Title: Maternal, fetal, & neonatal physiology : a clinical perspective /
Authors: Blackburn, Susan Tucker.
Publisher: Elsevier Saunders,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Infant, Newborn physiology; Fetus physiology; Pregnancy physiology; Pregnancy; Fetus Physiology; Newborn infants Physiology.
Abstract: Provide the best care possible with expert insight and clinically relevant coverage of the physiologic changes that occur throughout all major periods of the perinatal experience - prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and neonatal. Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Physiology: A Clinical Perspective, 4th Edition gives you a solid foundation for assessment and therapeutic interventions, featuring an emphasis on the evolving interrelationships between mother, fetus, and neonate and adaptations of preterm and term infants to the extrauterine environment. Solid coverage of the physiologic bases for assessment and therapeutic interventions make this an ideal resource for advanced practice. Synthesis of the latest research studies and evidence-based practice provides vital data on normal physiologic changes during the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum periods; anatomic and functional development of the fetus; and developmental physiology of preterm and term neonates.
Contents: Biologic basis for reproduction -- Physiologic basis for reproduction -- Prenatal period and placental physiology -- Parturition and uterine physiology -- Postpartum period and lactation physiology -- Fetal assessment -- Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics during the perinatal period -- Hematologic and hemostatic systems -- Cardiovascular system -- Respiratory system -- Renal system and fluid and electrolyte homeostasis -- Gastrointestinal and hepatic systems and perinatal nutrition -- Immune system and host defense mechanisms -- Integumentary system -- Neurologic, muscular, and sensory systems -- Carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism -- Calcium and phosphorus metabolism -- Bilirubin metabolism -- Pituitary, adrenal, and thyroid function -- Thermoregulation.