Publisher's Synopsis
This fourth edition of this popular resource features step-by-step skill instruction and practice-focused exercises covering maternal and fetal evaluation and immediate newborn care. Developed by a distinguished editorial board, the Perinatal Continuing Education Program (PCEP) is a comprehensive, self-paced education program in 4 volumes.
This book features 8 units on complex neonatal therapies, including 2 new units on neonatal encephalopathy and the ethical issues surrounding perinatology, especially when caring for fetuses of periviable gestational ages.
TOPICS INCLUDE
- Direct blood pressure measurement
- Exchange, reduction, and direct transfusions
- Continuous positive airway pressure
- Assisted ventilation with mechanical ventilators
- Surfactant therapy
- Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
- Continuing care for at-risk babies
- Biomedical ethics and perinatology
