Fetal medicine: prenatal diagnosis and management

PART I - Fetal investigative techniques 1. The fetus as a patient 2. Prenatal diagnosis techniques 3. Laboratory techniques PART II - Predictable risk of anomaly 4. Chromosomal anomalies 5. Prenatal diagnosis of single-gene disorders 6. Diagnosis of neural tube defects PART III - No predictable risk of anomaly 7. Ultrasound indications for laboratory testing 8. Maternal infection PART IV - Practical applications and their consequences 9. Prenatal diagnosis and its applications 10. Fetal therapy 11. Ethical issues.

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This reference for GPs, obstetricians and paediatricians is firmly rooted in clinical practice and based on many years of experience, much of it involving the development and implementation of new techniques for examining the foetus in-utero. The techniques now available are assessed and better ways to identify pregnancies which are eligible to their application are proposed. The authors describe both the sampling and laboratory techniques available. Other sections cover both predictable and unpredictable pregnancy risks from genetic diseases to abnormal ultrasound, including the possibilities for laboratory evaluation, and the risks and limitations.|Throughout the book, the special status of the foetus as a patient is emphasized and the concerns and questions of families are considered.