RT Book, Section
A1 Ruano, Rodrigo
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182918414
T1 Care of the Fetus
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182918414
RD 2024/04/16
AB The  care  of  the  child  begins  with  the  care  of  the  fetus.  Accurate  prenatal  diagnosis  and  optimal  perinatal  management  strongly  affect  the  outcomes  of  the  future  infant,  not  just  in  childhood  but  throughout  life.  Careful  planning  of  perinatal  care  for  high  risk  pregnancies  improves  neonatal  outcomes.  Optimal  maternal  and  fetal  care  with  high-risk  pregnancies  improves  neonatal  outcomes  and  also  decreases  mortality  and  morbidity  of  mothers.  Over  the  last  3  decades,  fetal  medicine  has  evolved  into  a  distinct  discipline  that  primarily  focuses  on  the  fetus  as  a  patient.  Many  hospitals  now  have  fetal  medicine  programs  with  coordinated  and  integrated  care  provided  by  subspecialists  and  support  staff  from  maternal-fetal  medicine  and  pediatric  subspecialties  such  as  neonatology,  surgery,  neurosurgery,  urology,  cardiology,  genetics,  palliative  care,  and  ethics.  This  chapter  will  provide  a  brief  overview  of  assessment  of  fetal  well-being,  prenatal  screening  and  diagnostic  tests,  common  problems  that  affect  the  fetus  (including  disorders  of  fetal  growth,  fetal  anomalies,  prematurity,  and  multiple  pregnancies),  and  fetal  therapy.