Abstract Appropriate monitoring of the cardiovascular system and thus the treatment of critically ill neonates with cardiovascular compromise hinges on the ability to monitor at least two of the three…
Abstract Complex forms of congenital heart disease (CHD) often require early and or emergent medical, surgical, or catheterization–based interventions in the first days to weeks of postnatal life. CHD lesions…
Abstract Considerable advances in catheter-based therapies have recently allowed interventional cardiac catheterization to play a major role in treating infants with congenital heart disease (CHD). In the neonatal period, a…
Abstract Although a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) can easily be visualized using ultrasound, the challenge is in differentiating a hemodynamically significant and potentially harmful ductus arteriosus from one which does…
Abstract One of the more controversial areas currently in neonatal management is the assessment, monitoring, and treatment of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). The reasons for this are many and…
Abstract Hypotension in the neonate is defined by low blood pressure associated with decreased systemic and organ blood flow. In a proportion of critically ill neonates, especially preterm neonates, hypotension…
Abstract Sepsis, defined as a systemic inflammatory response in the presence of a suspected or proven infection, is a common complication in neonates cared for in neonatal intensive care units…
Abstract This chapter reviews the epidemiology and current state of prophylactic and therapeutic pharmacologic management of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in the very preterm neonate. Until now, the optimal…
Abstract The assessment of myocardial performance and hemodynamics in term and premature infants is gaining considerable interest and has led to improvements in our ability to assess the neonatal heart…
Abstract Appropriate monitoring of the cardiovascular system and thus the treatment of critically ill neonates with cardiovascular compromise hinges on the ability to monitor at least two of the three…
