Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG, 2009) that may warrant early birth, and an algorithm for decision making from The Joint Commission (TJC, 2009) as part of the Perinatal Care Core Measures, controversies remain regarding what constitutes a medically indicated late preterm or early term birth....
ACOGearly term deliveryfetal lung maturitygestational diabetesHIV-positive womenintra-amniotic infectionlate preterm deliverypregnancy complicationspulmonary diseaseSummary This chapter presents an easy-to-follow algorithm for obstetric management of patients with the risks of late preterm and early term ...