PCEP Book Volume 4: Specialized Newborn Care

Robert A Sinkin (Edited by), Christian A. Chisholm (Edited by)

9781610025003

Paperback / softback, published 30 October 2021

249 pages
26 x 21.4 x 1.8 cm, 0.755 kg

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

• Unit 1: Direct Blood Pressure Measurement
• Skill Unit: Transducer Blood Pressure Monitoring
• Unit 2: Exchange, Reduction, and Direct Transfusions
• Skill Unit: Exchange Transfusions
• Unit 3: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
• Skill Unit: Delivery of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
• Unit 4: Assisted Ventilation With Mechanical Ventilators
• Skill Unit: Endotracheal Tubes
• Unit 5: Surfactant Therapy
• Skill Unit: Surfactant Administration
• Unit 6: Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
• Skill Unit: Passive Cooling
• Unit 7: Continuing Care for At-Risk Babies
• Unit 8: Biomedical Ethics and Perinatology
• Pretest Answer Key
• Glossary
• Index