This book presents the latest evidence-based guidelines for perinatal management and is designed to help obstetricians and neonatologists minimize complications and offer patients the best possible care.

Since 1960, there has been a significant increase in basic and clinical investigations on normal and pathological pregnancy in the developed world. This has provided insights into the physiopathology of pregnant women, fetuses and newborns and led to the development of new technologies, bringing about a new medical subspecialty: perinatal medicine.

The book is divided into eight main sections: The first examines basic periconceptional care and discusses the ethical aspects of perinatology. The next section focuses on prenatal considerations, such as the nutritional aspects of gestation and puerperium, physical exercise during pregnancy, routine laboratory tests, prenatal care of multiple gestations and the role of the neonatologist in prenatal care. The third and fourthsections then explore fetal evaluation, and clinical intercurrences in pregnancy, respectively. The next section addresses pregnancy complications: prevention, diagnosis and management. The sixth section covers the basic aspects of congenital infections and the seventh examines labor and delivery aspects. Lastly, the final section includes chapters on neonatal assistance.

Written by leading experts in obstetrics, neonatology, and perinatology, this thoroughly updated, comprehensive resource reflects the latest information in all areas, including genetics and imaging.

Section 1. Periconceptional Care.- Chapter 1. Historical preface: Early Stages of Perinatal Medicine

Chapter 2. Professional Ethics in the Clinical Practice of Perinatal Medicine
Chapter 3. Guidance and Assessment of Preconception Risk.- Chapter 4. Genetics for The Obstetrician: Bases Of Genetic Counseling
Chapter 5. Screening for Chromosomal Anomalies
Chapter 6. Protocol of Immunization of the Adult Woman
Chapter 7. Drugs in Pregnancy and Childbirth
Section 2. Prenatal Care.- Chapter 8. Nutritional aspects of gestation and puerperium
Chapter 9. Physical exercise during pregnancy
Chapter 10. Standards in Pre Natal Care
Chapter 11. Multiple Pregnancy.- Section 3. Fetal Proceedings.- Chapter 12. Ultrasound
Chapter 13. Clinical Use of 3D Sonography
Chapter 14. First Trimester Ultrasonography
 Chapter 15. Ultrasound in Second and Third Trimester: What Should be Evaluated?
Chapter 16. Doppler velocimetry
Chapter 17. Antepartum Cardiotography
Chapter 18. Evaluation of Fetal Pulmonary Maturity
Chapter 19. Fetal Surgery.- Section 4. Clinical Complications in Pregnancy: Diagnosis and Management.- Chapter 20. Anemia in pregnancy
Chapter 21. Chronic hypertension in pregnancy
Chapter 22. Pre-gestational diabetes mellitus
Chapter 23. Acquired thrombophilia in pregnancy
Chapter 24. Hereditary thrombophilia
Chapter 25. Gastrointestinal disorders
Chapter 26. Heart Disease during Pregnancy
Chapter 27. Thyroid diseases
Chapter 28. Rheumatological diseases
Chapter 29. Prophylaxis for deep venous thrombosis during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum
Chapter 30. Metabolomics Application in Fetal Medicine.- Section 5. Pregnancy Complications: prevention, diagnosis and management.- Chapter 31. Prematurity: relevant aspects in the asymptomatic patient
Chapter 32. Prematurity: relevant aspects in the symptomatic patient
Chapter 33. Prematurity: evaluation of fetal well-being and delivery
Chapter 34. Antenatal Corticosteroid
Chapter 35. Magnesium Sulphate in the Prevention of Cerebral Palsy
Chapter 36. Premature rupture of membranes
Chapter 37. Fetal growth restriction
Chapter 38. Perinatal Hemolytic Disease.-  Chapter 39. Disorders of Amniotic fluid volume
Chapter 40. Pre eclampsia
Chapter 41. Gestational diabetes
Chapter 42. Complications of monochorionic twin pregnancy: double trouble?.- Section 6. Infectious diseases.- Chapter 43. Urinary tract infections
Chapter 44. Congenital infection 1 (Syphilis, AIDS, Viral hepatitis)
Chapter 45. Congenital infection 2 (Toxoplasmosis, CMV, Rubella)
Chapter 46. Group B Streptococcus Infection
Chapter 47. Arboviruses and Pregnancy (Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya and Yellow Fever)
Section 7. Childbirth and Postpartum.- Chapter 48. Cervical Rippening and Labor Induction
Chapter 49. Analgesia and anesthesia at birth
Chapter 50. Cesarean Delivery
Chapter 51. Perinatal Asphyxia (Acute Fetal Distress)
Chapter 52. Maternal Complications in the Immediate Postpartum Period
Chapter 53. Care of the newborn infant during the third stage of labor.- Section 8. Neonatal Period.- Chapter 54. Breastfeeding
Chapter 55. Caring for the Normal Newborn
Chapter 56. Palliative care in perinatology
Chapter 57. Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy
Chapter 58. Neonatal Complications of Prematurity
Chapter 59. Small for Gestational Age
Chapter 60. Respiratory Distress Syndrome in the Newborn
Chapter 61. Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn
Chapter 62. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Chapter 63. Retinopathy of Prematurity
Chapter 64. Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Chapter 65. Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
Chapter 66. Intracranial hemorrhage
Chapter 67. Resuscitation of the Newborn - Development of algorithms, present status and future perspectives.