Caring for Children Born Small for Gestational Age

✍ Scribed by Siegfried Zabransky (auth.), Siegfried Zabransky (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Healthcare Communications
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 299
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Fetal Development....Pages 2-10
Intrauterine Aspects....Pages 11-23
Maternal Nutrition....Pages 25-33
Prenatal Care, Surveillance, and Risk Assessment....Pages 35-44
Birth Weight Percentiles: An International Comparison....Pages 45-53
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Fetal Growth Restriction: Definitions, Causes, and Epidemiology....Pages 57-75
Obstetrical Aspects....Pages 77-81
Placental Function in Intrauterine Growth Restriction....Pages 83-95
Placental Function: Predicting Impairment....Pages 97-104
The Role of Genetics and Epigenetics in Growth Restriction....Pages 105-116
Fetal Programming....Pages 117-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Premature Infants....Pages 127-149
Term Newborns....Pages 151-170
Endocrine Regulation of Fetal Growth....Pages 171-189
Growth Hormone Treatment....Pages 191-207
Renal Function....Pages 209-226
Pancreatic Development....Pages 227-242
Metabolic Syndrome....Pages 243-253
Cardiovascular Risks and Diseases....Pages 255-262
Ophthalmological Findings and Visual Function Disorders....Pages 263-279
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Auditory Function Disorders....Pages 281-283
Neurological, Neurocognitive, and Behavioral Aspects....Pages 285-293
Prevention and Long-Term Care....Pages 295-296
Considerations for Future Research....Pages 297-299

✦ Subjects

Pediatrics; Obstetrics/Perinatology; Maternal and Child Health; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Metabolic Diseases; Endocrinology