PCEP Book I: Maternal and Fetal Evaluation and Immediate Newborn Care (Perinatal Continuing Education Program)

ISBN 10: 1610020529 / ISBN 13: 9781610020527

Edité par American Academy of Pediatrics, 2016

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• Titre: PCEP Book I: Maternal and Fetal Evaluation and Immediate Newborn Care (Perinatal Continuing Education Program)
• Éditeur: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Date de parution: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1610020529
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781610020527
• Reliure: paperback
• Édition: 3ème Édition
• État de l'article: Good

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Synopsis

This popular resource features step by step skill instruction, and practice focused exercises covering maternal and foetal 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 four volumes. This book features eight units covering information and skills for obstetrical evaluation, neonatal resuscitation consistent with AAP guidelines, as well as units to provide the necessary information for initial stabilisation of a newly born infant.

Contents include:

Unit 1: Is the mother sick? Is the fetus sick? Skill Unit: Determining foetal presentation with Leopold Manoeuvres.

Unit 2: Foetal age, growth, and maturity.

Unit 3: Foetal well-being Skill Unit: Electronic foetal monitoring.

Unit 4: Is the baby sick? Skill Units: Electronic cardiorespiratory monitoring, pulse oximetry.

Unit 5: Resuscitating the newborn Skill Units:

• Management of oxygen in the delivery setting.
• Free-flow oxygen and positive-pressure ventilation.
• Endotracheal intubation.
• Chest compressions.
• Emergency medications.
• Apgar score.

Unit 6: Gestational age and size and associated risk factors Skill Unit: Estimating gestational age by examination of a newborn.

Unit 7: Thermal environment Skill Units:

• Radiant warmers.
• Incubators and neutral thermal environment.

Unit 8: Hypoglycemia

Skill Unit: Blood glucose screening tests.

À propos de l?auteur

Christian A. Chisholm, MD is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine subspecialist and professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where he also serves as Vice-Chair for Education and Medical Director for Obstetrics. Dr Chisholm received his medical degree the University of Maryland, and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Maryland Medical System. He completed a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of North Carolina. He is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and is board-certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is a member of the executive committee of the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative and serves as the lead physician for implementation of AIM initiatives in Virginia.