PCEP Book 2: Maternal and Fetal Care

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The fourth edition of this popular resource features step-by-step skill instruction and practice-focused exercises covering maternal and fetal 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 12 units containing information and skills essential for the recognition and initial management of high-risk and sick pregnant women and their fetuses. In this updated fourth edition, new units have been added on psychosocial risk factors in pregnancy and obstetric risk factors in prior or current pregnancy.
 
TOPICS INCLUDEHypertension in pregnancy

Obstetric hemorrhage

Infectious diseases in pregnancy

Gestational diabetes

Prelabor rupture of membranes and intra-amniotic infection

Preterm labor

Inducing and augmenting labor

Abnormal labor progress and difficult deliveries

Imminent delivery and preparation for maternal/fetal transport

And more…

The fourth edition of this popular resource features step-by-step skill instruction and practice-focused exercises covering maternal and fetal 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 12 units containing information and skills essential for the recognition and initial management of high-risk and sick pregnant women and their fetuses. In this updated fourth edition, new units have been added on psychosocial risk factors in pregnancy and obstetric risk factors in prior or current pregnancy.
 
  Robert A. Sinkin, MD MPH, FAAP, FATS, is the Division Head of Neonatology, as well as the Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Virginia.  He came to  Charlottesville from the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY in 2006.
Dr Sinkin received his fellowship training in neonatal-perinatal pediatrics and then joined the faculty, advancing to Professor of Pediatrics in Rochester. There he served as the medical director of the NICU at the Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong and the Department Chair of Pediatrics at Park Ridge Hospital, a community hospital in Rochester. His clinical and research interests center on pulmonary scarring as typified in the lungs of babies with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a chronic, fibrotic, emphysematous lung disease of babies and infants.
He is an active participant in the neonatology clinical trials group at the University of Virginia (UVA), with the goal of conducting investigations aimed at reducing the morbidity associated with the respiratory distress syndromes of premature and term babies, including pharmacological intervention and ventilatory strategies to reduce BPD. He is also involved in efforts to critically assess neonatal care provision and determine the cost-benefit of neonatal interventions within Virginia.
Dr Sinkin is a member of a community action team (a partnership of local health care facilities, providers, home visiting programs and children's coalitions) focusing on “Improving Pregnancy Outcome” and is a member of Virginia's Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Steering Committee.
Dr Sinkin is a member of the recently funded NICHD award to UVA and its collaborator at the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research in Bangladesh (icddr,b). The UVA team serves as a Unit of the Global Network for Women & Children’s Health Clinical Research which supports and conducts clinical trials in resource-limited countries by pairing foreign and U.S. investigators. The goal is to evaluate low-cost, sustainable interventions to improve maternal and child health and simultaneously build local research capacity and infrastructure. These activities are designed to facilitate independent continuation of local research activities that will ultimately lead to improved health care systems and personal health.
Christian A. Chisholm, MD, FACOG, 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.
  Contents
Unit 1: Hypertension in Pregnancy
Unit 2: Obstetric Hemorrhage
Unit 3: Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy
Unit 4: Other Medical Risk Factors in Pregnancy
Unit 5: Obstetric Risk Factors: Prior or Current Pregnancy
Unit 6: Psychosocial Risk Factors in Pregnancy
Unit 7: Gestational Diabetes
Unit 8: Prelabor Rupture of Membranes and Intra-amniotic Infection
Skill Unit: Sterile Speculum Examination
Skill Unit: Tests for Suspected or Proven Rupture of Membranes
Unit 9: Preterm Labor
Unit 10: Inducing and Augmenting Labor
Unit 11: Abnormal Labor Progress and Difficult Deliveries
Unit 12: Imminent Delivery and Preparation for Maternal/Fetal Transport
Pretest Answer Key
Glossary
Index
 

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