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This book presents a focused overview of the state of the art in diagnosing and managing antepartum fetal asphyxia. This edited volume will discuss the etiology and mechanism of fetal asphyxia; optimal surveillance and imaging strategies for diagnosing and assessing fetal brain damage, clinical protocols for pregnancies at risk; and risk and liability management strategies. Individual chapters will address the role of oxygen free radicals in fetal brain injury; timing fetal asphyxia; managing perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephelopathy; the prevention of ongoing fetal brain injury; MR imaging of hypoxic-ischemic brain lesions; fetal adaptive responses to hypoxia; computerized approaches to fetal surveillance; and the role of Doppler velocimetry in assessing fetal asphyxia. |
