Caring for Children Born Small for Gestational Age

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Zabransky, Siegfried (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tarporley : Springer Healthcare Ltd. : Imprint: Springer Healthcare, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Temas:
Pediatrics.
Midwifery.
Gynecology .
Medicine, Preventive.
Health promotion.
Diseases.
Endocrinology.
Gynecology.
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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