Pathology of Neonatal Intensive Care

Part 1 Prenatal therapy: maternal drug therapy and the foetus; diagnostic amniocentesis; umbilical cordocentesis; intrauterine transfusion; chorionic villus sampling (CVS); prevention of preterm labour. Part 2 Birth trauma: predisposing conditions; scalp, skull and brain injury; spinal cord injury; breech delivery; other features of birth trauma. Part 3 Skin and subcutaneous tissues: skin lesions related to tubes and lines; topical agents and physical agents; sclerema neonatorum; skin infections. Part 4 Respiratory system (general): direct airway injury; epithelial necrosis of airways; other airway changes; miscellaneous complications of ventilation and intubation; pulmonary edema; spontaneous resolution of hyaline membranes; yellow hyaline membranes. Part 5 Pulmonary complications of assisted ventilation: air leaks and air embolism; persistent interstitial pulmonary emphysema; bronchopulmonary dysplasia and related lesions; surfactant aerosol therapy; extracorporeal membrane oxygenators; pulmonary vascular changes associated with prostaglandin E1; pulmonary infections following bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Part 6 Arterial and aortic lines: umbilical artery lines; aortic aneurysms and infection complicating arterial lines; embolic effects; direct arterial trauma; other arterial lines. Part 7 Venous lines: umbilical venous lines; other venous lines; sequelae of venous thrombi; infections with venous lines; foreign body emboli; exchange transfusion. Part 8 Cardiovascular complications: ductus arteriosus; cardiac scarring and hypertrophy; persistence of effects of ischemic damage; angiographic changes in the myocardium; cardiac puncture; other arterial lesions. Part 9 Parenteral alimentation, hepatobiliary and pancreatic changes: general considerations of risks; liver changes associated with parenteral alimentation; consequences of liver damage; other liver changes; pancreatic lesions; biliary lesions. Part 10 Genitourinary system: renal crystalline deposits; systemic hypertension and renal lesions; other lesions of the urinary tract; testicular lesions; changes in the uterus, vagina and ovary. Part 11 Endocrine organs: pituitary lesions; thyroid glands; parathyroid gland; adrenal gland. Part 12 Spleen, thymus and lymph nodes: splenic lesions; thymic involution; other thymic lesions; lymph nodes. Part 13 Gastrointestinal tract: ischemic necrosis and indomethacin; sequelae of previous intestinal ischemia. Part contents.