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Chronic Respiratory Diseases in the Arab World
Chronic respiratory diseases represent a great challenge for public health policies in the Arab world. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
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General Anatomical and Physiological Considerations in the Newborn and Neonates
It is an accepted fact that a newborn baby is a miniature adult human, just a wee bit smaller in physical size, and that all organs are also just...
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Chronic Invasive Ventilation
The advance in applied technologies and the extension of ethical criteria for prolonging life have enabled the survival of critical ill patients with...
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Preeclampsia: Early and Long-Term Clinical Considerations
Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy characterized by new onset of hypertension after 20 weeks gestational age, in the setting of...
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Lung Development
The human capacity to oxygenate and ventilate requires a complex association between the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems. As muscles of...
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Premature Infants
Preterm birth is a leading cause of neonatal and childhood mortality worldwide. Advances in medical technologies and therapeutic perinatal and...
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Placenta, Abnormal Conception, and Prematurity
The pathology of the placenta and the conception has interested scientists and physicians for centuries. In this chapter, the pathology of the...
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Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is the most prevalent congenital heart defect that is caused by the persistent opening of the ductus arteriosus (DA)...
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Pulmonary hypertension in extremely preterm infants: a call to standardize echocardiographic screening and follow-up policy
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a frequent complication in extremely preterm born infants that seriously affects outcome. We aimed to describe the...
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High-Risk Pregnancy: Pregnancy-Related Problems
A parturient is designated as “high risk” because of the various problems that might arise in the antenatal or peripartum periods. Anesthetic...
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Infective Endocarditis in Pregnancy: Unveiling the Challenges, Outcomes, and Strategies for Management
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious and potentially fatal infection affecting cardiac endothelium and valves, with a significant increase in its...
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Metabolic Care of the Preterm and Term Infants, Including Control of Body Temperature
In this chapter, we review the metabolic and energy demands of the preterm and full-term neonates. The immature neonatal...
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Disorders of Kidney Formation
Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract, otherwise known as CAKUT, are disorders of development, the most common cause of kidney...
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Special Considerations in the Medical and Surgical Management of the Premature Infant
Over the past three decades, the advances in medical and surgical care of children with congenital heart defects has widened the demographic scope of...
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Indications for and Management of Pediatric Intestinal Transplant Patients
Replacement of the small intestine with or without other parts of the digestive system such as the stomach, liver, pancreas, and colon represents the...
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Comparison of “IN-REC-SUR-E” and LISA in preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome: a randomized controlled trial (IN-REC-LISA trial)
BackgroundSurfactant is a well-established therapy for preterm neonates affected by respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). The goals of different...
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Disorders of Calcium Metabolism and Bone
Calcium is essential for skeletal integrity and plays a crucial role in the function of all of the living cells of the body. The intracellular and...
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The Medical Challenge of Lung Transplantation
The pre- and postoperative management of lung transplant patients is one of the most challenging in solid organ transplantation. In order to maintain...
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Fontan Patients
Advances in management of single ventricle cardiac physiology have increased life expectancy in these patients from a matter of months or years to...
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Early Fetal Growth Restriction with or Without Hypertensive Disorders: a Clinical Overview
Early onset fetal growth restriction (FGR) is one of the main adverse pregnancy conditions, often associated with poor neonatal outcomes. Frequently,...
