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Neonatal Vascular Access

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Advances in the medical and surgical management of neonates are often predicated upon secure vascular access. Requirement for vascular access may be for physiological monitoring (arterial or central venous pressure), direct treatment (antibiotics, chemotherapy), supportive therapy (nutrition, transfusion, dialysis, ECMO), diagnostic radiological, and procedural purposes (drainage of CSF or chyle, minimally invasive cardiac interventions). It is important for the surgeon to have a broad working knowledge of this field, as, given the multidisciplinary nature of modern neonatal intensive care, the options for and scope of vascular access are expanding alongside the number of subspecialties with interests and relevant skills in this area.

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  1. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK

    Colin T. Baillie MB, ChB, DCH, MCh, FRCS(Paed)

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  1. Division of Child Health, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

    Paul D. Losty

  2. University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Alan W. Flake

  3. Childrens Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Risto J. Rintala

  4. Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

    John M. Hutson

  5. Department of Surgery, Meiji University of Integrative Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    Naomi lwai

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Baillie, C.T. (2018). Neonatal Vascular Access. In: Losty, P., Flake, A., Rintala, R., Hutson, J., lwai, N. (eds) Rickham's Neonatal Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4721-3_9

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