Clinical Anesthesia for the Newborn and the Neonate

Dr. Usha Saha (MBBS, MD anesthesiology) graduated from Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), New Delhi, and post-graduated from AIIMS, New Delhi, India. She is a former director professor (teaching faculty) at LHMC and Sucheta Kriplani Hospital, with Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital (KSCH) attached to it. She has held the posts of treasurer and president of the Indian Society of Anesthesiology (ISA) Delhi. She has attended numerous conferences and chaired several sessions. She delivered a guest lecture on pediatric spinal anesthesia at ISA Kolkata. She has more than 40 years experience in anesthesia and is specially dedicated to pediatric and neonatal anesthesia. She has been holding CME for anesthetists on “neonatal anesthesia”. She has two research works under her on newborns and neonates. Dr Saha is a former HOD of the department of anesthesiology, LHMC and associated hospitals. Presently she holds the post of HOD anesthesia at Delhi University. She is additionally trainedin palliative care. She has been internal and external examiners for MD and DA in anesthesia, for MD in palliative care, and DM in oncoanesthesia.

Section 1- Basic - General Aspects of Newborn Diseases and Care.- Neonatal Mortality And Morbidity - The Burden.- Impact Of Maternal Health And Disease On Neonatal Outcome.- Changes In The Newborn At Birth – Fetal To Newborn Transition.- Common Medical Conditions In The Neonates.- Neonatal Screening For Metabolic Diseases.- ophthalmological Surgical Conditions In The Newborn And Neonate.- Neonatal Transfusion.- Effect Of Anesthesia On Developing Brain.- Neonatal Rehabilitation And Outcome.- Section 2. Developmental Anatomical and Physiological aspects.- General Anatomical and Physiological Considerations in The Newborn and Neonates.- The Respiratory System - Development and Physiology.- The Neonatal Airway.- Autonomic Nervous System In The Neonate.- Ventilation And Ventilatory Modes in Neonate.- Haematological Diseases and Syndromes in The Neonate – Haemoglobin. Haemoglobinopathies, And Oxygen Therapy.- Thermoregulation In Newborns, Neonates and Premature.- Clinical Pharmacology of Anesthetic Drugs in Neonates.- Neuromuscular Disorders in Neonate.- Section 3– Special aspects of Neonatal anesthesia.- Preoperative Workup, Perioperative Fasting (NPO) and Early Recovery After Surgery (ERAS).- Central Venous and Peripheral Arterial Access.- Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access.- Monitoring During Anesthesia In The Newborn And Neonate.- Perioperative Fluid Management and Blood Transfusion In Newborns And Neonates.- Regional and Central Neuraxial Blocks In Neonates.- Anaesthesia Or Sedation For Procedures Outside The Operation Theatre.- Pain Management In Neonates.- Perioperative Complications And Critical Incidents During Anesthesia In A Surgical Neonate.- Section 4 – Case Based Anesthesia Management – Common procedures.- Tracheoesophageal Fistula In The Neonate.- Anesthesia For Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.- Anaesthesia For Thoracic Surgery In Neonates.- Abdominal Wall Defects In Newborns And Neonates: Exomphalos And Gastroschisis.- Anesthesia For Gastrointestinal Surgical Conditions In Neonates.- Anaesthesia For Genitourinary Surgery In The Neonate.- Anesthesia For Ophthalmic Procedures In The Newborn, Neonate And Premature.- Neural Tube Development And Defects - Meningocele, Encephalocele, Hydrocephalus.- Anesthesia For Short Procedures.- Anesthetic Consideration In A Neonate With Congenital Heart Disease For Noncardiac Surgery.- Section 5 –anesthesia for Advanced procedures and Uncommon surgeries.- Anesthesia For Laparoscopic Surgery In Neonates.- Anesthesia For Bronchoscopy In Neonates.- Anesthesia For Neurosurgical Procedures In Neonates.- Exstrophy Bladder Or Ectopia Vesicae.- Biliary Atresia And Anesthetic Considerations.- Craniosynostosis.- Cystic Hygroma.- Nesidioblastoma (Congenital Hyperinsulinism – CHI).- Congenital Broncho-Biliary Fistula (CBBF).- Neonatal Malignancy And Anaesthesia.- Neonatal Palliative Care: A Paradigm Of Care.- COVID-19 And The Surgical Neonate.- Ethics In Neonatal Anesthesia And Research.