Book Review and Announcements

This excellent guide armed at assisting the pediatric house officer and neonatology fellow in day-to-day practice issues in neonatal intensive care is a second edition of the first one written in 1979. Each section was carefully updated and new and expanded sections have been added to take into account the changes in neonatal practice. New chapters include percutaneous central venous catheters, congenital epidermolysis bullosa, neonatal neoplasms, major vessel thrombosis, fetomaternal hemorrhage, fetal and neonatal arrhythmias, the effects of maternal drugs on the fetus/newborn and lactation, high-frequency ventilation, neonatal pain, the neonatal airway, neonatal anesthesia, and inhalational nitric oxide therapy. The role of the neonatal nurse practitioner is also addressed. The chapters on neonatal surgery and respiratory care have been expanded, as has the section on neonatal infection, which includes guidelines for intrapartum and neonatal management of group B streptococcal disease. Serge Uzan, Paris