Includes bibliographical references and index.

Making sense of caring for kids : a different approach to respiratory care / Julianne S. Perretta -- Fetal cardiopulmonary development / Julianne S. Perretta -- Resuscitation of the newborn during transition to extrauterine life / Theodora A. Stavroudis -- Respiratory distress syndrome / Julianne S. Perretta -- Apnea of prematurity and bronchopulmonary dysplasia / Julianne S. Perretta -- Diseases of full-term infants / Sara Jann Mola, Webra Price-Douglas, Julianne S. Perretta, Shannon Poling, Gary Oldenburg -- Pulmonary complications / Julianne S. Perretta -- Multisystem complications / Elizabeth Cristofalo, Julianne S. Perretta, Matthew Trojanowski -- Abdominal defects / Julianne S. Perretta -- Airway abnormalities / Ellen Deutch, Safeena Kherani -- Acyanotic heart defects / Stacey Peddy, Heather Chandler -- Cyanotic heart defects / Marissa Brunetti, Jamie McElrath Schwartz -- Asthma / Julianne S. Perretta -- Cystic fibrosis / Peter Mogayzel Jr., Holly Loosen, Karen Von Berg, Andrea L. Honesto -- Pediatric pulmonary diseases / Vinay Nadkarni, Roberta Hales, Shawn Colbourn -- Pediatric infectious airway diseases / Stacey Mann -- Neuromuscular disorders / Sharon McGrath-Morrow, Suzanne Prestwich -- Pediatric accidents with pulmonary involvement / Elizabeth A. Hunt, Dheeraj Goswami -- Pediatric neurological accidents / Jennifer Schuette -- Ethics in perinatal and pediatric respiratory care / Renee Boss, Megan McCabe -- Palliative and end-of-life care / Wynne Morrison.