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Fetus and Newborn Committee

Position Statements Practice Points

Position Statements

Postnatal corticosteroids to treat or prevent chronic lung disease in preterm infants

Posted: Dec 3 2012

Counselling and management for anticipated extremely preterm birth

Posted: Oct 1 2012

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in pregnancy and infant outcomes

Posted: Nov 1 2011

Premedication for endotracheal intubation in the newborn infant

Posted: Mar 1 2011

Safe discharge of the late preterm infant

Posted: Feb 1 2011

Management of the infant at increased risk for sepsis

Posted: Dec 1 2007 Reaffirmed: Feb 1 2011

Guidelines for detection, management and prevention of hyperbilirubinemia in term and late preterm newborn infants

Posted: Jun 1 2007 Reaffirmed: Feb 1 2011

Prevention and management of pain in the neonate: An update

Posted: Feb 1 2007 Reaffirmed: Feb 1 2011

Perinatal brachial plexus palsy

Posted: Feb 1 2006 Reaffirmed: Jan 30 2013

Recommendations for neonatal surfactant therapy

Posted: Feb 22 2005 Reaffirmed: Jan 30 2013

Screening guidelines for newborns at risk for low blood glucose

Posted: Dec 1 2004 Reaffirmed: Jan 30 2013

Red blood cell transfusions in newborn infants: Revised guidelines

Posted: Oct 1 2002

Guidelines for health care professionals supporting families experiencing a perinatal loss

Posted: Sep 1 2001 Reaffirmed: Jan 30 2012

Assessment of babies for car seat safety before hospital discharge

Posted: Feb 1 2000 Reaffirmed: Jan 30 2012

Routine administration of vitamin K to newborns

Posted: Dec 1 1997 Reaffirmed: Jan 30 2013

Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) in Canada

Posted: Apr 1 1997

Neonatal circumcision revisited

Posted: Mar 15 1996

Practice Points

Kangaroo care for the preterm infant and family

Posted: Mar 1 2012

Inhaled nitric oxide use in newborns

Posted: Feb 1 2012

Hypothermia for newborns with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

Posted: Jan 1 2012

Neonatal resuscitation guidelines update: A case-based review

Posted: May 1 2011

Retinopathy of prematurity: Recommendations for screening

Posted: Dec 1 2010