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Committee on Fetus and Newborn

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COFN
2009-2010

Lu-Ann Papile MD
Chairperson

Members

David H Adamkin MD
Jill E Baley MD
Waldemar A Carlo MD
Praveen Kumar MD
Richard A Polin MD
Rosemarie C Tan MD
Patricia J O'Malley MD
Kristi L Watterberg MD

Section Members

Vinod K Bhutani MD
Section on Perinatal Pediatrics

Kasper S Wang MD FACS
Section on Surgery

Liaisons

Wanda D Barfield MD MPH
Liaision; Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention

William H Barth Jr MD
Liaison, American College of
Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG)

Ann L Jefferies MD
Liaison, Canadian Paediatric Society

Tonse N K Raju MD DCH
Liaison; National Institutes of Health

Rosalie Mainous PhD, ARNP,
NNP-BC

Liaison; National Association of Neo-
natal Nurses and Association of
Women's Health, Obstetric and Neo-
natal Nurses

Staff
Jim Couto
Director
Div of Hospital and Surgical Svcs
847-434-7656
jcouto@aap.org


Introduction

The Committee on the Fetus and Newborn studies issues and current advances in fetal
and neonatal care; makes recommendations regarding neonatal practice; collaborates
with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) to consider peri-
natal issues on which the practices of obstetrics and pediatrics merge; and works cooper-
atively with ACOG on new editions of
Guidelines for Perinatal Care.

 

Policy Statements

Advanced Practice in Neonatal Nursing
PEDIATRICS Vol. 123 No. 6 June 2009, pp. 1606-1607 (doi:10.1542/peds.2009-0867)
This policy is a revision of the policy posted on June 1, 2003.

Age Terminology During the Perinatal Period
PEDIATRICS Vol. 114 No. 5 November 2004, pp. 1362-1364 (doi:10.1542/peds.2004- 1915)
A statement of reaffirmation for this policy was published on January 1, 2009.
A statement of reaffirmation for this policy was published on May 1, 2009.

The Apgar Score
PEDIATRICS Vol. 117 No. 4 April 2006, pp. 1444-1447 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006-0325)
A statement of reaffirmation for this policy was published on May 1, 2009.
This policy is a revision of the policy posted on July 1, 1996.

Apnea, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and Home Monitoring
PEDIATRICS Vol. 111 No. 4 April 2003, pp. 914-917
A statement of reaffirmation for this policy was published on September 1, 2007.
This policy is a revision of the policy posted on July 1, 1985.

Controversies Concerning Vitamin K and the Newborn
PEDIATRICS Vol. 112 No. 1 July 2003, pp. 191-192
A statement of reaffirmation for this policy was published on September 1, 2006.
A statement of reaffirmation for this policy was published on August 1, 2009.
This policy is a revision of the policy posted on May 1, 1993.

Hospital Discharge of the High-Risk Neonate--Proposed Guidelines
PEDIATRICS Vol. 122 No. 5 November 2008, pp. 1119-1126 (doi:10.1542/peds.2008- 2174)
This policy is a revision of the policy posted on August 1, 1998.

Hospital Stay for Healthy Term Newborns
PEDIATRICS Vol. 113 No. 5 May 2004, pp. 1434-1436
This policy is a revision of the policy posted on October 1, 1995.

CLINICAL REPORT
"Late-Preterm" Infants: A Population Risk
PEDIATRICS Vol. 120 No. 6 December 2007, pp. 1390-1401 (doi:10.1542/peds.2007- 2952)

Levels of Neonatal Care
PEDIATRICS Vol.114 No. 5 November 2004, pp. 1341-1347 (doi:10.1542/peds.2004- 1697)

Noninitiation or Withdrawal of Intensive Care for High-Risk Newborns
PEDIATRICS Vol. 119 No. 2 February 2007, pp. 401-403 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006- 3180)
This policy is a revision of the policy posted on August 1, 1995.

CLINICAL REPORT
Perinatal Care at the Threshold of Viability
PEDIATRICS Vol. 110 No. 5 November 2002, pp. 1024-1027
This policy has been revised by the policy posted on July 1, 2009.
This policy is a revision of the policy posted on November 1, 1995
.

CLINICAL REPORT
Postdischarge Follow-up of Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
PEDIATRICS Vol. 121 No. 3 March 2008, pp. 627-632 (doi:10.1542/peds.2007-3282)

Postnatal Corticosteroids to Treat or Prevent Chronic Lung Disease in Preterm
Infants

PEDIATRICS Vol. 109 No. 2 February 2002, pp. 330-338
A statement of reaffirmation for this policy was published on May 1, 2006.

Prevention and Management of Pain in the Neonate: An Update
PEDIATRICS Vol. 118 No. 5 November 2006, pp. 2231-2241 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006- 2277)
This policy is a revision of the policy posted on February 1, 2000.

Revised Guidelines for Prevention of Early-onset Group B Streptococcal (GBS)
Infection

PEDIATRICS Vol. 99 No. 3 March 1997, pp. 489-496

CLINICAL REPORT
Safe Transportation of Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants at Hospital Discharge

PEDIATRICS Vol. 123 No. 5 May 2009, pp. 1424-1429 (doi:10.1542/peds.2009-0559)
This policy is a revision of the policy posted on May 1, 1996.

CLINICAL REPORT
Surfactant-Replacement Therapy for Respiratory Distress in the Preterm and Term
Neonate

PEDIATRICS Vol. 121 No. 2 February 2008, pp. 419-432 (doi:10.1542/peds.2007- 3283)
This policy is a revision of the policy posted on March 1, 1999.

Use of Inhaled Nitric Oxide
PEDIATRICS Vol. 106 No. 2 August 2000, pp. 344-345

 

 
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