Section I History, Pulmonary Physiology and General Considerations

1 Introduction and Historical Aspects

2 Physiologic Principles

3 Control of Ventilation

4 Ethical Issues in Assisted Ventilation

5 Evidence-Based Respiratory Care

6 Quality and Safety in Respiratory Care

7 Medical-legal aspects of respiratory care

Section II Patient Evaluation and Monitoring

8 Physical examination

9 Imaging: Radiography, lung ultrasound, and other imaging modalities

10 Blood Gases and Acid-base Balance: Technical Aspects and Interpretation

11 Non-invasive monitoring of gas exchange

12 Pulmonary Function and Graphics

13 Airway evaluation: Bronchoscopy, laryngoscopy, tracheal aspirates

Section III Delivery room stabilization, oxygen therapy and respiratory support

14 Delivery room stabilization and respiratory support

15 Surfactant replacement therapy

16 Oxygen therapy

17 Respiratory gas conditioning

18 Non-invasive respiratory support

19 Overview of assisted ventilation

20 Modes of Synchronized Ventilation

21 Principles of lung-protective ventilation

22 Tidal Volume-targeted Ventilation

23 Special ventilation techniques

24 High-Frequency Ventilation

25 Mechanical Ventilation: Disease-specific strategies

26 Weaning and Extubation from Mechanical Ventilation

27 Description of available devices

28 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Section IV Bedside care, Nutritional and Pharmacologic Support

29 Respiratory Care of the Newborn

30 Nursing Care

31 Nutritional Support

32 Pharmacologic Therapies

33 Cardiovascular Assessment and Management

Section V Treatment of Specific Conditions, Surgical Interventions and Other Considerations

34 Diagnosis and Management of PPHN

35 Care of the infant with CDH

36 Management of the infant with BPD

37 Medical and surgical interventions for respiratory distress and airway management

38 Intraoperative Management of the Neonate

Section VI Complications of Respiratory Support, Special Considerations and Outcomes

39 Complications of respiratory support

40 Neonatal respiratory care in Resource-Limited Countries

41 Transport of the Ventilated Infant

42 Transition to Home Care and Home Ventilation

43 Neurologic Effects of Respiratory Support and Neurodevelopmental Outcome

44 Long-term Pulmonary Outcomes of Respiratory Support