Provide the best care possible with expert insight and clinically relevant coverage of the physiologic changes that occur throughout all major periods of the perinatal experience — prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and neonatal. Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Physiology: A Clinical Perspective, 4^th Edition 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.

• Solid coverage of the physiologic bases for assessment and therapeutic interventions make this an ideal resource for advanced practice.
• Synthesis of the latest research studies and evidence-based practice provides vital data on normal physiologic changes during the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum periods; anatomic and functional development of the fetus; and developmental physiology of preterm and term neonates.
• Pharmacology tables offer quick access to key pharmacology information and drug effects with clinical examples.
• Coverage of pathophysiology and interventions for the pregnant woman, fetus, and newborn for selected abnormal events provides a solid understanding of physiologic adaptations and developmental physiology relating to major body systems and metabolic processes.
• Comprehensive tables, diagrams, and illustrations highlight important concepts and summarize key information

• Thoroughly updated content offers the very latest evidence-based information, contemporary research, and clinical developments related to maternal, fetal, and neonatal physiology.
• New coverage on the late pre-term infant provides the most current practice guidelines to promote quality care.
• Expanded discussions of reproductive processes reflect cutting-edge research and the clinical implications of physiologic and genetic effects brought to bear from both the female and the male.
• Extensive and reliable web sources allow for further study or checking for updated information.
• New NICHD standard definitions on fetal monitoring enable you to identify fetal heart rate patterns using standardized nomenclature.