Renato Augusto Moreira de Sá

Current Position

Head of the Department of Obstetrics, Perinatal Group, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Associate Professor of Obstetrics College of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Federal Fluminense University, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil

President of Rio de Janeiro Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Researcher in Public Health - Fetal Medicine, Fernandes Figueira Institute - FIOCRUZ

Qualifications

MSc (August 1997), Post-Graduation Program in Obstetric Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

PhD (August 2000), Post-Graduation Program in Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Fetal Medicine (June 2003 - March 2004), Department of Obstetrics, University of Paris V, Poissy, France.

Eduardo Borges da Fonseca

Current Position

Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil

Qualifications

MSc (1998) at University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

PhD (2001) at Universidade de São Paulo, USP, Brasil.

Postdoctoral (2004) at King's College London, KCL, England.

Details the fundamental mechanisms of both normal and abnormal pregnancy, labor, delivery and neonatal period

Discusses the maternal, fetal and neonatal physiology and pathophysiology

Offers information summarized in easy-to-use algorithms

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.