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Caring for Children Born Small for Gestational Age

Springer Verlag GmbH
ISBN/EAN: 9781908517852
Umbreit-Nr.: 5523545

Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: XVII, 299 S., 45 farbige Illustr., 24 s/w Tab., 29
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Einband: kartoniertes Buch

Erschienen am 10.12.2013
Auflage: 1/2013
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  • Zusatztext

    • 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 physicians. This comprehensive handbook includes an in-depth survey of the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and long-term monitoring of children born small for gestational age, as well as related conditions such as intrauterine growth restriction, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Additionally, the short and long-term psychiatric and social consequences of this condition are addressed.

  • Kurztext

    • Includes practical guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment applicable across several medical specialitiesA focused educational resource that includes full color figures and images to enhance comprehension and retentionServes as a practical handbook for medical professionals interested in providing best-practice treatment and management of children born small for gestational age

  • Autorenportrait
    • InhaltsangabeFetal 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.