Chapter 1. Transition from Fetal to Pediatric Circulation
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- Vanessa Olbrecht
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- Stages of Fetal Lung Development
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- Fetal Circulation – Reproduced with permission from: Sepulveda W, Sebire NJ. Prenatal diagnosis and obstetrical management of umbilical cord abnormalities. In: UpToDate, Basow DS (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA 2013. Copyright © 2013 UpToDate, Inc. For more information visit http://www.uptodate.com.
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- Umbilical Cord Anatomy – Illustration by Rob Fedirko
Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia/Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day 
I am perplexed by your apology to Kansas on page 3 in your desire to include a little humor in this wonderful textbook.
You state “evolutionary forces” have “designed” … Evolutionary forces, by definition, are random, and therefore cannot be part of a design. The statement is, as the philosophers would put it, self-referentially absurd. You have actually made the case for the “Kansans” for Intelligent Design, easily a euphemism for a deity, which is all they want you to acknowledge.
Keep up the entertaining good work!
Dr. Crosland – great comment – thanks! You’re right, obviously can’t be designed – I will change it in the next iterations of the books and will crown you a “Really Smart Reader”. Many thanks, Ron