Inside Front Cover -- Short Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contributors -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Making Sense of Caring for Kids: A Different Approach to Respiratory Care -- Anatomical and Physiological Differences Between Children and Adults -- Patient Assessment -- Pharmacology -- Equipment Selection -- Intensive Care Unit Classifications -- Evidence-Based Medicine -- Section One: Fetal Development and Transition to Extrauterine Life -- Chapter 2 Fetal Cardiopulmonary Development -- Determining Gestational Age -- Fetal Lung Development -- Fetal Cardiac Development -- Fetal Neurological Development -- Fetal Circulation -- Changes to Fetal Circulation at Delivery -- Assessing Fetal Lung Maturity -- Implications of Development on Neonatal Course -- Tocolytics and Glucocorticoids During Preterm Labor -- Chapter 3 Resuscitation of the Newborn During Transition to Extrauterine Life -- The Three Stages of Labor -- Fetal Monitoring During Labor and Delivery -- Transition to the Extrauterine World -- Section Two: Perinatal Lung Diseases and Complications -- Chapter 4 Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- Hyaline Membrane Disease/Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- Chapter 5 Apnea of Prematurity and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia -- Apnea of Prematurity -- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia -- Chapter 6 Disease of Full-Term Infants -- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn -- Meconium Aspiration Syndrome -- Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn -- Section Three: Common Neonatal Complications -- Chapter 7 Pulmonary Complications -- Atelectasis -- Pulmonary Interstitial Emphysema -- Pneumothorax -- Pneumomediastinum -- Pneumopericardium -- Pneumonia -- Chapter 8 Multisystem Complications -- Intraventricular Hemorrhage -- Patent Ductus Arteriosus -- Necrotizing Enterocolitis.

Retinopathy of Prematurity -- Section Four: Congenital Anomalies -- Chapter 9 Abdominal Defects -- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia -- Gastroschisis -- Omphalocele -- Chapter 10 Airway Abnormalities -- Airway Abnormalities of the Nasal Passages and Nasopharynx -- Choanal Atresia -- Other Conditions Affecting the Nasal Passages and Nasopharynx -- Airway Abnormalities of the Oral Cavity and Oropharynx -- Robin Sequence -- Other Conditions Affecting the Oral Cavity and Oropharynx -- Airway Abnormalities of the Supraglottis -- Laryngomalacia -- Other Conditions Affecting the Supraglottis -- Airway Abnormalities of the Glottis -- Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis -- Other Conditions Affecting the Glottis -- Airway Abnormalities of the Subglottis -- Subglottic Stenosis -- Other Conditions Affecting the Subglottis -- Airway Abnormalities of the Trachea and Bronchi -- Tracheoesophageal Fistula -- Other Conditions Affecting the Trachea and Bronchi -- Tracheotomies -- Chapter 11 Acyanotic Heart Defects -- Septal Wall Defects -- Atrial Septal Defect -- Ventricular Septal Defect -- Atrioventricular Septal Defects -- Aortic Stenosis -- Pulmonic Stenosis -- Coarctation of the Aorta -- Double Aortic Arch -- Chapter 12 Cyanotic Heart Defects -- Tetralogy of Fallot -- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return -- Transposition of the Great Arteries -- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome -- Ebstein Anomaly -- Truncus Arteriosus -- Section Five: Pediatric Diseases with Respiratory Implications -- Chapter 13 Asthma -- Asthma -- Chapter 14 Cystic Fibrosis -- Cystic Fibrosis -- Chapter 15 Pediatric Pulmonary Diseases -- Bronchiolitis -- Pneumonia -- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- Chapter 16 Pediatric Infectious Airway Diseases -- Epiglottitis -- Croup -- Bacterial Tracheitis -- Chapter 17 Neuromuscular Disorders -- Guillain-Barré Syndrome -- Myasthenia Gravis.

Tetanus -- Botulism -- Muscular Dystrophies -- Spinal Muscular Atrophies -- Chapter 18 Pediatric Accidents With Pulmonary Involvement -- Near-Drowning -- Inhalation Injuries -- Upper Airway Injury -- Direct Lung Injury -- Systemic Complications -- Cyanide Poisoning -- Aspiration -- Foreign Body Aspiration -- Chemical Pneumonitis -- Hydrocarbons -- Lipoids -- Oral Secretions -- Gastric Secretions -- Chapter 19 Pediatric Neurological Accidents -- Traumatic Brain Injury -- Spinal Cord Injury -- Neurogenic Pulmonary Edema -- Section Six Ethics and Pediatric Palliative Care -- Chapter 20 Ethics in Perinatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care -- Principles of Bioethics -- Professional Ethics -- Clinical Ethics -- Clinical Scenarios With Ethical Implications for Pediatric Respiratory Care -- Chapter 21 Palliative and End-of-Life Care -- Framing the Discussion About Appropriate Goals of Care -- Early Referral/Concurrent Care -- Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Orders -- Discontinuing Mechanical Ventilation -- Treating Dyspnea -- Location of Death -- Supporting the Team -- Supporting the Family -- Glossary -- Index -- Inside Back Cover.