In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Bonita Stanton, Drs. Beena Sood and Dara Brodsky have assembled expert authors to bring current information to pediatricians on the topic of Current Advances in Neonatal Care. The focus of the issue spans the full continuum of care, including articles on prenatal care, care in the delivery room, nursery, and post-discharge. Articles are specifically devoted to the following topics: Prenatal Genetic Testing Options; Current Intrauterine Surgery Options; Recent Changes in Neonatal Resuscitation (include LMA); Current Recommendations of Sepsis Evaluation in the Newborn; Hypoglycemia in the Newborn; Maternal Thyroid Disease and Impact on Newborn; Current Approach to Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome; The Current State of State Newborn Screening; Late Preterm Infant: Known risks and monitoring recommendations; Intrauterine Growth Restriction: Postnatal Monitoring and Outcomes; Hearing Risks in Preterm Infants: Who is at risk and how to monitor?; Management Options for Hemangiomas in the Neonate; GERD in the Newborn: Who needs to be treated and what approach is beneficial?; Outpatient Management of NICU Graduate; and Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Premature Infants. Readers will come away with the most current information they need to improve patient outcomes with evidentiary support.

Community-based primary care physicians are routinely challenged as they stabilize, evaluate, and care for term and late-preterm neonates. Although there have been many spectacular advances in care of neonates, the challenges and successes of caring for the most preterm, very low birth-weight newborns seem to dominate presentations and the Pediatric literature. This issue concentrates on the current evidence and the collected experience of neonatologists regarding the basics of caring for the vast majority of newborns. The newest recommendations of multiple organizations (including the AAP) are presented, including the rationale for each recommendation as well as controversial issues. The individual articles will provide the primary care provider with a comprehensive foundation for care of the neonate.

Together with Consulting Editor Dr. Bonita Stanton, Dr. Elizabeth Secord has put together a comprehensive issue that discusses the updates in pediatric immunology and allergy. Expert authors have contributed clinical review articles on the following topics: Humoral Immune deficiency in childhood; Neutrophil deficiencies; Newborn screening for severe combined immune deficiency (SCID); New treatments for asthma; New insights and treatments in Atopic Dermatitis; Food allergy avoidance and treatments; Eosinophilic Esophagitis; Inner City Asthma; Allergic rhinitis; Anaphylaxis in children and adolescents; Biologic therapy induced immune deficiency; Drug Allergies and Sensitivities in children; and Secondary immune deficiency. Readers will come away with the information they need to improve outcomes in pediatric patients with immunologic and allergic conditions.

In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Bonita Stanton, Drs. Stephen Ludwig, Andrew Steenhoff, and Julie M. Linton have assembled expert authors to bring current information to pediatricians on the timely topic of International Migration: Caring for Children and Families. The guest editors have addressed the societal issues, community response, and have provided clinical tools. Specific articles are devoted to the following topics: Concern for International Migration- Why Now?; Defining Size and Scope of the Problem; State of Health Services for Refugees and Immigrants; Intersection of Global and Urban; Developing a Community Response; Clinical Tools for Working Abroad with Migrants; Clinical Tools for Working at Home with Migrants; Advocacy Views from City Hall to Capitol Hill; Social, Educational and Psychological Development; Building on Resiliencies of Refugee Families; Overcoming Communication Barriers in Refuge Healthcare; and Building a Global Health Workforce. Readers will come away with the most current information on this important topic.

With collaboration from Consulting Editor, Dr. Jan Foster, Dr. Beth Diehl has created a current issue that updates the topic of neonatal nursing. Expert authors have contributed clinical reviews that address the following topics: Family Centered Care and Multidisciplinary Rounding in the NICU; Standardized Feeding Protocols and NEC; Preventing Hypoglycemia: Finding the Sweet Spot; The EMR and Big Data in Neonatology; Fetal Surgery and Delayed Cord Clamping: Neonatal Implications; Neonatal Encephalopathy: Current Management and Future Trends; Modes of Neonatal Ventilation; Neonatal Resuscitation: NRP 7th Edition Practice Integration; Neonatal Pain: Perceptions and Current Practice; Neuroprotective Developmental Care for the Preterm Infant in the first 72 Hours of Life; NAS: An Uncontrollable Epidemic; and Neonatal Transport: Current Trends and Practices. Readers will come away with the current clinical information they need to improve patient outcomes in the NICU.

With consultation of Dr. Bonita Stanton, Dr. James Chan has assembled a comprehensive list of articles that update the topic of kidney disorders in children. He has secured expert authors from around the world to contribute clinical reviews on the following topics: Urinary tract infection; Hematuria and proteinuria; Metabolic syndrome in childhood obesity; Hypertension; Post-infectious glomerulonephritis; Nephrotic syndrome and glomerular disease; Lupus nephritis; IgA nephropathy and anaphylactoid purpura nephropathy; Tubulointerstitial nephritis; Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome; Renal tubular acidosis; Fanconi syndrome; Dent disease; Hypophosphatemic rickets; Syndrome inappropriate ADH secretion (SIADH); Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus; Hemolytic uremic syndrome and other acute kidney injuries; Chronic kidney disease and dietary measures to slow progression; and Long-term outcome of renal transplantation. Readers will come away with the most current clinical information they need to inform decisions to improve outcomes in pediatric patients.

With collaboration of Dr. Bonita Stanton, Drs. Coppes and Fisher-Owens have created a current issue that looks at oral health in children, with a much needed update in the literature for pediatricians. Top experts have contributed clinical reviews on the following topics: Oral Health and Development; Infant Oral Health and the Influence of Habits; Prevention of tooth decay; Fluoride; Caries; Disparities in Children’s Oral Health (including Oral Health of Native Children); Children with Special Health Care Needs; Orthodontics; Oral Manifestations of Systemic Disease (specific to pediatrics and life course); Soft Tissue; Trauma; The Role of Primary Care Physicians (pediatricians and others) in Prevention Oral Disease; and Oral Health Care/Policies. Pediatricians will come away with the current clinical recommendations they need to improve oral health in children.