Guidelines for Perinatal Care -- Copyright October 2012 by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists -- Editorial Committee / The College Committee on Obstetric Practice Listing -- AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn -- Consultants -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Organization of Perinatal Health Care -- Health Care Delivery System -- Clinical Components of Regionalized and Integrated Delivery of Perinatal Services -- Workforce: The Distribution and Supply of Perinatal Care Providers -- Chapter 2: Inpatient Perinatal Care Services -- Personnel -- Physical Facilities -- Chapter 3: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety -- Quality Improvement -- Patient Safety -- Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Neonatal Intensive Care Units -- Chapter 4: Maternal and Neonatal Interhospital Transfer -- Types of Transport -- Transport Program Components and Responsibilities -- Personnel -- Equipment -- Transport Procedure -- Outreach Education -- Program Evaluation -- Chapter 5: Preconception and Antepartum Care -- Preconception Care -- Antepartum Care -- Chapter 6: Intrapartum and Postpartum Care of the Mother -- Planned Home Birth -- Underwater Births -- Admission -- Labor -- Analgesia and Anesthesia -- Delivery -- Postpartum Maternal Care -- Chapter 7: Obstetric and Medical Complications -- Medical Complications Before Pregnancy -- Pregnancy-Related Complications -- Other Medical Complications During Pregnancy -- Labor and Delivery Considerations and Complications -- Chapter 8: Care of the Newborn -- Delivery Room Care -- Assessment of the Newborn Infant -- Transitional Care -- Neonatal Nutrition -- Preventive Care -- Infant Safety -- Hospital Discharge and Parent Education -- Follow-up Care -- Adoption -- Chapter 9: Neonatal Complications and Management of High-Risk Infants.

Neonatal Complications -- Management of High-Risk Infants -- Death of a Newborn -- Hospital Discharge of High-Risk Infants -- Follow-up Care of High-Risk Infants -- Chapter 10: Perinatal Infections -- Viral Infections -- Bacterial Infections -- Spirochetal Infections -- Parasitic Infections -- Chapter 11: Infection Control -- Definition of Health Care-Associated Infection -- Prevention and Control of Infections -- Environmental Control -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' Antepartum Record and Postpartum Form -- Appendix B: Early Pregnancy Risk Identification for Consultation -- Appendix C: Ongoing Pregnancy Risk Identification for Consultation -- Appendix D: Granting Obstetric Privileges* -- Appendix E: Glossary of Midwifery Organizations and Terms* -- Appendix F: Standard Terminology for Reporting of Reproductive Health Statistics in the United States* -- Appendix G: Federal Requirements for Patient Screening and Transfer* -- Appendix H: Occupational Safety and Health Administration Regulations on Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens* -- Appendix I: American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statements and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' Committee Opinions and Practice Bulletins -- Appendix J: Web Site Resources -- Index -- Back cover.