Infant Journal
for neonatal and paediatric healthcare professionals

Postoperative care of neonates

This article deals with the care of the surgical neonate in the postoperative period. This is a time for physiological optimisation following the major stress of a surgical insult. For the surgical neonate particular vigilance is required with attention paid to pain and analgesia, temperature, apnoea and fluids, electrolytes and nutrition.

Emma Dickson and Carolyn Smith