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Caring for Children Born Small for Gestational Age

  • 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
  2. Normal Intrauterine Development of the Fetus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    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
  3. Interference with Intrauterine Fetal Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
    2. Obstetrical Aspects

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 77-81
    3. Placental Function: Predicting Impairment

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 97-104
    4. Fetal Programming

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 117-124
  4. Long-Term Consequences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
    2. Premature Infants

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 127-149
    3. Term Newborns

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 151-170
    4. Endocrine Regulation of Fetal Growth

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 171-189
    5. Growth Hormone Treatment

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 191-207
    6. Renal Function

      • Siegfried Zabransky
      Pages 209-226

About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Hamburg, Germany

    Siegfried Zabransky

Bibliographic Information

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eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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