Diagnosis of Fetal Abnormalities: The 18-23-Week Scan

ISBN-13: 9781850704928 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 160 str.

G. Pilu; Gianluigi Pilu; Kypros H. Nicolaides

Opis

A clinician's textbook on using ultrasound as the main diagnostic tool in the prenatal detection of congenital abnormalities. It summarizes the prevalence, aetiology, prenatal sonographic features and prognosis for both common and rare foetal abnormalities and provides the basis of learning for the theoretical component of the Certificate of Competence in the 18-23-week scan awarded by the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and the International Society of Perinatal Medicine. The book's main chapters cover: standard views for examination of the foetus; the central nervous system; the face; the cardiovascular system; pulmonary abnormalities; the anterior abdominal wall; the gastrointestinal tract; the kidneys and urinary tract; the skeleton; features of chromosomal defects; foetal tumours; hydrops fetalis; small for gestational age; and abnormalities of the amniotic fluid volume. An additional section lists web sites with useful information for prenatal diagnosis.

Spis treści

Introduction. Standard views for examination of the fetus. Central nervous system. Face. Cardiovascular system. Pulmonary abnormalities. Anterior abdominal wall. Gastrointestinal tract. Kidneys and urinary tract. Skeleton. Features of chromosomal defects. Fetal tumors. Hydrops fetalis. Small for gestational age. Abnormalities of the amniotic fluid volume. Appendix I: Risk of major trisomies in relation to maternal age and gestation. Appendix II: Antenatal sonographic findings in skeletal dysplasias. Appendix III: Fetal biometry at 14-40 weeks of gestation. Web sites providing useful information for prenatal diagnosis. Index.

O autorze

Gianluigi Pilu, Kypros H. Nicolaides