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Chapter 7 - Anesthesia Care for the Premature Infant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 November 2019

By
Arvind Chandrakantan  and
Jamie W. Sinton
Edited by
Adam C. Adler ,
Arvind Chandrakantan  and
Ronald S. Litman
Adam C. Adler
Affiliation:
Texas Children's Hospital
Arvind Chandrakantan
Affiliation:
Texas Children's Hospital
Ronald S. Litman
Affiliation:
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Summary

In this chapter, the authors discuss numerous anesthetic considerations related to the care for the premature infant. A host of topics associated with prematurity are reviewed including bronchopulmonary dysplasia, pulmonary hypertension, apnea of prematurity, retinopathy of prematurity, cerebral palsy, neonatal hypoglycemia, hypothermia and acidosis, necrotizing enterocolitis and the performance of neonatal spinal anesthetics.

Keywords

Prematurityinterventricular hemorrhagelow birth weightBronchopulmonary dysplasiapulmonary hypertensionapnea of prematurityretinopathy of prematuritycerebral palsyhypoglycemianeonatal acidosisnecrotizing enterocolitisspinal anesthetic
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Case Studies in Pediatric Anesthesia , pp. 28 - 32
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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