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Controversies in Perinatal Medicine STUDIES ON THE FETUS AS A PATIENT Controversies in Perinatal Medicine STUDIES ON THE FETUS AS A PATIENT Edited by José M.Carrera Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain Frank A.Chervenak Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology The New York Hospital, USA Asim Kurjak Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Zagreb, Croatia The Parthenon Publishing Group International Publishers in Medicine, Science & Technology A CRC PRESS COMPANY BOCA RATON LONDON NEW YORK WASHINGTON, D.C. Published in the USA by The Parthenon Publishing Group 345 Park Avenue South, 10th Floor New York, NY 10010 USA Published in the UK and Europe by The Parthenon Publishing Group 23–25 Blades Court Deodar Road London SW15 2NU UK Copyright © 2003 The Parthenon Publishing Group Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Data available on request British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available on request ISBN 0-203-49419-9 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-59655-2 Adobe e-Reader Format ISBN 1-84214-230-5 (Print Edition) First published in 2003 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledges’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publishers except for the quotation of brief passages for the purposes of review Contents List of principal contributors x Foreword 1 Color Plates 2 Section 1 History, concept and controversial aspects of fetal surveillance 1. The technological development of fetal surveillance: a long history 9 J.M.Carrera 2. Evidence-based perinatal medicine 27 E.Fabre, M.Tajada, L.Ornat and M.Ruoti 3. Primary prevention of neural tube defects with folates: methodological aspects 39 M.Gallo, E.Fabre and A.Reyes-Engel 4. Attendance quality in maternal-fetal medicine 53 L.Cabero Section 2 Prenatal diagnosis, counselling and therapy 5. Early diagnosis of congenital anomalies. 1. Cephalic pole malformations 64 F.Bonilla-Musoles, L.Machado, N.Osborne, F.Raga, I.Lima-Couy, F.Bonilla Jr and F.Torres 6. Early diagnosis of congenital anomalies. 2. Thoracic and abdominal 90 malformations F.Bonilla-Musoles, L.Machado, N.Osborne, F.Raga, I.Lima-Couy, F.Bonilla Jr and F.Torres 7. Early diagnosis of congenital anomalies. 3. Alterations of fetal arterial and 114 venous flow F.Bonilla-Musoles, L.Machado, N.Osborne, F.Raga, I.Lima-Couy, F.Bonilla Jr and F.Torres 8. Early diagnosis of congenital anomalies. 4. Adnexal markers of aneuploidy 123 F.Bonilla-Musoles, L.Machado, N.Osborne, F.Raga, I.Lima-Couy, F.Bonilla Jr and F.Machado 9. Decision-making in prenatal diagnosis 142 A.Csaba and Z.Papp 10. Fetal necropsy 150 J.M.Carrera, V.Cusí and M.Carrera Section 3 Fetal surveillance: new developments 11. Color and power Doppler in perinatal medicine 180 S.Kupesic, A.Kurjak and D.Bjelos 12. The role of nuchal translucency and ductus venosus in the prediction of adverse 202 perinatal outcome in fetuses with normal chromosomes E.Antolín, C.Comas, M.Echevarría, M.Torrents and J.M.Carrera 13. Fetal actocardiogram: an objective measurement of fetal movements 212 K.Maeda 14. Is it possible to reduce the incidence of neurological complications in multiple 224 pregnancies? I.Blickstein 15. Does Doppler ultrasound improve the outcome in restricted intrauterine 236 growth? G.P.Mandruzzato, G.P.Maso, Y.J.Meir and G.C.Conoscenti 16. Magnetic resonance imaging in perinatal medicine 242 C.Martín Section 4 Three-dimensional ultrasound 17. Three-dimensional ultrasound and prenatal diagnosis 254 E.Merz 18. Three-dimensional ultrasound in reproductive medicine 260 S.Kupesic, D.Bjelos and A.Kurjak 19. Contribution of three-dimensional ultrasound to studies of normal and 289 abnormal fetuses T.Cos and S.Levi 20. Four-dimensional ultrasound: how much does it improve perinatal practice? 305 A.Kurjak, N.Vecek, S.Kupesic, G.Azumendi and M.Solak Section 5 Recurrent miscarriage and prematurity 21. Uterine factors and recurrent pregnancy loss 323 R.Aurell 22. Most efficient screening for prematurity prevention 335 E.Saling and M.Schreiber 23. Antiphospholipid syndrome in pregnancy 348 M.Casellas Caro 24. Cervical incompetence and its treatment 367 J.M.Carrera Section 6 Maternity care 25. The trends of the Cesarean section rate over the past 20 years 383 T.Stefos Section 7 Ethical controversies 26. Bioethical aspects of ultrasonographic and invasive prenatal diagnosis 388 J.M.Carrera 27. Ethical dimensions of nuchal translucency screening 397 S.T.Chasen, D.W.Skupski, L.B.McCullough and F.A.Chervenak 28. Ethics on the frontier of fetal research 405 F.A.Chervenak and L.B.McCullough Index 414
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