PCEP Book 4: Specialized Newborn Care

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 INCLUDEDirect blood pressure measurementExchange, reduction, and direct transfusionsContinuous positive airway pressureAssisted ventilation with mechanical ventilatorsSurfactant therapyTherapeutic hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathyContinuing care for at-risk babiesBiomedical ethics and perinatology