Neonatal Pain
Suffering, Pain, and Risk of Brain Damage in the Fetus and Newborn
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Beschreibung
Until the 1980s it was denied that fetuses and neonates feel pain. With the advent of a deeper understanding of the pathophysiology and new diagnostic tools, the last 30 years have seen great developments in this field, but the treatment of neonatal and fetal pain is still a controversial issue and a central topic, not only in specialties directly concerned with it, but also in bioethics. Some important issues are still under investigation. When does pain perception appear? Is it ethical to cure fetal pain? Does fetal pain have consequences for the developing brain? Can a fetus suffer?
This volume aims to give an overview of current knowledge in the field. An international team of specialists has been assembled to evaluate neonatal and fetal pain from various points of view – neurological, pediatric, gynecological, anesthesiological – and with regard to possible consequences of pain (including psychological) for the brain.
This book will be an invaluable resource for neonatologists, pediatricians, anesthesiologists, gynecologists, and other professionals involved in this field, and for postgraduate students in all disciplines.
For many years we have been talking about a very special patient, the embryo; and the numerous and encouraging successes brought about by embryofetal medicine in the application of both noninvasive therapies and invasive ultrasound-guided tre- ment are well known. On the other hand, it is more and more often the case today that the small patients in neonatal care are premature babies who have come to the world at a particul- ly low gestational age. This allows us to observe the continuity between the ph- es of growth inside the maternal uterus and after birth, which arrives at the correct moment for some lucky fetuses, for others very early, and for some altogether too soon. The neonatologists have the arduous task of sustaining these little patients in their strivings to survive, registering their energy and their vital dynamism, stu- ing the progressive development of the anatomical structures and the improvement of their physiology, verifying day by day the presence – sometimes fragile, so- times extremely resistant, but always human – of a child. A long line research has shown how, from the first moment onwards in that process of perfectly coordinated development that characterizes the life of the embryo, a human being gradually emerges who is increasingly able to interact with his or her environment.
First book dealing with fetal pain and its consequences, and with pain in "premature babies"
International renowned authors contribute to the evaluation of fetal and neonatal pain from different points of view
Until relatively recently, neonatal- and fetal-pain have been denied. Thanks to the deeper understanding of their pathophysiology and to the most recent diagnostic tools, there has been a big development in this field, but the treatment of neonatal and fetal pain is still a controversial issue, and a central topic not only in specialties directly concerned with it, but also in bioethics.
This volume offers an overview of the current knowledge in this field. An international team of specialists evaluates neonatal and fetal pain from the different points of view: neurological, pediatric, gynaecological, anesthesiological. They also examine possible consequences of pain, even psychological, on the brain.
Neonatal Pain will be an invaluable resource for neonatologists, pediatricians, anesthesiologists, gynaecologists and other professionals involved in this field, as well for post-graduate students in all disciplines.
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Giuseppe Buonocore
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From the reviews:
"This book, authored mostly by Italian physicians and scientists, describes pain in the fetus and neonate and its consequences in later life. … This is a good resource for neonatologists, obstetricians, pediatric surgeons, and other medical and nursing professionals in the field of perinatal care. … This is a good book on many aspects of fetal and neonatal pain that provides a fairly extensive review of the world literature on this controversial subject." (Jay P. Goldsmith, Doody’s Review Service, March, 2008)
“Neonatal Pain … presents nineteen contributions by an international group of physicians and scientists which describe and review recent medical studies indicating that fetuses and newborns do suffer pain and stress and that these stresses may have adverse effects on the children’s mental, physical, and emotional development. … provides an accessible and valuable resource for the nonscientific expert. The authors also … highlight potential health problems in the fetus and developing child that may arise in response to pain and stress.” (Katherine Helming, The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Winter, 2009)()