxygen Toxicity and Retinopathy (ROP) in the Premature Infant
• ROP Surveillance

Temperature

• Detection and Management of Abnormal Body Temperature
• Servocontrol: Incubator and Radiant Warmer
• When and How to Move Babies from Radiant Warmer to Incubator, and from Incubator to Open Bed

Jaundice

• Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Period
• Use of Phototherapy

Pulmonary

• Management of Neonatal Apnea
• Nasopharyngeal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (NPCPAP)
• Protocol for Initial Respiratory Settings for Mechanical Ventilation of Infants
• Use of Mechanical Ventilation in the Neonate
• High Frequency Ventilation (HFV)
• Management Strategies with High Frequency Ventilation in Neonates Using the Infant Star 950 High Frequency Ventilator
• Neonatal Resuscitation
• Medications for Use in Neonatal Resuscitation
• Care of the Infant with the Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
• Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension
• Present Guidelines for Nitric Oxide (NO) Therapy of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn
• Inhalational Nitric Oxide (iNO)
• Treatment of the Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Guidelines for Surfactant Administration (surfactant Replacement Therapy)
• Surveillance of ph and Blood Gas Status of Neonates
• Sampling Techniques for Arterial Blood Gas Samples
• Pulse Oximetry
• Transcutaneous Oxygen (TcPO2) Monitors
• Transcutaneous Carbon Dioxide (TcPCO2) Monitors

Neurology

• Neurological Disorders: Asphyxia
• Neonatal Seizures
• Intracranial Hemorrhage

Metabolic

• Hypocalcemia
• Guidelines for the Detection and Management of Hypoglycemia, Hyperglycemia, and Normoglycemia in Preterm and Term Neonates
• Metabolic Problems in Infants of Diabetic Mothers (IDM'S)
• Recommendations for Plasma Glucose Testing of Neonates While in Hospital
• Mean Blood Glucose in First Hours of Life

Fluid Management

• Fluid And Electrolyte Management in the Newborn
• Fluid Therapy in the Neonate

Feeding

• Nutritional Management of the Preterm Infant
• Parenteral Nutrition
• Enteral Feedings
• Guidelines for Use of Human Milk in the Nursery
• Guidelines to Enhance Successful Breast-feeding

Infection

• Congenital Infections
• Management of Perinatal Herpes Simplex Infections
• Hepatitis B
• Diagnosis of Infections Caused by Herpes Viruses snd Chlamydia
• Care of the Infant Born to a Mother with Prolonged Rupture of Membranes (PROM)
• Suggested Management of Term Infants Whose Mothers Have Positive Group B Streptococcal Cultures And/or Have Received Intrapartum Chemoprophylaxis Against Group B Streptococcus
• Suspected Sepsis in the Newborn
• Use of Drug Monitoring Levels in the Special Care Nurseries
• Reference Range for WBC Indices (after Manroe Et Al)
• Scalp Abscess
• Immunoglobulin Therapy
• Tolerance of IVIG Administration To Neonates
• Management of Infants with RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) Infection
• Guidelines for Immunoprophylaxis Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus in High-Risk Infants

Hematology

• Transfusion Guidelines for Preterm and Term Infants
• UI NICU Guidelines for Administering 15mL/kg Erythrocyte Transfusions to Neonates
• Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn Due to Maternal Erythrocyte Alloimmunization
• Polycythemia-Hyperviscosity Syndrome
• Bone Marrow Aspiration: Indications

Pharmacology

• Antiarrhythmic Drugs
• Anticonvulsants
• Antimicrobials
• Digoxin
• Diuretic Agents
• Effects of Drugs on the Fetus or Newborn
• The Effect of Drugs Taken by Nursing Mother on Her Infant
• Emergency Drug Doses
• NICU Intravenous Drug Compatability Chart
• Inotropic Agents
• Monitoring Gentamicin Therapy by Single Serum Sample Determination
• Pharmacologic Closure of PDA
• Protocol for Use of Prostaglandin E₁
• Pharmacologic Therapy for Neonatal Systemic Hypertension
• Neuromuscular Blockers in Neonates
• Analgesics and Sedatives
• Apnea
• Bronchodilators for Reactive Airway Disease
• Infants of Drug-Abusing Mothers
• Drug Half-Life Studies

Procedures

• Technique for Insertion of an Endotracheal (ET) Tube
• Suctioning of Endotracheal Tubes
• Lumbar Puncture
• Circumcision
• Collection of Arterial Blood Gas Samples
• Obtaining Blood Via Heel Stick
• Suprapubic Bladder Tap
• Insertion of Umbilical Vessel Catheters
• Exchange Transfusion
• Technique for Insertion of a Chest Tube
• Technique for Insertion of a Pericardial Tube
• Intraosseous Infusion
• Percutaneous Placement of Central Venous Catheters
• Apt Test for Fetal Hemoglobin

Abbreviations commonly used in the nursery 

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