Title	Current Perinatology [electronic resource] / edited by Manohar Rathi
Imprint	New York, NY : Springer New York, 1989
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8794-7
Descript	XIII, 283 p. online resource

Perinatal medicine, which is concerned with the problems of the fetus and newborn, has rapidly developed in the last two decades as an important and challenging specialty. Rapid advances in the field, coupled with techยญ nological advances, now are making survival of infants with weights as low as 500 grams possible. Ventilator care for severe respiratory problems is on the verge of being replaced by surfactant replacement therapy; on the other hand, development of such technologies as extracorporeal memยญ brane oxygenation and jet ventilation has revolutionized the care of these sick infants. The advances taking place today in the field of perinatal medicine make periodic updates, like the one provided by this volume, a virtual necessity for clinicians and paramedical personnel alike. A distinguished group of specialists in various aspects of perinatal medicine has contributed to this book. Their wide-ranging experience and points of view should make this book a valuable reference for all physicians and allied health personnel involved in the care of the high-risk fetus and newborn. MANOHAR RATHI, M.D. Acknowledgements. I am grateful to the contributors for their cooperation in preparing the manuscripts, to my associates for their help and support, and to the publishers for their continued interest in this work. Above all, I thank Ms. Rose Aiello-Lech and Ms. MaryAnn Cichowski for their hard work in making this publication possible

1 Perinatal Hypoxia in the Growth Retarded Fetus: Basic Pathophysiology and Clinical Management -- 2 Fetal Asphyxia: Its Impact on the Neonate -- 3 The Role of External Tocodynamometry in Perinatal Medicine -- 4 Substance Abuse: Pregnancy and the Neonate -- 5 The Use of Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation in the First Stage of Labor -- 6 Prolonged Pregnancy -- 7 Hypertension in Pregnancy -- 8 Current Concepts and the Practices in Improving Fetal Outcomes in Diabetic Pregnancies -- 9 The Immune Immature Newborn -- 10 Diagnosis of Neonatal Infection: Utilization of the Absolute Neutrophil Count -- 11 Group B Streptococci at Parturition: I. A Case-Control Study -- 12 Group B Streptococci at Parturition: II. Infant Intervention -- 13 Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)โ{128}{148}1990 -- 14 When Conventional Mechanical Ventilation Fails -- 15 Surfactant: Its Role in the Therapy of RDS -- 16 Perinatal Factors and Intraventricular/Subependymal Hemorrhage (IVH/SEH) in the Very-Low-Birth-Weight (VLBW) Infant -- 17 Delivery of an Infant with an Unanticipated Birth Defect -- 18 Hemodynamically Significant Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Low-Birth-Weight Infants: Fact or Fiction -- 19 An Update in Genetic Prenatal Diagnosis -- 20 The Effects of Nursing Care on Medical Malpractice -- 21 Advances in Diagnosis of Cardiac Disease in the Fetus and the Newborn