Guidelines for Perinatal Care

The gold-standard resource for community hospital and medical center professionals, this unique clinical problem solver offers one-stop access to the latest AAP and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommendations, policies, and best practices. It addresses a broad spectrum of issues from the obstetric and pediatric standpoints. It defines state-of-the-art perinatal medicine in terms of facilities, equipment, and personnel. And it provides exclusive insights in areas ranging from program organization to patient outreach education, inpatient services to inter-hospital collaboration, and intrapartum and postpartum maternal care to neonatal complications and infection control. Important new material in the extensively updated 6th edition includes evidence-based recommendations for safe, effective diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in maternal-fetal medicine and neonatology; evidence-based data on optimizing regional perinatal care systems; expanded how-tos for effective quality improvement initiatives; procedures and policies for improving patient care and safety via enhanced communication with patients and families; and expanded coverage and expert evaluations of specific issues.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 66,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. The AAP is the largest pediatric publisher in the world, with a diverse list of resources that includes essential clinical and practice management titles and award-winning books for parents.