Full Description
This Open Access book is the first to provide clinicians with practical guidelines to explain the most frequently occurring neonatal brain injuries to parents and caretakers.
The brains of high-risk neonates are vulnerable to injury, and brain injuries are among the most serious complications in babies admitted to neonatal intensive care units. In addition to basic explanations about the origin, extent, severity, consequences, and treatment options of different types of brain injury, the book provides illustrations and representative brain imaging examples that enable clinicians to provide parents with necessary information, presented in a clear and concise way, using lay language and explanatory drawings. There is also a section in each chapter for parents to have for themselves.
Therefore, this book is a valuable resource for practitioners from various disciplines, including neonatologists, pediatricians, neurologists, (neuro- and pediatric-) radiologists, neonatal nurse specialists, and physician assistants.
Contents
Section I. General Chapter 1. Introduction on development, maturation and vulnerability of the neonatal brain; factors contributing to injury (Gerda Meijler & Khorshid Mohammad).- Chapter 2. Anatomy.- Section II. Preterm brain injury.- Chapter 3. Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Post-Hemorrhagic Ventricular Dilatation (Lara M. Leijser; Linda S. de Vries).- Chapter 4. Cerebellar haemorrhage (Gerda Meijler; Sylke J Steggerda).- Chapter 5. White matter injury (Gerda Meijler & Lara M. Leijser).- Chapter 6. Arterial infarction in preterm infants (Sylke J. Steggerda; Frances M Cowan;).- Chapter 7. Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in the preterm infant (Miriam Martinez-Biarge; Frances M Cowan;).- Section III. Brain injury in the (near)term neonate.- Chapter 8. Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy in term and near-term infants (Khorshid Mohammad; Linda de Vries; Gerda Meijler; Frances M. Cowan).- Chapter 9. Focal arterial infarction and lobar haemorrhage (Miriam Martinez Biarge; Frances M Cowan).- Chapter 10. Birth related mechanical head injuries in neonates Khorshid Mohammad; Gerda Meijler; Linda de Vries).- Chapter 11. Sinovenous Thrombosis in the newborn infant (Linda S. De Vries; Sylke J. Steggerda).- Section IV Neonatal Brain Infections.- Chapter 12. Viral infections affecting the neonatal brain (Linda S. de Vries & Sylke J Steggerda).- Chapter 13. Bacterial and fungal infections of the central nervous system (Sylke J. Steggerda; Linda S. De Vries).- Section V. Neuro-imaging and neuro monitoring.- Chapter 14. Cranial Ultrasonography (Gerda Meijler; Sylke J. Steggerda).- Chapter 15. Neonatal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) (Miriam Martinez- Biarge; Frances M Cowan).- Chapter 16. Neurophysiological Monitoring (Mohamed El-Dib; Linda S. De Vries).- Chapter 17. Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy (NIRS) (Mohamed El-Dib).- Chapter 18. Sub-ependymal pseudocysts and lenticulostriate vasculopathy (Frances M Cowan; Lara Leijser).
