Reviews

Book review: neonatal cerebral investigation by Rennie,JM; Hagmann,CF; Robertson, NJ; 2008 ISBN-13: 978-0521838481 I´d like to congratulate the authors: their description of the examination of the neonatal brain from the clinical viewpoint is really thrilling! In the first part you find a detailed description of the basic s of physics and technology of ultrasound, MRI, EEG and aEEG including safety issues as well as clinical examinations , normal anatomy and normal imaging appearance including the maturational aspects of the premature brain. Emphasis is taken on repeated examinations at different times. The second part deals with the examination of the neonatal…

Neonatal Pain - Suffering, Pain and Risk of Brain Damage in the Fetus and Newborn (ed Buonocore & Bellieni) 2008 This book offers up a wide ranging selection of topics, from intrauterine biochemical markers of stress, the experinces of fetal stress, through to an overview of the risk factors for brain damage. Each chapter in itself is relatively brief in the discussion matter, but in recognition of this the every chapter is underpinned by a wealth of references to current literature on the subject matter. This in turn reassure the reader that it is within their reach to widen their knowledge base if they so wish. The multi professional approach means that this is …

Published by Ballantine Books available in USA for $25. Mark Sloan M.D is a pediatrician of 25 yrs of experience and fellow of AAP practising in nothern california region.In his book BIRTH DAY ,he refreshingly looks at the science of childbirth and explores the history and the wonder of childbirth. His book is arranged in 4 parts having 10 chapters. As neonatologists we are trained in identifying and treating the diseases of neonate in day to day practice.We have not been exposed to the history of neonatal medicine and hence we do not know how some treatments have become established and some have vanished. This book fills in the gap and lets us to know about …

Essential Neonatal Medicine, 4th Ed., Malcolm I. Levene, David I. Tudehope and Sunil Sinha (ISBN: 978-1-4051-5710-0), copyright 2008 This book is “intended for trainee clinicians (doctors, nurses and midwives).” Chapter references are limited by the authors to the most essential 4-10. They aimed for a “short book on neonatal medicine which gives more background discussion and is less dogmatic than other works currently available...to give more basic information concerning physiology, development and a perspective to treatment which will be of value equally to neonatal nurses, paediatricians in training, medical students and midwives.” They’ve focused on common proble…

Published by People’s Medical Publishing House Shelton Connecticut Publication date 2009 Edited by Anne Hansen, MD MPH and Mark Puder, MD PhD Anne Hansen, MD, MPH is the medical director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Mark Puder, MD, PhD is the Associate Professor of Surgery at the same institution. Harvard Medical School is a prestigious school and has turned out many excellent medical practitioners. They have sourced contributions from practitioners in Pediatrics, Neonatology, Anesthesiology, Surgery and many others. The book is laid out in chapter form, and these chapters can be broken into rough…

Atlas of amplitude-integrated EEGs in the newborn – second edition Lena Hellstrom-Westas, Linda S de Vries, Ingmar Rosén Publishers: Informa Healthcare: UK: 2008, Hardcover book with CD-ROM, 186 pages, approx price $174.00 ISBN: 978 1 84184 649 1 Neonatal cerebral function monitoring has become an integral part of the modern neonatal ICU in the last few decades whether for detection of seizures and brain injury, brain activity monitoring or as part of neurodevelopment disability prediction. There has been an exponential increase in the amount of publications regarding the various aspects of integrated amplitude EEG and it is difficult for the clinician to r…

Book Review: Hematology, Immunology and Infectious Disease Neonatology Questions and Controversies Robin K. Ohls and Mervin C.Yoyder Saunders- Elsevier 2008: ISBN: 978-1-4160-3158-1 Series Editor: Richard Polin Hard Cover. 294 pp, $78. This is the latest in the ‘Neonatology Question and Controversies’ series. Its sixteen chapters have been written by experts from United States, Europe and Australia with first eleven addressing issues in neonatal immunology and hematology while the remaining chapters address various infection related subjects. The earlier series had been very popular with neonatal clinicians thus I was looking forward to receiving my copy. H…

Gastroenterology & Nutrition: Neonatology Questions and Controversies Edited by Richard A. Polin Publisher: Saunders Elsevier Pub. Date: 2008 ISBN: 978-1-4160-3160-4. Included in series Neonatology: Questions & Controversies Gastroenterology and Nutrition: Neonatology Questions and Controversies, this book with its 19 chapters in 3 sections had aptly incorporated clinical neonatal gastroenterology and nutrition with up-to-date research. The section of scientific overview and developmental perspectives provides the reader with a better understanding of the developmental biology of the gastrointestinal tract, the intestinal microbiome and the rela…

This is not a book about neonatal medicine. But read it anyway! You will have a good time and feel enlighted about a fascinating world outside your neonatal unit. Where strong commercial interests and strange characters profit BIG MONEY from people aiming for a healthy life-style. Bad Science is written by the British doctor and writer Ben Goldacre. The book is based on his column in the Guardian, a leading newspapers in the UK. His mission is (what is seems) to bring basic principles of science to the general public, thereby uncovering the critical eye of people who are cheated to spend on miracle cures because of "studies have shown"-statements. As you know, most goo…

Newborn Lung: Neonatology Questions and Controversies Edited by Eduardo MD Bancalari, Richard A. Polin. 512 pp., Publisher: W B Saunders Co Pub. Date: March 2008; 82.95 $ ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-3166-6. Included in series Neonatology: Questions & Controversies Most of the improvement in neonatal outcomes has been related to advances in respiratory care of the preterm infant. This book is a collection of state of the art comprehensive contributions from 39 leading scientists and clinicians in the field of neonatal pulmonology, each author was carefully selected to cover his topic in a perfect way. Every chapter contains a wealth of information compiled in a clea…