The Fetus as a Patient: The Evolving Challenge
* Covers the latest developments in ultrasound, prenatal diagnosis and therapy, fetal assessment and clinical perinatology
* Opens with a keynote chapter on the moral foundations of leadership in fetal medicine
* Covers new developments in 3-D and color Doppler ultrasound for insights into early embryonic structure and function
* Includes information on the sonographic examination of the uterine cervix and its application to clinical medicine among other challenging topics
* Represents a special effort of the field's leaders to present their current work in a concise and clinically valuable reference book
Major advances in ultrasound, prenatal diagnosis and therapy, and fetal assessment are furthering fetal medicine and clinical perinatology. These developments include: progress in 3-dimensional and colour Doppler ultrasound for insights into early embryonic structure and function, counselling for pre-embryonic research, genetic counseling and prenatal informed consent, the use of cardiotocograms (CTGs), ultrasound imaging, Doppler ultrasound, analysis of nucleated red blood cells, and a broad range of clinical topics ranging from the Internet to neonatal intensive care.
Under the editorship of Dr. Frank Chervenak and Professors Asim Kurjak and Zoltan Papp, authors and editors of many respected books in this field, The Fetus as a Patient: The Evolving Challenge provides detailed, authoritative coverage of the latest developments in fetal medicine and clinical perinatology. Following an introductory chapter on the moral foundations of leadership in fetal medicine, the book presents 38 chapters in four sections dealing with new developments in ultrasound, the state of the art of prenatal diagnosis and therapy, the challenge of fetal assessment and current perspectives on clinical perinatology. The volume is extensively illustrated throughout and includes bibliographic references and index.
The Fetus as a Patient elucidates the current work of the Board of Directors and invited speakers of the International Society of the Fetus as a Patient, which is dedicated to improving all dimensions of fetal diagnosis and therapy.
| Author: |
Frank A Chervenak, Asim Kurjak, Zoltan Papp |
| ISBN: |
1842141570 |
| Publisher: |
Parthenon Publishing |
| Binding: |
Hardcover |
| Year Published: |
April 2002 |
| No. of Pages: |
300 |
| Contents: |
Introduction
* The moral foundations of leadership in fetal medicine
New Developments In Ultrasound
* The assessment of morphological and vascular development of the early embryo
* Threatened abortion: new insights by color Doppler, 3-D and 4-D ultrasound
* Venous return in monochorionic twin pregnancy in the late first trimester
* First-trimester diagnosis of fetal abnormalities by 2-D and 3-D sonoembryology
* Chiari II malformation in the fetus
* Transvaginal 3-D volume assessment of the fetal brain structure
* Human fetal pulmonary arterial blood flow
* Sonographic examination of the uterine cervix
The State Of The Art Of Prenatal Diagnosis And Therapy
* Medical and ethical aspects of pre-embryo research
* The change in public demand for genetic counseling in the last 25 years
* Prenatal informed consent for sonogram: the time for nuchal translucency has come
* Prenatal diagnosis of fetal cells in maternal blood by comparative genomic hybridization
* Prenatal diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies
* Prenatal diagnosis of b-thalassemia: Sardinian experience of 6000 cases
* Amniocentesis
* Selective reduction
The Challenge Of Fetal Assessment
* Evaluation of intrapartum long-term CTG with artificial neural network analysis
* Objective definition of intrauterine growth restriction and practical consequences
* Fetal risks of macrosomia
* Normal and abnormal growth in multiple pregnancies
* Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome
* Non-immune fetal hydrops
* Advances in the diagnosis of intrapartum asphyxia
* The role of nucleated red blood cells in obstetrics
Current Perspectives On Clinical Perinatology
* Perinatal medicine in the information age
* Low molecular weight heparin in perinatal medicine
* Breast cancer and pregnancy, E. Mathieu
* Substance abuse during pregnancy
* The dilemma of toxoplasmosis
* Should we be using repeated doses of antenatal corticosteroids?
* Fetal macrosomia: prediction, timing, and mode of delivery
* Clinical dimensions of pre-eclampsia
* Pathophysiology of pre-eclampsia
* New therapeutic developments in brain-orientated intensive care in the term and preterm newborn
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