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Advances in Perinatal Medicine Volume 3

The state of health care is reflected by perinatal and neonatal morbidity and mortality as well as by the frequencies of long-term neurological and developmental disorders. Many factors, some without immediately recognizable significance to childbearing and many still unknown, undoubtedly contribute...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Milunsky, Aubrey (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1983, 1983
Edition:1st ed. 1983
Subjects:
Gynecology
Gynecology 
Midwifery
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 6. Evidence That Infusions of Glucose Solutions Reduce Rather Than Extend Overall Animal Tolerance to Hypoxia
  • 7. Hypothesis That Lactic Acid Accumulation beyond 17 to 20 µmoles/g Damages the Brain
  • 8. Mechanisms through Which the Fall in Blood Pressure during Hypoxia Injures the Brain
  • 9. Brain Biochemical Changes Produced by Hypoxia and Anoxia and Their Relation to Brain Injury
  • 10. Mechanisms Which Operate during Hypoxia and during Anoxia to Increase Brain Tissue Lactic Acid Concentrations
  • 11. Evidence that Infusions of Glucose Solutions during the Recovery Period Exacerbate Anoxic Brain Injury
  • 12. Applicability to the Fetus and Newborn
  • 13. Summary and Conclusions
  • References
  • 4 Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Today
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Pathology of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
  • 3. Incidence and Mortality of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.-4. Etiology of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
  • 6. Radiographic Differential Diagnosis of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
  • 7. Complications and Associations of Chronic Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
  • 8. Surveillance and Assessment of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
  • 9. Summary
  • References
  • 5 Neonatal Behavioral Effects of Anesthetic Exposure during Pregnancy
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Infant Neurobehavior—A Model Problem
  • 3. Preconception and Chronic Exposure to Anesthetics
  • 4. Gestational Exposure to Anesthetics
  • 5. Obstetrical Anesthetic and Analgesic Medication and Its Consequences for Newborn Neurobehavior
  • 6. Infant Assessment Techniques
  • 7. A Tentative Model for Behavioral Effects of Anesthetic Exposure
  • 8. More Recent Studies
  • References
  • 6 Stillbirth: Psychological Consequences and Strategies of Management
  • 1. The Neglect of Stillbirth
  • 2. The Annihilation of the Experience of Stillbirth
  • 3. The Management of Stillbirth
  • 4. The Need to Include Siblings
  • 5. The Management of Failed Mourning of a Stillbirth
  • 6. Epilogue
  • References
  • 1 Antecedents of Childhood Obesity
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Criteria, Classification, and Prevalence
  • 3. Interaction of Maternal Weight and the Neonate
  • 4. Natural History
  • 5. Adiposity and the Adipocyte
  • 6. Intervention and Treatment
  • References
  • 2 The Embryology of Birth Defects: Malformations vs. Deformations vs. Disruptions
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Types of Malformations
  • 3. Deformations
  • 4. Disruptions
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 Brain Metabolic and Pathologic Consequences of Asphyxia: Role Played by Serum Glucose Concentration
  • 1. Fetal Asphyxia as Cause of Brain Injury
  • 2. Traditional Concepts Concerning the Brain Metabolic Basis for Injury from Asphyxia
  • 3. Brain Tolerance to Circulatory Arrest May Be Extended
  • 4. Spurious Evidence That Administering Glucose Solutions Extends Brain Tolerance to Asphyxia
  • 5. Evidence That Infusions of Glucose Solutions Reduce Rather Than Extend Brain Tolerance to Anoxia

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