Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 The epidemiology of preterm labour and delivery
- 2 Biology of preterm labour
- 3 Transcriptional regulation of labour-associated genes
- 4 Fetal outcome following preterm delivery
- 5 The prediction of preterm labour
- 6 Prevention of preterm labour
- 7 Management of preterm premature ruptured membranes
- 8 Management of threatened preterm labour
- 9 Management of preterm labour with specific complications
- 10 Anaesthetic issues in preterm labour, and intensive care management of the sick parturient
- 11 Management of the preterm neonate
- 12 Organisation of high risk obstetric and neonatal services
- 13 The management of pregnancy and labour
- 14 Treating the preterm infant – the legal context
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 The epidemiology of preterm labour and delivery
- 2 Biology of preterm labour
- 3 Transcriptional regulation of labour-associated genes
- 4 Fetal outcome following preterm delivery
- 5 The prediction of preterm labour
- 6 Prevention of preterm labour
- 7 Management of preterm premature ruptured membranes
- 8 Management of threatened preterm labour
- 9 Management of preterm labour with specific complications
- 10 Anaesthetic issues in preterm labour, and intensive care management of the sick parturient
- 11 Management of the preterm neonate
- 12 Organisation of high risk obstetric and neonatal services
- 13 The management of pregnancy and labour
- 14 Treating the preterm infant – the legal context
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Preterm LabourManaging Risk in Clinical Practice, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005