This volume, The Low Birth Weight Baby, is a timely update of progress in a field that has tended to be neglected in recent years. Although we are yet to discover a method to precisely predict the occurrence of preterm labour, there have been spectacular improvements in the prospects for survival of low birthweight infants. The use of antepartum steroids and advances in neonatal intensive care have brought about these changes. This volume covers these and other improvements as a result of which the reader of this volume will be left with the comfortable feeling that he or she knows everything worth knowing about the subject. The contributors are veterans in the field who have a broad perspective of their subject and are not tempted to embrace the newest unconfirmed theory.

1. New Perspectives on Low Birth Weight
MAX MONGELLI
R L TAMBYRAJA

2. Cost-effective Monitoring of the Growth Restricted Fetus
MATHEW MATHAI

3. Improving Sonographic Diagnosis of Fetal Growth Restriction
MAX MONGELLI
JASON GARDOSH

4. Ultrasound Scanning in the Assessment of Twins
M ANGLIM
P CHAMBERLAIN

5. Procoagulant States and Pregnancy
MICHAEL D LOCKSHIN

6. Biochemical Prediction of Low Birth Weight Growth Restricted Baby
JOHN T FRANCE

7. Physiology and Management of Preterm Labour
R L TAMBYRAJA
LOPEZ A BERNAL   

8. Prediction and Prevention of Preterm Birth
EMILE PAPIERNIK

9. Intrapartum Management of the Low Birth Weight Baby
SELINA CHIJA

10. Resuscitation and Neonatal Care
RANJAN K PEJAVER

11. Neonatal Intensive Care and Follow-up
VICTORY Y H YU

12. Placental and Fetal Pathology
HMA DIVAKAR
ANUPAMA PATIL

13. Perinatal Audit
DURU SHAH
KEDAR GANLA
SAFALA SHROFF    

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