Antenatal Consults: A Guide for Neonatologists and Paediatricians

This book informs the multidisciplinary team (including maternity staff, obstetricians and materno-foetal medicine specialists) which counsel parents expecting a foetus at risk. It contains concise chapters contributed by numerous neonatal specialists in Australia. It is also useful to Midwifery, Nursing and Allied Health staff that care for mothers and babies.

The chapters cover the most common reasons for an antenatal consultation. This will range from the baby that is threatening to deliver prematurely or is severely growth restricted to those with significant abnormalities such as congenital heart disease, spina bifida or gastroschisis, etc.

Section 1: General principles
Chapter 1 - The antenatal consult
Chapter 2 - Conditions that require palliative care
Section 2: Prematurity
Chapter 3 - Preterm delivery at 22 weeks gestational age
Chapter 4 - Preterm delivery at 23 weeks gestational age
Chapter 5 - Preterm delivery at 24 weeks gestational age
Chapter 6 - Preterm delivery at 25 weeks gestational age
Chapter 7 - Preterm delivery at 26 weeks gestational age
Chapter 8 - Preterm delivery at 27 weeks gestational age
Chapter 9 - Preterm delivery at 28 to 32 weeks gestational age
Chapter 10 - Morbidity and mortality statistics
Section 3: Non-specific antenatal findings
Chapter 11 - Reduced liquor volumes
Chapter 12 - Polyhydramnios
Chapter 13 - Hydrops
Section 4: Maternal disorders that affect the fetus
Chapter 14 - Maternal diabetes
Chapter 15 - Maternal thyroid disease
Section 5: Infection
Chapter 16 - Cytomegalovirus
Chapter 17 - Toxoplasmosis
Chapter 18 - Herpes
Chapter 19 - Varicella
Chapter 20 - Human immuno-deficiency virus
Chapter 21 - Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C
Chapter 22 - Parvovirus
Section 6: Multiple pregnancy and growth problems
Chapter 23 - Multiple Pregnancy
Chapter 24 - Twin to twin transfusion syndrome
Chapter 25 - Severe intrauterine growth restriction
Section 7: Alloimmune problems
Chapter 26 - Rhesus disease
Chapter 27 - Feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopaenia
Section 8: Aneuploidy
Chapter 28 - Trisomy 21
Chapter 29 - Trisomy 13 and Trisomy 18
Section 9: Lung problems
Chapter 30 - Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Chapter 31 - Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation
Section 10: Cardiac problems
Chapter 32 - Congenital heart disease
Chapter 33 - Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction
Chapter 34 - Transposition of the great arteries
Chapter 35 - Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Chapter 36 - Other left ventricular outflow tract obstruction
Chapter 37 - Dysrhythmia
Section 11: Gut problems
Chapter 38 - Gastroschisis
Chapter 39 - Omphalocoele
Chapter 40 - Oesophageal atresia
Chapter 41 - Other gut atresias
Chapter 42 - Echogenic bowel
Section 12: Renal tract problems
Chapter 43 - Renal agenesis and dysplasias
Chapter 44 - Pelvicyeal dilatation
Chapter 45 - Dilated bladder
Section 13: Neurological problems
Chapter 46 - Dandy-Walker malformation and variant
Chapter 47 - Agenesis of the corpus callosum
Chapter 48 - Ventriculomegaly
Chapter 49 - Neural tube defects
Chapter 50 - Cerebellar hypoplasia
Section 14: Musculoskeletal problems
Chapter 51 - Skeletal problems
Chapter 52 - Talipes
Chapter 53 - Fetal dyskinesia
Section 15: Tumours
Chapter 54 - Cystic Hygroma
Chapter 55 - Teratoma - sacrococcygeal/neck
Section 16: Facial clefts
Chapter 56 - Cleft lip and cleft palate