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Caring for Children Born Small for Gestational Age

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Siegfried Zabransky

    1. Hamburg, Germany

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  • Includes practical guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment applicable across several medical specialities

  • A focused educational resource that includes full color figures and images to enhance comprehension and retention

  • Serves as a practical handbook for medical professionals interested in providing best-practice treatment and management of children born small for gestational age

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. Normal Intrauterine Development of the Fetus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Fetal Development

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 2-10

    3. Intrauterine Aspects

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 11-23

    4. Maternal Nutrition

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 25-33

    5. Prenatal Care, Surveillance, and Risk Assessment

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 35-44

    6. Birth Weight Percentiles: An International Comparison

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 45-53

  3. Interference with Intrauterine Fetal Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Fetal Growth Restriction: Definitions, Causes, and Epidemiology

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 57-75

    3. Obstetrical Aspects

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 77-81

    4. Placental Function in Intrauterine Growth Restriction

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 83-95

    5. Placental Function: Predicting Impairment

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 97-104

    6. The Role of Genetics and Epigenetics in Growth Restriction

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 105-116

    7. Fetal Programming

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 117-124

  4. Long-Term Consequences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Premature Infants

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 127-149

    3. Term Newborns

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 151-170

    4. Endocrine Regulation of Fetal Growth

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      Pages 171-189

    5. Growth Hormone Treatment

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 191-207

    6. Renal Function

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 209-226
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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.

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  • Hamburg, Germany

    Siegfried Zabransky

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