Research Catalog

Title

Preterm labor / edited by Murdo G. Elder, Ronald F. Lamont, Roberto Romero.

Publication

New York : Churchill Livingstone, c1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Elder, M. G. (Murdoch George)
• Lamont, Ronald F.
• Romero, Roberto

Description

xii, 553 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Subjects

• Infant, Premature
• Premature infants
• Obstetric Labor, Premature
• Premature labor

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Importance of Preterm Birth / Marion H. Hall, Peter Danielian and Ronald F. Lamont -- 2. The Preterm Labor Syndrome / Roberto Romero, Ricardo Gomez and Moshe Mazor [et al.] -- 3. Prediction of Preterm Birth / Michael Geary and Ronald F. Lamont -- 4. The Role of Vaginal Flora in Normal Pregnancy and in Preterm Labor / Helen McDonald -- 5. The Role of Infection in Preterm Labor and Delivery / Ricardo Gomez, Roberto Romero and Moshe Mazor [et al.] -- 6. The Effects of Lifestyle on Prematurity / Barbara Luke and Emile Papiernik -- 7. Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes / Carol A. Major and Thomas J. Garite -- 8. Ultrasound Evaluation of the Cervix and the Value of Cervical Cerclage / H. Frank Andersen -- 9. Uterine Contraction Monitoring and Preterm Birth / Jay D. Iams -- 10. Multiple Gestations and Preterm Labor / Michael O. Gardner and Robert L. Goldenberg -- 11. The Clinical Approach to Preterm Labor / Helen M. McNamara and Anthony M. Vintzileos --
• 12. Tocolytic Therapy / Richard E. Besinger and Thomas A. Iannucci -- 13. Antibiotic Therapy for Preterm Labor and Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes / Brian M. Mercer and Rani Lewis -- 14. Prevention of Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Patricia Crowley -- 15. Mode of Delivery of Mothers Giving Birth to Preterm Infants / Magnus Westgren -- 16. Analgesia and Anesthesia in Preterm Labor / Paul Howell -- 17. The Myometrium and Its Contractions / A. Lopez Bernal, S. Phaneuf and G. Asboth [et al.] -- 18. Structural and Cellular Biology of the Fetal Membranes / Stephen C. Bell and Tawfik M. Malak -- 19. Host Defenses in the Human Female Genital Tract / Judith N. Bulmer -- 20. The Cervix / A. J. Thomson, J. E. Norman and I. A. Greer -- 21. Endocrinology and Paracrinology of Parturition / Jeffrey A. Keelan, Leslie Myatt and Murray D. Mitchell -- 22. Recent Advances in the Management of the Preterm Infant / R. H. Mupanemunda and D. Azzopardi --
• 23. Long-term Outcomes of Preterm Infants / Mary A. Rutherford.

ISBN

0443058571 (alk. paper)

LCCN

97018582

OCLC

• 36807655
• ocm36807655
• SCSB-4783950

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries