Guidelines for Perinatal Care

This updated and expanded new edition presents the latest policies and practice guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in a single reference. Designed to guide community hospital and medical center professionals involved in the care of pregnant women and their fetuses and neonates, the easy-to-use text offers a variety of information to enhance the coordination of perinatal care and services. New and reorganized material included in the 5th Edition New chapter specifically focused on neonates New information on vaginal birth after cesarean delivery, HIV, newborn hearing screening, breastfeeding, and other current topics Maternal postpartum care now combined with intrapartum careon Maternal and newborn nutrition now treated in separate chapters