Caring for Children Born Small for Gestational Age

Caring for Children Born Small for Gestational Age edited by Siegfried Zabransky.

Care for Children Born Small for Gestational Age is a comprehensive handbook that serves to synthesize the extensive recent literature in the area to provide a practical resource aimed at a wide range of healthcare professionals, including obstetricians, midwives, neonatologists, and primary care ph...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Zabransky, Siegfried (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tarporley : Springer Healthcare Ltd. : Imprint: Springer Healthcare, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Pediatrics.
Obstetrics.
Maternal and child health services.
Health promotion.
Metabolic diseases.
Endocrinology .
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
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Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Fetal Development
  • Intrauterine aspects
  • Maternal nutrition
  • Prenatal care, surveillance, and risk assessment
  • Birthweight percentiles: an international comparison
  • Fetal growth restriction: definitions, causes, and epidemiology
  • Obstetric aspects
  • Placental function in intrauterine growth restriction
  • Placental function: predicting impairment
  • The role of genetic and epigenetics in growth restriction
  • Fetal programming
  • Premature infants
  • Term newborns
  • Endocrine regulation of fetal growth
  • Growth hormone treatment
  • Renal function
  • Pancreatic development
  • Metabolic syndrome
  • Cardiovascular risks and diseases
  • Ophthalmological findings and visual function disorders
  • Auditory function disorders
  • Neurological, neurocognitive and behavioural aspects
  • Prevention and long term care
  • Considerations for future research.

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