Evidence-based practice. Evidence-based clinical practice -- Support of the neonate. Prenatal environment : effect on neonatal outcome -- Perinatal transport and levels of care -- Delivery room care -- Initial nursery care -- Heat balance -- Physiologic monitoring -- Acid-base homeostasis and oxygenation -- Diagnostic imaging in the neonate -- Pharmacology in neonatal care -- Drug withdrawal in the neonate -- Pain and pain relief -- The neonate and the environment : impact on development -- Metabolic and nutritional care of the neonate. Fluid and electrolyte management -- Glucose homeostasis -- Total parenteral nutrition -- Enteral nutrition -- Breast feeding the neonate with special needs -- Skin and skin care -- Infection and hematologic diseases of the neonate. Newborn hematology -- Jaundice -- Infection in the neonate -- Common systemic diseases of the neonate. Respiratory diseases -- Cardiovascular diseases and surgical interventions -- Neonatal nephrology -- Neurologic disorders -- Genetic disorders, malformations, and inborn errors of metabolism -- Neonatal surgery -- Psychosocial aspects of neonatal care. Families in crisis : theoretical and practical considerations -- Grief and perinatal loss -- Discharge planning and follow-up of the neonatal ntensive care unit infant -- Ethics, values, and palliative care in neonatal intensive care