Fetal and neonatal brain injury : mechanisms, management, and the risks of practice

Fetal and neonatal brain injury : mechanisms, management, and the risks of practice /

Now in its third edition, this is a comprehensive survey of fetal and neonatal brain injury arising from hypoxia, ischemia or other causes. The volume spans areas including epidemiology and pathogenesis, through to clinical manifestations and obstetric care, and then on to diagnosis, long-term outco...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Stevenson, David K. (David Kendal), 1949-, Sunshine, Philip, 1930-, Benitz, William E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Brain > Diseases.
Brain-damaged children.
Brain > Wounds and injuries.
Fetus > Diseases.
Fetal brain > Growth.
Newborn infants > Diseases.
Newborn infants > Wounds and injuries.
Newborn infants.
Pregnancy > Complications.
Brain Injuries
Brain Injuries > infant, newborn
Newborn infants > diseases
Brain Diseases
Infant, Newborn
Brain Diseases > infant, newborn
Fetal Diseases
Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Pregnancy Complications
Electronic book.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 Perinatal asphyxia: an overview; 2 Mechanisms of brain damage in animal models of hypoxia-ischemia in newborns; 3 Cellular and molecular biology of perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain damage; 4 Fetal responses to asphyxia; 5 Congenital malformations of the brain; 6 Prematurity and complications of labor and delivery; 7 Intrauterine growth retardation (restriction); 8 Hemorrhagic lesions of the central nervous system; 9 Maternal diseases that affect fetal development; 10 Antepartum evaluation of fetal well-being.

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