Christian Poets – författare

The patent ductus arteriosus continues to pose a considerable challenge to clinicians and scientists alike. Why does it close spontaneously in most infants but remain open in others? How best can we select those infants who are most likely to benefit from treatment, i.e. are there echocardiographic criteria that would help in defining a more selective treatment approach? Would it be better to take an aggressive approach and prescribe prophylactic treatment to all extremely immature infants ‑ and if so, what is the best way to define such a subgroup? Or should we be more restrictive in defining treatment indications and adopt a 'wait and see' policy in most, if not all, premature infants? Finally, are there data to suggest that one of the treatment approaches that are available to close the patent ductus arteriosus is superior to the other? This book deals with these questions and tries to give some answers, based on the evidence currently available. It is intended for neonatologists, pediatric cardiologists and researchers.

The patent ductus arteriosus continues to pose a considerable challenge to clinicians and scientists alike. Why does it close spontaneously in most infants but remain open in others? How best can we select those infants who are most likely to benefit from treatment, i.e. are there echocardiographic criteria that would help in defining a more selective treatment approach? Would it be better to take an aggressive approach and prescribe prophylactic treatment to all extremely immature infants ‑ and if so, what is the best way to define such a subgroup? Or should we be more restrictive in defining treatment indications and adopt a ''wait and see'' policy in most, if not all, premature infants? Finally, are there data to suggest that one of the treatment approaches that are available to close the patent ductus arteriosus is superior to the other? This book deals with these questions and tries to give some answers, based on the evidence currently available. It is intended for neonatologists, pediatric cardiologists and researchers.

Der plötzliche Säuglingstod, das Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), stellt für eine Familie ein tiefgreifendes Unglück dar. Aktuelle Forschungen bestärken die  Bedeutung bisher beschriebener Risikofaktoren und die Wirksamkeit präventiver Maßnahmen. Doch noch immer sind die Ursachen der häufigsten Todesursache im Säuglingsalter nicht hinreichend bekannt.In diesem Buch fasst ein erfahrenes Herausgeber- und Autorenteam den aktuellen Stand rund um alle wichtigen Aspekte des schicksalhaften Krankheitsbildes zusammen: Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen, Ursachen, Risikofaktoren, neueste pathophysiologische Erkenntnisse und Möglichkeiten der Prävention werden wissenschaftlich fundiert und übersichtlich dargestellt. Das Buch richtet sich an Ärzte, z. B. Pädiater und Hausärzte, und andere Berufsgruppen in Gesundheits- und Sozialberufen. Auch Eltern erhalten wertvolle Informationen über einfache Vorsorgemaßnahmen, deren Verbreitung viele Familien vor einem verhinderbaren tragischenEreignis bewahren kann.