(Pediatrics in Review. 1999;20:e3.)
© 1999 American Academy of Pediatrics
To the Readers from the Editors of NeoReviews
William W. Hay, Jr, MD*
David K. Stevenson, MD
*
University of Colorado School of Medicine,
Denver, Colorado
Stanford University School of Medicine,
Stanford, California
This is the inaugural edition of
NeoReviews, an exciting new online
section of Pediatrics in Review. The
purpose of NeoReviews is to deliver
high-quality, up-to-date reviews of
important subjects in
neonatal-perinatal medicine. These reviews
are designed to provide the reader
with detailed basic information
about a subject as well as discussion
and evaluation of current and
projected clinical practices. Every
month, we will address one
important subject in two or three articles
by experts in the field. Where
appropriate, these articles will be
supplemented with case reports,
clinical rounds, insights into new
technologies, future research
directions, and letters and commentaries
from readers. The review topics will
be selected by the coeditors, Dr Bill
Hay and Dr David Stevenson, after
careful review by noted experts in
neonatal-perinatal medicine who are
members of the editorial workgroup.
Membership of the workgroup will
rotate every few years to assure
broad representation and expertise.
The members of the editorial
workgroup also will assist the coeditors
in manuscript review to help
produce the best final product for
readers.
We are enthusiastic about this
project. Like its parent, Pediatrics in
Review, NeoReviews quickly should
become a leading source of current
information and critical evaluation
of practice. It should help keep
readers fully knowledgeable about
important topics in
neonatal-perinatal medicine and provide an
outstanding means of preparing for
board examinations and
recertification. Further, it should help residents
in training in pediatrics and
neonatal-perinatal medicine to learn
just what the experts in a field know
and think about a subject of current
importance.
We encourage you, the readers,
to let us know what you think of
NeoReviews and of each article. We
will do our best to modify future
editions to meet your needs and to
address your recommendations for
improvements. An important feature
will be our effort, personally and
through the assistance of other
experts, to address controversial
issues that concern you. In fact, in
many cases, we will use selected
authors to present conflicting points
of view about a controversial topic.
This should allow you to see the
evidence for and against a point of
view and to aid in making your own
judgement about how to understand
an issue or to develop a particular
clinical approach.
We look forward to working with
all of you on this exciting new
journal.
