Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-333) and index.
""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 Gestation and Birth""; ""Chapter 2 Metabolic and Ventilatory Requirements""; ""Chapter 3 Mechanical Behavior of the Respiratory Pump""; ""Chapter 4 Reflex Control of the Breathing Pattern""; ""Chapter 5 Changes in Temperature and Respiratory Gases""; ""Appendix A Passive Respiratory Mechanics: Some Applications to Measurements in Newborns""; ""Appendix B Comparisons and Normalization""; ""Appendix C Orders and Suborders of the Class Mammalia""; ""Glossary""; ""References Cited""; ""Index""