Covering pertinent basic science and offering today's most authoritative guidance on clinical management,
Fetal Medicine, 3rd Edition, is a must-have resource for obstetricians and other healthcare professionals involved in
care of the fetus. An international team of expert contributors delivers the knowledge and background you need to
effectively diagnose and treat fetal disorders - everything from prenatal screening and diagnostic tests to common and
rare prenatal conditions, early pregnancy loss, ethical issues, and much more.
clinical topics.
management.
photographs and line drawings, as well as more than 150 quick-reference tables.
molecular biology, and biochemistry.
the beginning of each chapter; and concise chapter summaries.
and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Section 1: Early Fetal Development
1 Early Concepts and Terminology, 2 Patricia Collins
2 Cellular Mechanisms and Embryonic Tissues, 6 Patricia Collins
3 Staging Embryos in Development and theEmbryonic Body Plan, 23 Patricia Collins
4 Teratology, 30Sarah G. Obican and Anthony R. Scialli
5 Early Pregnancy Failure, 38 Davor Jurkovic and Kuhan Rajah
Section 2: The Placenta
6 The Immunology of Implantation, 48 Ashley Moffett, Y.W. Loke and Andrew Sharkey
7 Development of the Placenta and ItsCirculation, 55 Caroline E. Dunk,
Berthold Huppertz and John C. Kingdom
8 Placental Function in MaternofetalExchange, 69 Colin Sibley and Mark Dilworth
9 Placental Pathology and Implications for FetalMedicine, 78
Neil J. Sebire and John C. Kingdom
Section 3: Fetal Physiology and Pathology
10 Development of the Heart and Cardiovascular
System in Relation to Cardiac Abnormalities, 88Michael Ashworth
11 Lung Growth and Maturation, 103
Richard Harding, Annie R.A. McDougall and Stuart B. Hooper
12 Development of the Kidneys and Urinary Tract in
Relation to Renal Anomalies, 114Paul J.D. Winyard
13 The Perinatal Postmortem Examination, 121
J. Ciaran Hutchinson, Susan C. Shelmerdine and Neil J. Sebire
Section 4: Epidemiology
14 Epidemiologic and Research Methods in FetalMedicine, 132
Cande V. Ananth and Alan T. Tita
Section 5: Ethics
15 Ethical Issues in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 139
Wybo J. Dondorp and Guido M. de Wert
Section 6: Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis
16 Principles of Screening, 149
Joshua I. Rosenbloom and George A. Macones
17 Conveying Information About Screening andDiagnosis, 154
Jenny Hewison, Louise D. Bryant and Jane Fisher
18 Ultrasound and Biochemical Screening for Feta Aneuploidy, 161
Howard Cuckle and Ran Neiger
19 Ultrasound Screening for Fetal Abnormalities in the First Trimester, 176
Caterina M. Bilardo and Frederick Ushakov
20 Evidence for Routine Ultrasound Screening forFetal
Abnormalities in the Second and ThirdTrimesters, Yalda Afshar, Rashmi Rao,
Anahit Martirosian andLawrence D. Platt
21 Noninvasive Screening for Cytogenetic Disorder
(Fetal Aneuploidy Including Microdeletions), 202
Karen Wou and Ronald J. Wapner
22 Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis for Single-GeneDisorders, 214
Melissa Hill and Lyn S. Chitty
Contents
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23 Invasive Diagnostic Procedures, 225
Anthony O. Odibo and Ganesh Acharya
24 Prenatal Diagnosis of Chromosome Abnormalities, 233
Colleen G. Bilancia, Mythily Ganapathi and Brynn Levy
25 Advances in Molecular Genetics Including Fetal Sequencing, 247
Magdalena Walkiewicz and Ignatia B. Van den Veyver
26 Expanded Carrier Screening, 254 Liran Hiersch and Yuval Yaron
27 Prenatal Screening for Thalassemias, 263 Kwok Yin Leung, Patrick Au and Mary Tang
Section 7: Diagnosis and Management of Fetal Malformations
28 Sonography of the Fetal Central Nervous System, 275
Luc De Catte, Bart De Keersmaecker, Luc Joyeux and Michael Aertsen
29 The Heart, 305 Christoph Wohlmuth and Helena M. Gardiner
30 Fetal Lung Lesions, 324 James Cook, Angela Yulia,
Colin Wallis and Pranav P. Pandya
31 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, 332
Francesca Maria Russo, Liesbeth Lewi, Jute Richter andJan Deprest
32 Abdomen, 340 Jon Hyett
33 Kidney and Urinary Tract Disorders, 351 Roland Devlieger and An Hindryckx
34 Diagnosis and Management of Fetal Skeletal Abnormalities,
Ly S. Chitty, Louise C. Wilson and Frederick Ushakov
35 Diagnosis and Management of Abnormalities ofthe Face,
Elisabeth de Jong-Pleij and Caterina M. Bilardo
36 Fetal Hydrops, 427
Sylvie Langlois and R. Douglas Wilson
37 Fetal Tumours, 443
Thomas R. Everett, Rosalind Pratt, Colin R. Butler, Richard J.
Hewitt, Paolo De Coppi and Pranav P. Pandya
38 Open Fetal Surgery, 454 Luc Joyeux, Frank Van Calenbergh, Roland Devlieger,
Luc De Catte and Jan Deprest
Section 8: Diagnosis and Management of
Other Fetal Conditions
39 Fetal Growth and Growth Restriction, 469
Emily J. Su and Henry L. Galan
40 Haemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn, 484
Saul Snowise and Kenneth J. Moise Jr.
41 Fetal Platelet Disorders, 497 Dian Winkelhorst and Dick Oepkes
42 Fetal Infections, 508 Guillaume Benoist, Marianne Leruez-Ville and Yves Ville
43 Disorders of Amniotic Fluid, 526 Jan E. Dickinson
44 Multiple Pregnancy, 532
Sieglinde M.Mulllers, Fionnuala McAuliffe and Fergal D. Malone
45 In Utero Stem Cell Transplantation, 554
Cecilia Gotherstrom, Lilian Walther-Jallow and Magnus Westgren
46 Fetal Gene Therapy, 560 Anna L. David
47 The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 572
Scott W. White, Sara L. Hillman and John P. Newnham
Section 9: Interface of Maternal, Fetal and
Neonatal Medicine
48 Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, 581
Lara S. Lemon, Raman Venkataramanan and Steve N. Caritis
49 Neonatal Management and Outcome in Extreme Prematurity, 588
Enrico Lopriore, Arjan B. Te Pas, Sylke Steggerda and
Jeanine M. van Klink
Online Materials
Self-Assessment
Spyros Bakalis, Frederick Ushakov and Pranav P. Pandya
Index, 597