The Committee on Fetus and Newborn studies issues and current advances in fetal and neonatal care; meets with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) to consider perinatal issues on which the practices of obstetrics and pediatrics merge; and works cooperatively with ACOG on new editions of Guidelines for Perinatal Care.

Current Committee Roster

The Committee on Fetus and Newborn has authored the following policy statements:

Advanced Practice in Neonatal Nursing
Age Terminology During the Perinatal Period
Apnea, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and Home Monitoring
Controversies Concerning Vitamin K and the Newborn
Hospital Discharge of the High-Risk Neonate--Proposed Guidelines
Hospital Stay for Healthy Term Newborns
Noninitiation or Withdrawal of Intensive Care for High-Risk Newborns
"Late-Preterm" Infants: A Population Risk
Levels of Neonatal Care
Perinatal Care at the Threshold of Viability
Prevention and Management of Pain in the Neonate: An Update
Postdischarge Follow-up of Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Postnatal Corticosteroids to Treat or Prevent Chronic Lung Disease in Preterm Infants
Revised Guidelines for Prevention of Early-onset Group B Streptococcal (GBS) Infection
Safe Transportation of Premature and Low Birth Weight Infants
Surfactant Replacement Therapy for Respiratory Distress Syndrome
The Apgar Score
Use of Inhaled Nitric Oxide