Understanding the science behind the physiologic changes taking place in our patients is the key to providing the best care possible.
Maternal, Fetal, & Neonatal Physiology: A Clinical Perspective brings you clinically relevant the evolving interrelationships among the mother fetus and neonate, as well as the adaptations of preterm and term infants to the extrauterine environment.
• A new chapter on Fetal Assessment that reviews the physiology of fetal heart function and heart rate patterns, fetal response to hypoxia, and clinical implications for surveillance of the fetus during pregnancy, labor, and birth.
• Expanded coverage of the clinical implications of endocrinology.
• Solid coverage of the physiologic basis for assessment and therapeutic intervention—designed tor advanced practice.
• A synthesis of research from physiology and the clinical sciences hat focuses on normal physiologic changes during the antepartum, itrapartum, and postpartum periods; anatomic and functional development of the fetus; and developmental physiology of preterm and term neonates.
• Interactions of normal physiologic events in the pregnant woman, fetus, and neonate for selected pathophysiologic events
• An in-depth look at the physiologic adaptations and developmental physiology related to major body systems and metabolic processes.
• Comprehensive tables and illustrations for at-a-glance access important concepts and key information.