Preterm labor
Subtitle: prevention and nursing management : continuing education for registered nurses and certified nurse-midwives
By: Margaret Comerford Freda, Ellen Tate Patterson ; editor, Rita Reis Wieczorek ; consulting editor, Kathleen Rice Simpson.
Contributors: Patterson, Ellen Tate.; Wieczorek, Rita Reis.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Education & Health Promotion, March of Dimes
Published: 2004
Place of publication: White Plains, NY
Language: eng
Subjects: Labor, Premature -- Prevention -- Programmed instruction; Maternity nursing -- Programmed instruction; Labor, Premature -- prevention & control -- Programmed Instruction; Labor Complications -- nursing -- Programmed Instruction
Genres: Programmed instruction.; Programmed Instruction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Increasing rates of preterm birth; title: Factors associated with increasing rates; title: Racial/ethnic disparities; title: Socioeconomic risks; title: Overlap of preterm birth and low birthweight; title: Impact of preterm birth on infant mortality; title: Health consequences for preterm infants; title: Effects on families; title: Economic consequences; title: Historical background; title: Pioneering efforts to reduce preterm birth; title: Home uterine activity monitoring; title: Pathophysiology of preterm labor and birth; title: Preterm birth prevention; title: Risk factors; title: Risk assessment; title: Biochemical markers; title: Cervical length; title: Intervention; title: Infection; title: Risk reduction; title: Smoking; title: Nutrition; title: Use of illegal substances; title: Stress; title: Domestic violence; title: Preterm labor; title: Early recognition of signs and symptoms; title: Diagnostic criteria; title: Preterm labor patient education; title: Education for all pregnant women; title: Education for pregnant women at high risk for preterm birth; title: Management of preterm labor; title: Antenatal glucocorticoids; title: Suppression of uterine activity; title: Betamimetics; title: Magnesium sulfate; title: Prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors; title: Calcium channel blockers; title: Long-term care for preterm labor; title: Managing activity restriction; title: Managing long-term hospitalization; title: Home management as a family effort; title: Managing medications; title: Managing contractions; title: Inevitable preterm delivery; title: Nursing research's contributions to understanding preterm birth; title: The March of Dimes prematurity campaign.