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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437852103321

Autore

Longo Lawrence D

Titolo

The Rise of Fetal and Neonatal Physiology : Basic Science to Clinical Care / / by Lawrence D. Longo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-4614-7921-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (546 p.)

Collana

Perspectives in Physiology, , 2625-2813 ; ; 1

Disciplina

612.647

Soggetti

Human physiology

Medicine—History

Reproductive medicine

Obstetrics

Medicine

Human Physiology

History of Medicine

Reproductive Medicine

Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery

Biomedicine, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references  and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- A Scientific Genealogy: The Development of  Fetal-Neonatal Research -- Oxford and the Development of Physiology, with Notes on the Nuffield Institute -- Geoffrey S. Dawes: A Life in Science -- Dawes and Fetal Asphyxia: The Primate Colony in Puerto Rico -- Dawes, the Pulmonary Vasculature and his Foetal and Neonatal Physiology -- Embryology and Early Developmental Physiology -- Some Aspects of the Physiology of the Placenta -- Governmental Support of Research in Fetal and Newborn Physiology -- Fetal-Neonatal Growth and Metabolism -- Epigenetics and the Fetal Origins of Adult Heath and Disease -- Related Developments in Fetal and Neonatal Endocrinology -- Further Developments in Fetal and Neonatal Physiology -- Some Clinical Aspects of Developmental Physiology -- Bioethical Issues in Research on the Fetus and Newborn Infant -- Textbooks, Monographs



and other Volumes on Fetal and Newborn Physiology -- Dawes and 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 Fellows, and   Associates -- Early Years of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, the Fetal and Neonatal -- Epilogue -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

During the mid- to late-twentieth century, study of the physiology of the developing fetus and newborn infant evolved rapidly to become a major discipline in the biomedical sciences. Initially of interest from a standpoint of function of the placenta and oxygenation of the fetus, the field advanced to explore both normal functional mechanisms as well as pathophysiologic aspects of their regulation. Examples include studying the role and regulation of circulatory vascular anatomic shunts in oxygenation, cardiac function, certain aspects of asphyxia in the fetus and newborn infant, the role of fetal “breathing” movements, cyclic electroencephalographic activity, and analysis of electronic monitoring of fetal heart rate variability and its significance. Included in this book are reminisces of several dozen individuals who played a vital role in these developments. Overall, this survey considers a number of aspects of the development of the science of fetal and neonatal physiology, and its role in the greatly improved care of pregnant women and their newborn infants.