Product Description: This volume looks in depth at the growth of the fetus and neonate. It begins with an overview of the physiology and endocrinology of normal growth before looking at the pathophysiology and clinical applications. Several chapters focus on fetal growth retardation and the challenges this condition poses for the clinician...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This volume provides a thorough examination of breathing in the fetus and newborn, analyzing physiology, pathophysiology, and clinical applications. The authors review recent research into fetal breathing, transitional processes at birth, and control of post-natal breathing...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This volume provides a thorough examination of breathing in the fetus and newborn, analyzing physiology, pathophysiology, and clinical applications. The authors review recent research into fetal breathing, transitional processes at birth, and control of post-natal breathing...read more

Product Description: The circulatory system is the focus of the first volume in the series. This volume reviews essential topics concerned with fetal and neonatal cardiovascular function. The early chapters provide an overview of the physiological mechanisms that control the circulation in both the fetus and the neonate and the transitional processes that take place at birth...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The benefit of fetal heart rate monitoring during labor is the subject of fierce debate. This practical guide is an updated edition of the original work by the Ingemarssons, and has been adapted for an international audience by John Spencer...read more

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Product Description: Fetal monitoring involves assessment and surveillance of the condition of the fetus during pregnancy and labor. Appropriate interpretation of the information requires an understanding of the methods used, and knowledge of the predictive ability of the test for a particular outcome measure...read more