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Perinatal Events and Brain Damage in Surviving Children

Based on Papers Presented at an International Conference Held in Heidelberg in 1986

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Fred Kubli

    1. Frauenklinik, Klinikum der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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  2. Naren Patel

    1. Reproductive Medicine Office, Wards 37/38, Level 6, Ninewells Hospital, The University Dundee, Dundee, UK

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  3. W. Schmidt

    1. Frauenklinik, Klinikum der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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  4. O. Linderkamp

    1. Kinderklinik Im Neuenheimer Feld, Klinikum der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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Table of contents (36 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
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  4. Intrauterine Deprivation — Growth Retardation and Chronic Hypoxia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Antepartum Events and Cerebral Handicap

      • R. L. Naeye, E. C. Peters
      Pages 83-91

    3. Available Evidence Relating Intrauterine Growth Retardation to Neuromotor Dysfunction and Mental Handicap

      • G. Breart
      Pages 92-98

    4. Growth Retardation: Individual Risk Assessment During Pregnancy

      • G. Pontonnier, H. Grandjean, A. Fournie, M.-F. Sarramon
      Pages 99-107

    5. Management of Growth Retardation with a View to Preventing Neuromotor Dysfunction and Mental Handicaps

      • K. R. Niswander
      Pages 108-116

    6. Abnormal Antepartum Cardiotocogram and Neuromotor Dysfunction in Term and Preterm Babies

      • U. Lorenz, F. Kubli
      Pages 117-129

    7. Antepartum Fetal Heart Rate and Movement Pattern in Relation to Oxygenation and Neonatal Neurological Morbidity

      • G. H. A. Visser
      Pages 130-136

  5. Intrapartum Asphyxia and Birth Trauma

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      Pages 137-137
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About this book

Decision making in modem obstetrics and perinatology is con­ trolled by a variety of different factors, but there is little doubt that in industrialized countries one of the most powerful single factors is the concern and fear of causing permanent brain damage in the unborn and newborn. The dramatic increase in the rates of abdom­ inal deliveries in many parts of the world is certainly rooted to a substantial part in the ~bstetrician's concern not so much about possible perinatal death, but more so about permanent brain dam­ age in surviving children. This trend has been accelerated by the increasing number of litigations in connection with brain damage observed in many societies. This problem itself has many aspects, but it seems evident that litigation - justified or unjustified - is one modem expression of the human and social tragedy inflicted on individuals and families by the birth of a brain-damaged child. The medical, social, and human importance of the problem is in sharp contrast to the relative lack of scientific knowledge avail­ able. This became very clear when the National Institutes of Health published the excellent review in 1985 on "Prenatal and Perinatal Factors Associated with Brain Disorders" and its editor, J. M.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Frauenklinik, Klinikum der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Fred Kubli, W. Schmidt

  • Reproductive Medicine Office, Wards 37/38, Level 6, Ninewells Hospital, The University Dundee, Dundee, UK

    Naren Patel

  • Kinderklinik Im Neuenheimer Feld, Klinikum der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    O. Linderkamp

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Perinatal Events and Brain Damage in Surviving Children

  • Book Subtitle: Based on Papers Presented at an International Conference Held in Heidelberg in 1986

  • Editors: Fred Kubli, Naren Patel, W. Schmidt, O. Linderkamp

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72850-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-72852-5Published: 06 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-72850-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 338

  • Topics: Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery

  • Industry Sectors: Health & Hospitals

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