This book traces the development of the science of fetal and neonatal physiology and examines its role in the greatly improved care of women and their newborn infants. Includes reminisces of several dozen individuals who played a vital role in the field.

An updated and expanded second edition

Presents a definitive history of an important field of physiology, which concerns the developing fetus and newborn infant

Includes contributions from over 40 leading scientists in the field

An updated and expanded second edition Presents a definitive history of an important field of physiology, which concerns the developing fetus and newborn infant Includes contributions from over 40 leading scientists in the field

Autorentext
Lawrence P. Longo (1926-2016)

Formerly at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda, CA, USA

Inhalt

Introduction.- A Scientific Genealogy: Early Development of Fetal-Neonatal Research.- Oxford and the Development of Physiology, with Notes on the Nuffield Institute for Medical Research.- Geoffrey S. Dawes: A Life in Science.- Fetal Asphyxia and The Primate Colony in Puerto Rico.- The Pulmonary Vasculature and Dawes' Foetal and Neonatal Physiology .- Embryology and Early Developmental Physiology.- Some Aspects of the Physiology of the Placenta.- Some Aspects of Endocrinology of the Placenta.- Maternal Physiology of Pregnancy.- Maternal Complications of Pregnancy that Affect Fetal/Newborn Development.- Fetal Growth and its Restriction.- Fetal-Neonatal Growth and Metabolism.- Fetal Growth Restriction at High Altitude: Clinical Observations.- Fetal Growth Restriction at High Altitude: Basic Cellular and Subcellular Physiologic Considerations.- Epigenetics and the Fetal Origins of Adult Health and Disease.- Some Aspects of the Developing Brain and Nervous S ystem.- Related Developments in Fetal and Neonatal Endocrinology.- Further Developments in Fetal and Neonatal Physiology.- Additional Clinical Aspects of Developmental Physiology and Clinical Care.- Governmental Support of Research in Fetal and Newborn Physiology.- Bioethical Issues in Research on the Fetus and Newborn Infant.- Textbooks, Monographs and other Volumes on Fetal and Newborn Physiology.- Fetal Breathing in the 1970s, and Fetal Heart Rate Analysis in the 1980s and Early 1990s.- Dawes' Contributions to Symposia and a Summing Up.- Dawes as a Mentor: Reminisces of Former Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fe Early Years of The Society for Reproductive Investigation (formerly Society for Gynecologic Investigation), the Fetal and Neonatal Physiological Society, and Several Other Groups.- The Reproductive Scientist Development Program and Related Programs.- Epilogue.- Bibliography of Geoffrey S. Dawes. <p