"Merenstein & Gardner's Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, 9th Edition is the leading resource for interprofessional, collaborative care of critically ill newborns. It offers comprehensive coverage with a unique interprofessional collaborative approach and a real-world perspective that make it a practical guide for both nurses and physicians. The new ninth edition features a wealth of expanded content on delivery-room care; new evidence-based care "bundles"; palliative care in the NICU; interprofessional collaborative care of parents with depression, grief, and complicated grief; and new pain assessment tools. Updated high-quality references have also been reintegrated into the book, making it easier for clinicians to locate research evidence and standards of care with minimal effort. These additions, along with updates throughout, ensure that clinicians are equipped with the very latest clinical care guidelines and practice recommendations -- all in a practical quick-reference format for easy retrieval and review"--Publisher's description.

Evidence-based practice. Evidence-based clinical practice -- Support of the neonate. Prenatal environment: effect on neonatal outcome -- Perinatal transport and levels of care -- Care at birth -- Immediate newborn care after birth -- Heat balance -- Physiologic monitoring -- Acid-base homeostasis and oxygenation -- Diagnostic imaging in the neonate -- Pharmacology in neonatal care -- Drug withdrawal in the neonate -- Pain and pain relief -- The neonate and the environment impact on development -- Metabolic and nutritional care of the neonate. Fluid and electrolyte management -- Glucose homeostasis -- Total parenteral nutrition -- Enteral nutrition -- Breastfeeding the neonate with special needs -- Skin and skin care -- Infection and hematologic diseases of the neonate. Newborn hematology -- Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia -- Infection in the neonate -- Common systemic diseases of the neonate. Respiratory diseases -- Cardiovascular diseases and surgical interventions -- Neonatal nephrology -- Neurologic disorders -- Genetic disorders, malformations, and inborn errors of metabolism -- Neonatal surgery -- Psychosocial aspects of neonatal care. Families in crisis: theoretical and practical considerations -- Grief and perinatal loss -- Discharge planning and follow-up of the neonatal intensive care unit infant -- Ethics, values, and palliative care in neonatal intensive care.