Main description:

This popular resource features step by step skill instruction, and practice focused exercises covering maternal and foetal 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 four volumes. This book features ten units containing information and skills essential for the recognition and initial management of high-risk and sick pregnant women and their foetuses. Topics include hypertension in pregnancy, obstetric haemorrhage, perinatal infections and other high-risk conditions.

Contents include:

Unit 1: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.

Unit 2: Obstetric Hemorrhage.

Unit 3: Perinatal Infections.

Unit 4: Various High-risk Conditions.

Unit 5: Abnormal Glucose Tolerance.

Unit 6: Premature Rupture or Infection of the Amniotic Membranes Skill Unit: Sterile Speculum Examination Tests With Suspected or Proven Rupture of Membranes.

Unit 7: Preterm Labor.

Unit 8: Inducing and Augmenting Labor.

Unit 9: Abnormal Labor Progress and Difficult Deliveries.

Unit 10: Imminent Delivery and Preparation for Maternal/Fetal Transport.