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Springer OXYGEN Basis of the Regulation of Vital Functions in the Fetus 1st Editon 2011 Softbound by Wolfgang Künzel, Michael Kirschbaum
an adequate oxygen supply is vital for the undisturbed development of the fetus and its functions. This book gives a synopsis of the ruling influence that oxygen has in multiple regulation sytems in the mother and especially in the fetus. The authors consider oxygen as a manipulated variable or as a corrective element during normal pregnancy, during delivery and during acute and chronic oxygen deficiency. Furthermore, they deal with the consequences that oxygen deficiency has on the fetus. I Oxygen Supply of the Fetus During Pregnancy and Birth.- Fetal Oxygen Supply — Historical Considerations.- Oxygen and Animal Metabolism: General and Comparative Aspects.- Maternal Vascular Adaptation to Improve Oxygen Supply.- Oxygen Deficiency During Fetal Development and Delivery — Speculations About Clinical Conditions.- Fetal Breathing Movements in Normoxia and in Hypoxia.- Maternal Respiration — Its Effect on the Fetus.- Abstracts.- Influence of Maternal Oxygen Inhalation on Uteroplacental and Fetal Perfusion Measured by Doppler Sonography in Patients with Preterm Labor.- Interpretation of FHR Patterns of SGA Fetuses in Correlation to Fetal Blood Gas Values Obtained Via Cordocentesis.- II Acute Oxygen Deficiency During Pregnancy and Birth. Influence on the Fetus.- Oxygen Supply to the Fetus and Fetal Hypoxemia.- The Role of the Sympathetic Nervous System in Preventing Brain Damage During Perinatal Asphyxia.- The Response and Vulnerability of Cerebral Blood Vessels to Hypoxemia.- Breathing Movements in the Human Fetus in Normoxia and Hypoxia.- Fetal Hypoxemia as a Signal for Parturition.- Regional Abnormalities of Cerebral Energy Metabolism Following Birth Asphyxia.- Fetal Heat Flux and Oxygen Tension During Asphyxia.- Abstracts.- Brain Blood Flow and the Dynamics of Circulatory Centralization During Acute Asphyxia in Intact and Chemically Sympathectomized Fetal Sheep.- Dynamics of Circulatory Centralization During Acute Asphyxia in Preterm and Term Fetal Sheep.- Regional Brain Blood Flow and Oxygen Delivery in Guinea Pig Fetuses Near Term.- Plasma and Tissue Concentrations of Catecholamines During Normoxemia, Hypoxemia, and Asphyxia in Fetal Guinea Pigs Near Term.- Cardiovascular Effects of Endotoxin and Asphyxia in Fetal Sheep Near Term.- III Regulatory Mechanisms of Fetal Oxygen Consumption.- Indications for the Involvement of a Hemoprotein as an Oxygen Pressure Sensor Protein in the Carotid Body.- Role of Erythropoietin in the Regulation of Red Cell Production in Children Before and After Birth.- Oxygen Availability Determines Oxygen Consumption of Fetal Skeletal Muscle Cells in Monolayer Culture: Preliminary Report.- Endothelial Cells as Part of a Vascular Oxygen-Sensing System: Hypoxia-Induced Release of Autacoids.- Oxygen Transport in the Early Embryo.- Laser Doppler Flowmetry and Fetal Oxygenation.- Abstracts.- Blood Flow to the Yolk Sac Placenta as a Function of Arterial Oxygen Content.- IV Chronic Oxygen Deficiency During Pregnancy: Impact of the Fetus.- Development of Chemoreflexes Affecting Breathing: Influence of Chronic Hypoxia.- Restricted Fetal Oxygen Supply: A Cause of Intrauterine Growth Retardation?.- Regulation of Perinatal Pulmonary Blood Flow: Role of Oxygen.- Abstracts.- Cardiovascular Responses to Acute Asphyxia in Carotid Sinus Denervated and Intact Fetal Sheep Near Term.