This book is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of neonatal medicine, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. It covers the basic care of neonates, the pathophysiology of various important conditions and the presentation of complex cases in a simplified manner for ease of comprehension and care of such patients.This text covers the major conditions of neonatal mortality such as birth asphyxia, preterm baby care and neonatal sepsis while also focusing on less covered but common topics including meningomyelocele, omphalocele and gastroschisis, which are now seen more frequently in low- and middle-income countries.There are 12 chapters that contain subchapters on relevant clinical conditions, focusing on medical specialties such as respiratory, cardiology, and haematology, among others. Finally, Textbook of Neonatology for Medical Students includes feeding problems in Low Birth Weight infants , Kangaroo Mother care, research opportunities in neonates and reference to essential technologies and prevention of long-term complications.
Prof. Karim P. Manji, MBBS, MMED, MPH, FTAAS, FRCP (Lon), FRCPCH (Lon), Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Applied Sciences, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
Introduction.- SECTION I: CARE OF THE LOW BIRTH WEIGHT.- 1. LOW BIRTH WEIGHT.- 2. ESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME.- 3.APNEA OF PREMATURITY.- 4.ANEAMIA OF PREMATURITY.- 5. BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA.- 6.CONTINOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE FOR RESPIRATORY SUPPORT IN NEWBORNS.- 7.Hypothermia SECTION 2: CARDIAC.- 8.CRITICAL CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE.- 9.PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS.-10.PERISTANT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION.- 11. Meconium Aspiration Syndrome.- SECTION III: GIT.- 12.GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX.- 13.GIT MALFORMATIONS.- 14.NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS.- 15.OMPHALOCELE AND GASTROSCHISIS.- SECTION IV: CNS.- 16. BIRTH ASPHYXIA.- 17. NEONATAL SEIZURES.- 18.NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS.- 19. DISORDERS OF HEAD SIZE AND SHAPE 20. INTRAVENTRICULAR HAEMORRHAGE (IVH) 21. NEONATAL STROKE.- 22.FLOPPY NEONATE.- 23.RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY.- SECTION V: RENAL.- 24. ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN THE NEWBORN.- SECTION VI: NEONATAL JAUNDICE.- 25. NEONATAL JAUNDICE.- SECTION VII: HEMATOLOGY.- 26. HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS IN THE NEWBORN.- 27. HEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF NEWBORN.- 28. TWIN TO TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME (TTTS).- Section VIII: INFECTIOUS DISEASE.- 29. CONGENITAL INFECTIONS: Syphilis, Toxoplasmosis, Cytomegalo-Virus , Herpes , TB exposure, hepatitis B , Varicella.- 30. POSSIBLE SERIOUS BACTERIAL INFECTION and other NEONATAL SEPSIS CHAPTER IX: METABOLIC CONDITIONS 31. INFANT OF DIABETIC MOTHER 32. NUTRITION IN THE NEW BORN.- 33. FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE MANAGEMENT IN NEWBORN.- 34. APPROACH TO PATIENT WITH INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM.- Section X: LACTATION.- 35. LACTATION MANAGEMENT AND THE USE OF DONOR HUMAN MILK.- 36. Feeding the Low Birth weight Infant.- Section XI: DEVELOPMENTAL CARE.- 37. DEVELOPMENTAL CARE FOR NEWBORN.- 38. THE IMMUNOLOGICAL BASIS OF IMMUNIZATION and VACCINATION OF PRETERM NEWBORNS.- 39. NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME (NAS).- 40. Continuum of Care CHAPTER XII: PROCEUDRES AND CHARTS.- 41. New Ballard Scoring for assessment of Gestational Age.- 42. GROWTH MONITORING OF PRETERM INFANTS USING INTERGROWTH-21.- 43. NEONATAL PROCEDURES (includes Umbilical, peripheral and central venous access) and Prevention of aspiration.- 44. ACCESS TO INTRAVENOUS LINES AND PREVENTION OF INTRAVENOUS LINE ASSOCIATED ADVERSE EVENTS.- 45. Cranial Ultrasound in Newborns.- 46. Immediate kangaroo Mother care (iKMC).- 47. Current Research and potential opportunities for research in Neonates in Tanzania.- 48. Dosage Formulary for special and common neonatal drugs (as used in Tanzania, 2025).- 49. Myths and Misconceptions about Care of preterms.