[Communication between neonatologists and obstetricians].

A close communication between obstetricians and neonatologists represents a basic tool for the improvement of newborn care. We shall illustrate what obstetric/neonatological communication tools are applied in our hospital. We believe the cooperation between obstetricians and pediatricians/neonatologists is of great importance for the health of both mother and newborn, thus it should become common practice even in those hospitals where neonatological intensive therapy units do not exist.