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| Asphyxia in Neonates |
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ISBN: 978-1-03-238771-0,
159 pages,
Hard Cover
ISBN-10: 1-03-238771-8 |
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| Copyright: |
2024 |
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| Edition: |
1st |
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| Author: |
Jovandaric, Miljana Z., MD, PhD; Dugalic, Stefan, MD, PhD; Babic, Sandra, MD |
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Specialties:
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Neonatology
, Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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| Publisher: |
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group |
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| List Price: |
$200.00 |
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At A Glance
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In severe asphyxia, lipid peroxidation occurs. Neonatal lipid concentration may indicate the severity of asphyxia and be an additional parameter of cooling therapy. This book describes the results of research into the impact oxygen deficits in neonates.
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Reviewer:
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Jay Goldsmith,
MD
(Tulane University School of Medicine)
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Range
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Score
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Are the author's objectives met? |
6 |
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Rate the worthiness of those objectives. |
8 |
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Is this written at an appropriate level? |
1 |
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Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) |
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Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) |
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Rate the authority of the authors. |
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Are there sufficient illustrations? |
1 |
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Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. |
5 |
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Rate the print quality of the illustrations. |
5 |
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Are there sufficient references? |
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Rate the pertinence of the references. |
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Rate the helpfulness of the index. |
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If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book |
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Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? |
6 |
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If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? |
N/A |
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Reviewer:
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Jay Goldsmith,
MD
(Tulane University School of Medicine)
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Description
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| This small book is the product of "long term" work on asphyxiated newborns as part of the author's master's thesis, doctoral studies, and numerous papers. Its major contribution is the discussion of lipid peroxidation during asphyxia as a neurobiomarker of the severity of hypoxia ischemia to the newborn. |
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Purpose
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| The purpose of the book is to give an overview of the causes and effects of asphyxia on neonates with the intent to improve diagnosis and treatment. These are worthy objectives, but this publication only partially meets them. |
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Audience
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| The primary audience is bedside providers of neonatal care including pediatricians, neonatologists, residents, students, and nurses. |
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Features
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| The book contains seven chapters. After an overview by the major author, two chapters follow written by associate contributors on pathophysiology and causes of asphyxia. The final four chapters deal with effects of asphyxia on multiple organs and the role of lipid peroxidation, with a discussion of how measuring lipid metabolites may help determine the severity of the asphyxia and the response to therapeutic hypothermia. Unfortunately, for contemporary providers in the Western world the book lacks precision in making the diagnosis (i.e., discussions of blood gases, Sarnat scores, etc.) and discussions on treatment are dated, not including any mention of trials of adjuvant therapies, cooling after six hours of age, cooling of babies less than 35 weeks' gestation, etc. There are no illustrations in the text and most of the references are quite old. |
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Assessment
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| This overview of asphyxia will have limited usefulness to providers in modern Western neonatal intensive care units. The discussion of lipid peroxidation is interesting but has been shown to have limited value in the most recent literature. Students interested in an overview of perinatal asphyxia would be better served reviewing a standard neonatal text such as Volpe's Neurology of the Newborn, 7th Edition, Volpe and Inder (Elsevier, 2024). |
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