The revised and updated second edition covers practical approaches to caring for healthy and high-risk infants. Available for purchase at https://www.aap.org/neonatalogy-for-primary-care-2nd-edition-paperback/
Chapter 1: Perinatal Preventive Care: Fetal Assessment
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Published:January 2020
E. Rebecca Pschirrer, MD, MPH, George A. Little, MD, FAAP, 2020. "Perinatal Preventive Care: Fetal Assessment", Neonatology for Primary Care, Deborah E. Campbell, MD, FAAP
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Pediatricians, as primary care physicians and as subspecialist neonatologists, consult and work collaboratively with obstetric providers in preconception counseling, fetal risk identification, and peripartum decisions. Historically, pediatricians first saw their newborn patients in the nursery, but only after the events of pregnancy and delivery; today, their initial interaction with the expectant mother may be during a prenatal pediatric visit. In addition, pediatricians assume primary responsibility for resuscitation, stabilization, and ongoing care of the neonate from the moment of birth. Knowledge about fetal health includes appreciation of the interaction of the fetus with the mother, her partner (if any), health professionals,...
