Textbook of prematurity : antecedents, treatment, and outcome

Article number 10118277

Antecedents of prematurity -- Epidemiology of prematurity / Frank R. Witter -- Risk screening for preterm delivery / Donna Strobino -- Nutrition and prematurity / Barbara Luke -- Relation of maternal work and stress to term delivery / Louis G. Keith and Barbara Luke -- Surveillance for onset of preterm labor and prophylactic therapy / Orion A. Rust and John C. Morrison -- Diagnosis and treatment of preterm labor / Richard E. Besinger -- Multiple gestation / Louis G. Keith and Barbara Luke -- Cervical incompetence / Miles J. Novy and W. Joseph Weick -- Preterm premature rupture of the fetal membranes / James T. Christmas -- Preterm delivery -- Boundary of viability / Frank R. Witter -- Use of antenatal steroid therapy for anticipated preterm delivery / Mark L. Hudak -- Factors affecting optimal mode of delivery / Conrad R. Chao -- Antepartum and intrapartum assessment of the preterm infant / Mary Jo Johnson and Timothy R.B. Johnson -- Anesthesia for preterm labor and delivery / Rhonda L. Zuckerman -- Neonatal resuscitation / John W. Scanlon

xi, 406 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. Premature labor. Premature infants. Text