The very immature infant : less then 28 weeks gestation
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Bibliographic Information
The very immature infant : less then 28 weeks gestation
(British medical bulletin, v. 44 no. 4)
published by Churchill Livingstone for The British Council, 1988
Note
includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book covers the aetiology of mid trimester delivery, epidemiology, lung expansion and perfusion, development of the renal function, skin, nutrition, bowels, the development of immune response, brain imaging and function and clinical issues with regard to the very immature infant.
Table of Contents
- Physiology of mid trimester fetus
- aetiology of mid trimester delivery
- epidemiology
- lung development in the second trimester
- lung expansion and perfusion
- surfactant and the immature lung
- development of renal function
- skin
- environment and temperature regulation
- nutrition
- bowels
- cardiovascular adaption
- development of immune response
- brain imaging and function
- electrophysiology of the immature brain
- eyes and vision
- clinical issues
- outcomes.
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