a clinical perspective Blackburn, Susan Tucker creator author Fifth edition xiv, 705 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm Awarded first place in the 2018 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Maternal-Child Health/Prenatal Nursing/ Childbirth category! Learn to provide the best prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and neonatal care possible. Maternal, Fetal, & Neonatal Physiology: A Clinical Perspective, 5th Edition includes expert insight and clinically relevant coverage of the physiologic changes that occur throughout all major periods of the perinatal experience. This classic reference gives you a solid foundation for assessment and therapeutic interventions, featuring an emphasis on the evolving interrelationships between mother, fetus, and neonate and adaptations of preterm and term infants to the extrauterine environment" -- Biologic basis for reproduction Physiologic basis for reproduction Prenatal period and placental physiology Parturition and uterine physiology Postpartum period and lactation physiology Fetal assessment Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics during the perinatal period Hematologic and hemostatic systems Cardiovascular system Respiratory system Renal system and fluid and electrolyte homeostasis Gastrointestinal and hepatic systems and perinatal nutrition Immune system and host defense mechanisms Integumentary system Neurologic, muscular, and sensory systems Carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism Calcium and phosphorus metabolism Bilirubin metabolism Pituitary, adrenal, and thyroid function Thermoregulation Susan Tucker Blackburn Includes bibliography and index Fetus Physiology RG558 .BLA 2018 9780323569118