Neonatal Intensive Care for Extremely Preterm Infants: Japanese NICU Practices to Prevent Mortality and Morbidities

Presenting the latest updates from top Japanese researchers at leading Japanese institutions, this book brings together their knowledge and implementation strategies for a global audience. Utilizing the same drugs and devices found in NICUs worldwide, it reviews how Japanese NICUs use them most effectively to improve outcomes in the highest-risk infants.

Chapters cover resuscitation and respiratory care, circulatory support, neurological care, fluid management, nutrition support, and infection control. Final chapters share details of the Japanese NICU clinical environment as well as best practices for extremely preterm infant follow-up after NICU discharge.

Researchers and clinicians worldwide will find this title to be an invaluable resource in improving outcomes for this most vulnerable population.

- Reviews Japanese intensive care best practices for extremely preterm infants

- Provides knowledge and guidance by top Japanese researchers from top institutions with the best outcomes in neonatal intensive care

- Offers strategies to prevent mortality and morbidities and improve patient outcomes