Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5580289 | Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine | 2017 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Life as a fetus is very different from life after birth. The neonatal period (first 28 days of life or 44 weeks postconception age) is a period of dramatic and rapid physiological changes. These vary from the immediate adaptations to extrauterine life to a consequent gradual maturation of organ function. Questions still exist around this transition concerning the optimal oxygen concentration during resuscitation, methods of respiratory support, facilitation of cardiovascular changes, identification of at-risk infants for problems such as hypoglycaemia and hypothermia, and the role of therapeutic hypothermia. This article combines well established and contemporary information to summarize a systems-based approach to traditional neonatal physiology.
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Authors
Daniel Riviere, Christopher J.D. McKinlay, Frank H. Bloomfield,