More than half a million babies in the US are born prematurely every year - preterm birth is the leading cause of infant mortality and those who survive may face lifelong problems. This issue of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics discusses the epidemiology, outcomes and clinical prediction of preterm birth, and offers information on various therapies.
| ISBN: | 9781455739004 |
| Publication date: | 17th March 2012 |
| Author: | Alice Goepfert |
| Publisher: | W B Saunders Co Ltd an imprint of Elsevier Health Sciences |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 120 pages |
| Series: | The Clinics: Internal Medicine |
| Genres: |
Materno-foetal medicine / perinatology Neonatal medicine |