Ultrasound of Congenital Fetal Anomalies: Differential Diagnosis and Prognostic Indicators

ISBN-13: 9780367499501 / Angielski

Dario Paladini; Paolo Volpe

Opis

An acclaimed overview of ultrasound for the prenatal diagnosis of congenital anomalies returns in a new enlarged edition. Together with new chapters on guidelines and protocols, equipment, and disorders of sexual differentiation, and new insight into fetal surgery procedures, this third edition almost becomes three books in one.

Spis treści

First trimester ultrasound: Guidelines and screening protocols. Second and third trimester screening ultrasound: Guidelines and screening protocols. Equipment, transducers and set-up. Three- and four-dimensional ultrasound: Technique and processing. Central and peripheral nervous system. Face and neck. The lymphatic system. The fetal heart. The thorax. The gastrointestinal tract. The urogenital tract. The musculoskeletal system. Syndromic conditions. Fetal infections. Multiple pregnancy. Placenta. The umbilical cord.

O autorze

Dario Paladini completed his internship at the University Medical school in Naples, Italy. He completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1990 at the Federico II University of Naples. In 1990-94 he moved to the National Cancer Institute of Milan for training in Gynecologic Oncology; he then returned to Naples and joined the faculty as lecturer and, since 2001, as associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology. Medicina Fetale e Diagnosi Prenatale Paolo Volpe is Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Ospedale "Di Venere", Carbonara di Bari, Italy.