Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care

Section 1 Background: anatomic and physiologic lung development; assessment of neonatal and paediatric respiratory systems; psycho-social aspects of caring for children and families. Section 2 Respiratory disease of the infant and child: neonatal pulmonary diseases; paediatric pulmonary diseases; apnoea and sleep disorders of infants and children prematurity; surgical diseases of the lung and airways in the infant and child; acute respiratory failure in infants and children. Section 3 Respiratory therapeutics: medical gas therapy; pharmacology and aerosol therapy. airway care and chest physiotherapy; non-invasive ventilation and CPAP; neonatal and paediatric mechanical ventilation; mechanical ventilators - technical aspects; invasive and non-invasive respiratory monitoring; high frequency ventilation. Section 4 Specialized aspect of respiratory care: respiratory management of the child with congenital heart disease. respiratory support for infants and children following surgery; respiratory management of neurologically or neuromuscularly impaired children; acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome; non-conventional methods of respiratory support; patient transport; sub-acute and home care. Appendices: answers to review questions and case studies; neonatal resuscitation program (NRP); paediatric advances life support (PALS); NBRC perinatal and paediatric examination matrix.